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With blockbuster earnings results from technology companies around the industry, including rivals Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) and Google (NASDAQ: GOOG), investors in Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) renewed their concern Thursday after the company posted lackluster Windows sales. Sales of Windows fell for the...

Watch out, Steve Jobs: the Windows maker is coming back with a vengeance. If the hype surrounding Windows 8 isn't enough to satisfy your Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) dreams, perhaps this little tidbit from TechCrunch and Neowin will whet your appetite. Microsoft is planning to open 75 stores in the...

Contrary to popular belief, Super Mario and Angry Birds are not the same. Last week, Nintendo made it crystal clear that it does not have any plans to develop for the Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) iPhone or Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) Android platforms. This news came as a shock to some. “If Nintendo was...

Despite the fact that Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) is offering an entire Xbox 360 with the purchase of a $700 Windows PC, Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) is beating the company eight to two in the area of back to school sales. That's according to Global Equities Research, which released a report on the matter...

Nokia (NYSE: NOK) hit a 52-week low on Monday. And maybe that was not low enough. The Finnish communications giant showcased its N9 on Tuesday, the world's first smartphone with Dolby Digital Plus decoding and Dolby Headphone post-processing technology, but analysts were not impressed. The N9...

Will the day ever come when we can get up in the morning without fearing that Skype will be down? The newly acquired Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) entity has been imperiled since the day it was launched, fading in and out of service faster than America Online (NYSE: AOL). (Alright, NOTHING is as bad...

I've never owned a Mac. Though I've seen them from afar – one has always been within reach at work or at school – I've never been tempted to buy one aside from the indelible lure of using Final Cut Pro. The reason isn't so much a dislike for Apple products as it is a preference for the Windows...

Everyone loves Apple's (NASDAQ: AAPL) App Store. Even people who go the Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) route and buy an Android phone still wish they had access to the official App Store. Thus, if you're going to compete with Apple and design a new mobile store for games and applications, you would...

For generations, salesmen have scratched their heads at the prospect of selling a Windows PC. “It should be so easy!” the salesmen would shout. “They should practically sell themselves!” And why wouldn't they? Why would anyone go on a Safari when they can explore a wide web of content right here...

In the ‘90s, fresh startups were known as “websites” and “dot-coms.” Now that every company has a website, we simply refer to them as “tech startups.” For the average person, these labels are meaningless. Few people care about the way Groupon is classified so long as it saves them money. If...

Starting May 22, Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) will begin giving away free Xbox 360 consoles (the $200 four-gig version) to students who spend $699 or more on a new Windows PC. According to Mashable, this deal – which will be available at Best Buy (NYSE: BBY), the Microsoft Store, Dell.com (NASDAQ: DELL...

If you thought Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) Mail was innovative, wait until you see Gmail Motion. The service will reportedly use your computer's built-in webcam, as well as “Google's patented spatial tracking technology to detect your movements and translate them into meaningful characters and...

On April Fools, we expect to hear a lot of crazy stories. Macworld, for one, has reported that Steve Jobs has resigned from Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL). The story, dated April 1, 2011, was clearly a gag. Macworld has since updated the piece admitting that fact. Regardless, there are many sites –...

If Take-Two Interactive's (NASDAQ: TTWO) Grand Theft Auto series was the inventor of the open-world action/driving game, then Test Drive Unlimited was the inventor of the first open-world racer. Several game publishers have tried to use that moniker, “open-world,” in their marketing materials. But...