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Windows 8: Tami Reller goes on tour

t_rellerA bunch of news sites popped up today posting interviews with Windows Chief Marketing Officer and CFO Tami Reller, one of the two women who took Steven Sinofsky’s place to run Windows at Microsoft.  While Reller didn’t release much in …

Bing Apps for Office: extending Office 365 Premium

Earlier this week, Microsoft released Office 365 Home Premium, a $99/yr subscription service offering an updated Office suite along with extended SkyDrive storage (an extra 20GB, a $10/yr value).  Now today in a blog post on the Bing Search blog, …

Google backs off on pulling Google Sync for Windows Phone

According to a post on The Verge, Google Sync, which Google announced last month would be no longer available for new Windows Phones beginning January 30th (today), is backing off on that pronouncement and has extended EAS (Exchange Active …

Does Microsoft have a future? (Part 2: Can Xbox save the company?)

Does Microsoft have a future? (Part 1: Adam Hartung’s post on Forbes)

windows-8-logoAbout a week ago, analyst Adam Hartung, writing in Forbes, wrote in “Microsoft Still Can’t Find Its Future. Is It Too Late for the Company?” (if you want a glimpse at Hartung’s answer to his own question,  the …

Skype adds support for unlinking Microsoft account by yourself

SkypeAs we’re getting closer to the March 15 date for the discontinuation of the Windows Live Messenger service, Microsoft in encouraging users to migrate to their Skype service by linking their Microsoft and Skype accounts. However, as we have …

New Durango Info Leaked? Not So Fast

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Earlier today, a self-proclaimed Microsoft employee alleged having access to detailed information about the upcoming new Xbox hardware.  An email was sent out to major gaming outlets, which contained specs on both the new console, and a rumored companion tablet …

SkyDrive adds Live Tiles notifications

20724Looks like the folks at Microsoft might be learning how to write apps for their own operating system, finally.  Today, in a post on the Inside SkyDrive blog, Mike Torres announced that the SkyDrive apps for Windows 8 and …

Could a stake in Dell help Microsoft become a “devices” company?

surface blueLast week reports started surfacing about a potential leveraged buyout of publically held Dell, Inc., which would reportedly take the company private as it struggles to keep up in an increasingly mobile world.  Now today, CNBC and The Wall Street …

On reading Sinofsky: thoughts

OM_biggerThis morning Steven Sinofsky posted again to his blog, this time on “Managing through disagreement”.  The post, clocking in at a mere 2,772 words, is interesting on a number of levels.  First, Steven Sinofsky is well known as …