Microsoft's online video ads that mocked Apple's latest crop of iPhones have been yanked, following what appears to be a poor reception by viewers . . . The videos, which began with the title "A fly on the wall in Cupertino?" depicted fictional meetings supposedly taking place at Apple's headquarters in Cupertino, Calif. They were posted from Microsoft's Windows Phone YouTube account, and at nearly two ...
Did Microsoft buy Nokia because it was flirting with Android?
Los Angeles Times
Nokia built versions of its Lumia smartphones that could run Android, Google's mobile software, instead of Microsoft's Windows Phone 8 system, according to a report Friday by the New York Times. Nokia and Microsoft agreed to a partnership in 2011 that ...
Microsoft working out kinks in Outlook.com's IMAP implementation
Computerworld
A variety of problems have been reported through comments in the blog post Microsoftpublished Thursday announcing the new IMAP (Internet Message Access Protocol) support in Outlook.com. To their credit, Microsoft officials are clearly monitoring the ...
Will Microsoft Be Out of the Office?
Barron's
Our stance reflects ongoing secular pressures on Microsoft's (ticker: MSFT) Windows franchise that have been exacerbated by competitive inroads made by Google (GOOG),Apple (AAPL) and Samsung [of Korea] as the market increasingly shifts away from ...
Should you fear Apple's fingerprint scanner?
CBS News
Even as Apple announced Touch ID, a fingerprint-scanning feature, on the iPhone 5S, concerns over privacy and identity tracking began to take shape. In the wake of news that the U.S. government is collecting data from Internet companies and ...
Microsoft pulls ads that attacked Apple's new iPhones
New York Daily News
Microsoft has pulled a set of online video ads that attempted to poke fun at Apple'slatest crop of iPhones. The video series “A fly on the ... Google's Motorola also joined the fray last week, running ads that targeted the iPhone and Android. On a ...
Microsoft Offers Surface Buyers $200-Plus for Old iPads
eWeek
Maybe it's a long shot to think people will trade in Apple products for Microsoftproducts, but for a business user with an old iPad that the kids mostly watched videos on, it could be a good way to get a laptop-like user experience on the cheap ...
Why Apple's 'indoor GPS' plan is brilliant
Computerworld
Apple cryptically introduced the iBeacons initiative at its developers conference in June, identifying the new technology as a feature of the iOS software developers kit (SDK). In fact, iBeacons is a Bluetooth-based micro-locations system (think very ...
The Payday at Twitter Many Were Waiting For
New York Times
In June 2007, Evan Williams was looking for investors for a quirky Internet communications service called Twitter that he had co-founded. Multimedia. Twitter's I.P.O. by the Numbers....
Pale Blue Dot 2: Voyager 1 Signal from Interstellar Space Seen from Earth (Photo)
Space.com
NASA's Voyager 1 spacecraft nearly 12 billion miles from Earth is still phoning home from interstellar space, and a new NASA photo captures that radio signal as pale blue speck in a cosmic ocean. The space agency unveiled the amazing image Voyager 1's ...
Japan's newest rocket Epsilon lifts off
Reuters
Japan's first new rocket in 12 years lifted off on Saturday, after two setbacks last month, keeping alive hopes that the country may eventually be able to enter the growing, multi-billion dollar satellite ...
Speedy AT&T vs. reliable Verizon: The gap narrows
CNET
While Verizon Wireless remains the most reliable network, according to testing firm RootMetrics, AT&T offers a better overall mix of reliability and speed. Consider ...
Did Microsoft buy Nokia because it was flirting with Android?
Los Angeles Times
Nokia built versions of its Lumia smartphones that could run Android, Google's mobile software, instead of Microsoft's Windows Phone 8 system, according to a report Friday by the New York Times. Nokia and Microsoft agreed to a partnership in 2011 that ...
Microsoft working out kinks in Outlook.com's IMAP implementation
Computerworld
A variety of problems have been reported through comments in the blog post Microsoftpublished Thursday announcing the new IMAP (Internet Message Access Protocol) support in Outlook.com. To their credit, Microsoft officials are clearly monitoring the ...
