* Aims to boost mobile phones sales by 20 pct to 140 mln Stocks * More than half of new smartphones in 2010 to use Android * Targets double-digit market share in smartphones (Adds details, background) SEOUL, Jan 13 (Reuters) – LG Electronics Inc, the world’s No. 3 mobile phone maker, aims to increase handset [...]
Windows 7 Planning Tools Ease the Upgrade Process
November 9, 2009 By Leave a Comment
Businesses planning a move to Windows 7 need a more rigorous planning and assessment tool than the consumer-grade Upgrade Advisor. Businesses planning a move to Windows 7 need a more rigorous planning and assessment tool than the consumer-grade Upgrade Advisor. The early success of the operating system notwithstanding, you need to do some due diligence [...]
Windows 7 tops Vista in early consumer sales by more than 200%
November 7, 2009 By Leave a Comment
It wasn’t a high bar, but Windows 7 cleared it. Consumer retail sales of Microsoft Corp.’s newest computer operating system topped those of Vista by 234% on a unit basis within the first few days of its Oct. 22 launch, according to a report released Friday by the market research company NPD Group. The report [...]
Microsoft Exec Backs Off Windows 7 ‘Hack’ Comment
November 3, 2009 By Leave a Comment
A Microsoft executive whose pointed comments on Windows 7 upgrades have irked Microsoft bloggers has apologized. Well, in a roundabout sort of way, that is. In a Monday blog post, Eric Ligman, global partner experience lead in Microsoft’s Worldwide Partner Group, said his now-infamous blog post titled “Regardless of what any hack says, a Windows [...]
Microsoft selling crapware-free PCs in its stores
October 28, 2009 By Leave a Comment
The computers at Microsoft Stores don’t have the crapware that Windows PCs typically come with, but they still have an assortment of Microsoft and Adobe software. Most controversially, they include Windows Live Essentials and Microsoft Security Essentials. By Emil Protalinski | Last updated October 28, 2009 8:15 AM CT
Ballmer Launches ‘Simpler, Faster’ Windows 7
October 27, 2009 By Leave a Comment
Microsoft chief executive Steve Ballmer officially unveiled the company’s new Windows 7 operating system at a Thursday launch event in Manhattan. “I’m Steve Ballmer and I’m a Windows 7 PC,” he announced. The idea behind the new OS is to make computing “simpler, faster, more responsive,” he said. That was possible thanks to an “intense [...]
Is the World Ready for 3D Laptops? Ask Acer
October 27, 2009 By Leave a Comment
I’m all for technology advancements–a new OS, a slicker smartphone, Tang, whatever. Now Acer’s making an odd-but-interesting bet with its new Aspire 5738DG laptop: a 3D display. Yep, the future is now–watch out for flying DeLoreans! Before I crack any more jokes, let me explain what goes into Acer’s 3D technology. Ray Sawall, senior manager [...]
IBM and Canonical team up against Windows 7
October 27, 2009 By Leave a Comment
IBM and Canonical, the commercial entity behind Ubuntu Linux, on Tuesday are launching a combined cloud and Linux desktop package designed for Netbooks and low-end PCs. For those of us still waiting for Linux to hit the desktop, this type of packaging may be exactly how the move from Windows starts to pick up steam. [...]
