The early reviews are in for Microsoft’s much-hyped Surface Tablet. Most believe it is an interesting, well-executed device that ultimately falls short of reaching its true potential: the hardware is great, the software is confounding, the overall execution leaves one wanting. The clock is ticking for Microsoft and nearly all the reviews have said the [...]
This seems like a significant move for the video game company: Valve is opening up Steam to non-gaming software, the company announced today, bringing applications ranging from “creativity to productivity” to the digital distribution platform. The first software titles will be released on September 5th. Non-gaming software sold via Steam will take advantage of the [...]
In light of the sense of triumph and excitement over the Mars Curiosity Rover, doesn’t the photo above seem like the perfect ad for Apple? Nothing says “get shit done with our computers” like a group of human beings using Macbooks to land a nuclear powered truck onto a planet 155 million miles away by [...]
The difference between Apple and Microsoft? Apple announced OS X Mountain Lion in February and today you can buy the update for $20. I feel like we’ve been waiting for Windows 8 to release for at least a year. It strikes me that Microsoft’s biggest problem is they aren’t nimble enough to compete in the [...]
Well, this presents an interesting dilemma. What happens when police pull over a car driven by a computer, as the case may be in Washington, D.C.? I can’t really find any news stories about this incident, but I would love to hear what the hell the cops had to say and what the human passenger [...]
Microsoft is finally putting the pieces in place for its “three screens and a cloud” approach to computing. It’s the same one Apple is successfully taking, obviously, and one that Google is currently struggling how to crack. We won’t know how Microsoft fairs until all of its Windows 8 products are released, as well as [...]
Joshua Topolsky breaks down what Microsoft’s Surface Tablet means for the company in the grand scheme of things: In fact, the entire tablet was designed in-house by Microsoft’s teams, and if you believe what was said in the presentation yesterday, design and functionality in hardware has suddenly become a big deal in Redmond. That’s a [...]
Microsoft is getting into the tablet game. It’s called Surface. There’s even a coy intro video that doesn’t show off much, does create a sense of excitement. Yay for marketing. My only two questions are: who will buy this over an iPad and how are other computer companies going to feel about Microsoft undercutting their [...]
The PC industry has basically resorted to being an industry that copies Apple. Obviously, that’s not entirely true, but, just look at the rash of “ultrabooks” and tell me those aren’t a response to the success of Apple’s Mac Air? I had no idea Vizio was an American company. I just assumed they were the [...]
WikiWars in fairly simple competitive endeavor: two people start on the same page and try to be the first to click available links to a second randomly chosen page. I’ve never heard of the game, but apparently it’s popular for bored high school kids to play in computer labs. Makes sense. The Gregory Brothers put [...]