Will Microsoft Be Out of the Office?
Barron's
Our stance reflects ongoing secular pressures on Microsoft's (ticker: MSFT) Windows franchise that have been exacerbated by competitive inroads made by Google (GOOG),Apple (AAPL) and Samsung [of Korea] as the market increasingly shifts away from ...
Should you fear Apple's fingerprint scanner?
CBS News
Even as Apple announced Touch ID, a fingerprint-scanning feature, on the iPhone 5S, concerns over privacy and identity tracking began to take shape. In the wake of news that the U.S. government is collecting data from Internet companies and ...
Microsoft pulls ads that attacked Apple's new iPhones
New York Daily News
Microsoft has pulled a set of online video ads that attempted to poke fun at Apple'slatest crop of iPhones. The video series “A fly on the ... Google's Motorola also joined the fray last week, running ads that targeted the iPhone and Android. On a ...
Microsoft Offers Surface Buyers $200-Plus for Old iPads
eWeek
Maybe it's a long shot to think people will trade in Apple products for Microsoftproducts, but for a business user with an old iPad that the kids mostly watched videos on, it could be a good way to get a laptop-like user experience on the cheap ...
Why Apple's 'indoor GPS' plan is brilliant
Computerworld
Apple cryptically introduced the iBeacons initiative at its developers conference in June, identifying the new technology as a feature of the iOS software developers kit (SDK). In fact, iBeacons is a Bluetooth-based micro-locations system (think very ...
The Payday at Twitter Many Were Waiting For
New York Times
In June 2007, Evan Williams was looking for investors for a quirky Internet communications service called Twitter that he had co-founded. Multimedia. Twitter's I.P.O. by the Numbers....
Pale Blue Dot 2: Voyager 1 Signal from Interstellar Space Seen from Earth (Photo)
Space.com
NASA's Voyager 1 spacecraft nearly 12 billion miles from Earth is still phoning home from interstellar space, and a new NASA photo captures that radio signal as pale blue speck in a cosmic ocean. The space agency unveiled the amazing image Voyager 1's ...
Japan's newest rocket Epsilon lifts off
Reuters
Japan's first new rocket in 12 years lifted off on Saturday, after two setbacks last month, keeping alive hopes that the country may eventually be able to enter the growing, multi-billion dollar satellite ...
Speedy AT&T vs. reliable Verizon: The gap narrows
CNET
While Verizon Wireless remains the most reliable network, according to testing firm RootMetrics, AT&T offers a better overall mix of reliability and speed. Consider ...
Dialing Back the Alarm on Climate Change
Wall Street Journal
Later this month, a long-awaited event that last happened in 2007 will recur. Like a returning comet, it will be taken to portend ominous happenings. I refer to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change's (IPCC) "fifth assessment report," part of which will ...
Behind Microsoft Deal, the Specter of a Nokia Android Phone
New York Times (blog)
Nokia reached a deal with Microsoft in 2011 to use Windows Phone on its smartphones. Joe Raedle/Getty Images Nokia reached a deal with Microsoft in 2011 to use Windows Phone on its smartphones. SEATTLE — Before Microsoft reached a deal to buy ...
Cryptographers Face Ethical Problems in NSA Spying Case | MIT ...
Mathematicians and computer scientists are involved in enabling wide intrusions on individual privacy.
Web - MIT Technology Review
Wall Street Journal
Later this month, a long-awaited event that last happened in 2007 will recur. Like a returning comet, it will be taken to portend ominous happenings. I refer to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change's (IPCC) "fifth assessment report," part of which will ...
Behind Microsoft Deal, the Specter of a Nokia Android Phone
New York Times (blog)
Nokia reached a deal with Microsoft in 2011 to use Windows Phone on its smartphones. Joe Raedle/Getty Images Nokia reached a deal with Microsoft in 2011 to use Windows Phone on its smartphones. SEATTLE — Before Microsoft reached a deal to buy ...
Cryptographers Face Ethical Problems in NSA Spying Case | MIT ...
Mathematicians and computer scientists are involved in enabling wide intrusions on individual privacy.
Web - MIT Technology Review
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