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Windows Surface – Early score.

          Windows 8 and the Surface RT have been out for a few weeks now and the early indications are that lift-off has been pretty sluggish....

Nokia Here – Move to where?

          Nokia held an event yesterday to launch enhancements to its mapping offering but it was not clear to me how Nokia itself would benefit in...

Microsoft – Tale of two Steves

          They say that I should not be surprised by the exit of Steve Sinofsky’s departure from Microsoft but I am as I was expecting the...

Office on iOS – Christmas turkey.

          It is well known that Turkey’s don’t vote for Christmas so why on earth would Microsoft want to make Office available on iOS anytime soon?...

Windows Phone 8 – Thirsty horse?

          Microsoft officially launched Windows Phone 8 at its event in San Francisco yesterday with the main question remaining: is anyone actually going to buy it?...

Windows 8– A sedate frenzy

          It has not been a mad rush nor a scrum down but there has been more interest in Windows 8 (especially the Surface) than the...

Windows RT – Confusion abound

          Windows 8 launches tomorrow, doubtless to much fanfare, but will the users be interested? No one has any confidence in the ability of this new...

Google – Engineering disease

          Many have derided Google for its mishap in releasing its Q3 results early but it seems to me that real mistake has been the $12.5bn...

Android – Critical weakness

          Without a shadow of doubt, Android dominates the unit volume statistics but in order to have real long-term value to Google and those who make...

Ecosystems II – The wrong tree

          Eric Schmidt (Chairman Google) made an appearance at the AllThingsD conference and completely dissed Microsoft as a potential competitor in the coming ecosystem war. His...