Microsoft Chases Apple iPad with a Tablet ... Due in 2012
Microsoft plans Windows for tablets, but not until 2012. Most of the features are available today on portable devices, so the company will put itself at the rear of the pack.
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Strategy Flip Out: iPhone 4, Other Smartphones Are Going to Swallow the Flipcam Market
As point-and-shoot cameras fall to smartphones, the Apple (APPL) iPhone 4 and its brethren seem to be cannibalizing another category: the Flip cam. Cisco's (CSCO) popular brand is now synonymous with handheld video cameras (think Kleenex to tissue), but the increasingly powerful smartphones mean the...
Hulu Blows Its Chance at Paid Subscriptions
Hulu starts its long-awaited pay service and proves that old television attitudes can damage new television business models.
Windows 8: Microsoft's Strategy Still Wears Blinders
Leaked slides show Microsoft's thoughts about Windows 8, which is supposed to come out in 2012. But more important than the potential product features are the company's strategic assumptions, and some of them are corporate blinders.
Google and China Both Looking for a Way to Save Face and Stay Together
Google and China want to stay in business together, but neither can back down on censorship.
Dell's Refusal to Admit Hardware Problems Could Spell Big Trouble
Dell's famously tight supply chain left the company with little wiggle room when components went bad.
FaceTime Video Sex Services Put the Lie to Steve Jobs' "Virtuous" iPhone
Steve Jobs must be morally mortified. Less than a week after the Apple (APPL) iPhone 4 launch, there are already some FaceTime video-sex services on the horizon. Just over a month ago, Jobs said that, unlike the Google (GOOG) Android platform, the Apple infrastructure "protected" users from pornogra...
Supreme Court Says No to Bilski Decision, Yes to Software Patents
Software patents remain roughly as they did before after the Supreme Court handed down its decision in the Bilski case.
How a Google Social Network Would Compare to Facebook
The rumored "Google Me" service will probably do just what it sounds like: give you control over how your name appears in search results.
Microsoft Needs To Stop Thinking Like a Marketing Nerd
Microsoft tries to prove its relevance, but shows that it doesn't understand how the technology industry is ultimately about the future and emotion, not the present and logic.
Google and Apple Will Snare the Smartphone Lead from Nokia -- Here's How
Google and Apple are poised to take the smartphone unit sales leadership from Nokia.
How Apple is Stealing RIM's Corporate Business
When the iPhone premiered back in 2007 it didn't make a good impression on the corporate side. It lacked the security and strong integration with standard office software offered by corporate favorite RIM (RIMM). But in the three years since, Apple (APPL) has made big gains in the business world by ...
iPhone Problems Multiply as Apple Sticks Its Fingers in Its Ears [Update]
Problems dog the iPhone and Apple and its fans try to pretend that nothing is wrong.
One Pair To Rule Them All: Why Monster Video 3D Glasses Will Help Unify TVs
From the World Cup to Panasonic's impressive TVs, 3D tech now has the delivery model as well as the content. However, the deliverers are doing the proprietary dance: Panasonic, Toshiba and other manufacturers are insuring that their televisions only do 3D with their glasses. Monster Vision actuall...
Why Fanboys Can Be a Tech Company's Worst Enemies
Fanboys love their favorite brands, but they can also do damage to the companies they love.
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Newly obtained footage shows Iran attack on major U.S. post in Kuwait
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Curtis Flowers, wrongfully convicted man who was on death row, dies at 56
Nicolas Maduro, wife face torture charge in new U.S. indictment
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