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Asustek Computer has shelved plans to offer a dual-OS PC after getting push-back from both Google and Microsoft. Google is likely to flex those same muscles to try to kill an… Read more »
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MoreAsustek Computer has shelved plans to offer a dual-OS PC after getting push-back from both Google and Microsoft. Google is likely to flex those same muscles to try to kill an… Read more »
I wrote the other other day that Microsoft’s Satya Nadella seems to have turned the corner on a new price strategy for Windows and Office: he’s heading towards free (see Microsoft accepts… Read more »
Intel had high hopes for the Asus Transformer Duet laptop because its chip powered both Windows and Android on the hybrid device. Alas, the software titans aren’t too keen on it… Read more »
Satya Nadella might be waking up to the new economics of his industry. In a number of recent announcements and hints, Microsoft is finally taking steps toward making Windows and Office… Read more »
The new CEO of Microsoft, Satya Nadella, has taken the next step in consolidating power to a small Senior Leadership Team (SLT). He has also made it clear that he is… Read more »
Former Hillary Clinton hand (and Microsoft marketeer) Mark Penn is now chief strategy officer. Read more »
Stephen Elop, the former Nokia CEO, will be taking over as head of Microsoft’s Devices & Studios group, which will includes all hardware (Xbox, Surface, Nokia devices) when the Nokia acquisition… Read more »
The week in cloud: Where are you going to go for your OpenStack drivers? Seriously — I’m asking … Read more »
Windows is dropping the price of Windows 8.1 by 70% for tablet and PC makers, under renewed pressure from Google’s Chromebooks, Bloomberg reports. I wrote about Google’s new deal with VMware to… Read more »
In his first interview since taking the reins as Microsoft CEO, Nadella talks about the need for the company to foster smaller, new businesses. Read more »