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Microsoft Office – Play with fire

          Microsoft needs to see the wood for the trees if it wants to maintain loyalty. Microsoft has changed the terms on which it sells Office...

Microsoft Surface Pro – Jack of all trades…

          …master of none….yet! The Microsoft Surface Pro is out in the wild but it has yet to prove Steve Jobs wrong. Apple’s stance on hybrid...

Google vs. Microsoft – No free lunch

          When privacy advocates realise they have to pay up, I suspect many will change their tune. Very few people, especially privacy advocates, seem to understand...

Apple vs. Samsung – Who’s the daddy now?

          Samsung is eating away at Apple’s image but its fans are still not those with the purchasing power. The problem with being the coolest and...

Android – The mobile botnet

          Malware has long been known to plague Android but things appear to be getting worse. Single pieces of malware that cause problems on devices are...

BlackBerry – A seat at the table.

          BlackBerry 10 hopes to sell itself on a feature that so far has not worked for Microsoft. Despite being snubbed by the marketing department, I...

Amazon Q4 – To hell with reason

          There is no rhyme or reason in the valuation of this company. Amazon reported disappointing results but still managed to rise 10% in after-hours trading...

Yahoo! – A place in the pantheon?

          Yahoo! currently lacks the assets but has the users to be a viable ecosystem. Yahoo has completed its first full quarter with Marissa A Mayer...

Google Q4 – Blot on the landscape

          A nice set of numbers are obscuring the indelible stain of a company beginning to be run for the benefit of employees over shareholders. Google...

RIM – Hope springs eternal

          RIMM must hold onto hardware if BlackBerry 10 is to have a chance of being a viable ecosystem. The big event is next Wednesday (30th...