Windows 8

Move over, Siri. There’s a new computer-generated personal voice assistant service in town. At least there will be soon if reports from ZDNet are true. Rumor has it that Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) has been working on a rival to Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL)’s Siri and Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) Now, code-...

Turkey, stuffing and new game consoles are not the only things that are expected to be sold during the holiday shopping season. If BlackBerry (NASDAQ: BBRY) has its way, the Canadian smartphone maker will find a buyer -- and wrap up its auction process -- by November. According to The Wall Street...

Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) is on a mission to convince consumers that Windows 8 Tablets are better than the Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) iPad. One way Microsoft is trying to do this is through a side-by-side comparison on Microsoft’s website. There consumers can compare four Windows 8 or Windows RT (a...

Surprise, surprise -- Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) just dominated another week of massive headlines. Between the iOS 7 Gold Master and one analyst's proclamation that the iPhone 5S would be produce the firm's biggest product launch, Apple news has been a hot commodity this week. Sony (NYSE: SNE) made...

Based on the deluge of blogger headlines, some consumers may be under the impression that Windows 8 has taken a few steps back in terms of OS innovation. On the contrary, Windows 8 simply does things differently. Underneath those differences (such as the relocation of the popular Start button...

At this time last year, investors were still riding high on the Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) money train. As the company that could do no wrong, Apple enjoyed privileges that few others could ever hope to achieve. That changed last fall when iPhone and iPad sales hype became so great that not even Apple...

Unsold inventory for Microsoft's (NASDAQ: AAPL) Surface RT tablet recently led to a write-down totaling $900 million. That number turned out to be greater than the amount of revenue earned on the entire Surface product line. According to GeekWire, total Surface revenue reached $853 million on...

Intel (NASDAQ: INTC) may be getting rave reviews for its Haswell-based notebooks, but consumers and retailers could be too distracted to notice. According to DigiTimes, most channel retailers had expected the penetration of touch screen notebooks (specifically those using Haswell) to fall within...

Google's (NASDAQ: GOOG) Chromebook platform could receive a major shipment boost in the latter half of 2013. According to DigiTimes, Hewlett-Packard (NYSE: HPQ), Acer, Samsung (OTC: SSNLF) and Lenovo will launch new Chromebooks within the next five months. With the release of these products,...

Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT), not about to be outdone by Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL), has apparently been working on its own smart watch, according to company sources who spoke to AmongTech. The sources indicated that some Microsoft employees are currently wearing prototypes of the Windows 8-based devices...

Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) launched its 42nd store Friday morning with an appearance by Steve Ballmer and tickets to a free concert from recording artist Kelly Clarkson. It was a fun-filled event with an immeasurable level of enthusiasm from Clarkson fans, techies and Microsoft store employees alike...

The Cupertino, California-based tech giant has persuaded the Los Angeles Unified School District to purchase iPads for all of its campuses. According to the LA Times, Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) will earn $30 million for the deal, which consists of iPads that will be sold for $678 each. This is...

Microsoft's (NASDAQ: MSFT) latest operating system is expected to pop up in five to eight percent of all tablets produced this year, providing Windows 8 with another notable boost. According to DigiTimes, roughly 10 million to 20 million new tablets are likely to use Windows 8 in 2013. Many...

This was rough. In fact, it was so rough that Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) wrote a weekend blog post to respond to the comparison. When Windows 8 was compared to New Coke, everybody old enough to remember Coca-Cola’s (NYSE: KO) biggest misstep thought the same thing: “Now that’s just mean!” For...

During the first 30 days at retail, Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) sold 40 million Windows 8 licenses. Now, six months after arriving on Best Buy (NYSE: BBY) store shelves (among many other retailers), Windows 8 has crossed a new milestone. Tami Reller, Microsoft's Chief Marketing Officer and Chief...