A $19m exhibition has opened in Silicon Valley, the spiritual heart of tech, on the first 2,000 years of computing. I got a tour of the renovated Computer History Museum just ahead of its public re-opening, and heard why Bill Gates, Steve Wozniak and other pioneers from the PC revolution are backing an exhibition telling [...]
Steve Ballmer’s promised Windows tablets in time for Christmas while Oracle’s prosecution of Google on Java could finally give Microsoft the footing it needs against the unstoppable Android. In our latest edition of MicroBite here, Mary-Jo Foley and I look at whether Microsoft’s got the goods and if they’re enough for CEO Steve Ballmer to [...]
Microsoft’s CEO’s gonna sweat this July: fresh from killing his hyped social-network phone the KIN, Steve Ballmer’s got to rally 14,000 Microsoft partners at their annual conference and then convince Wall St at their annual summit Microsoft’s response to Apple’s iPhone and Google’s Android is credible. I talk to Mary-Jo Foley about what’s in store [...]
Ubuntu founder Mark Shuttleworth believes we’re gonna see hits and misses from Microsoft and even his Linux compatriots chasing Apple’s iPad dream. That’s one reason Shuttleworth believes the humble PC is the best way to introduce his already popular Linux distro to millions of ordinary consumer users running Windows and familiar with a keyboard and [...]
Steve Jobs’ singular obsession with HTML 5 at the expense of Adobe’s Flash Player is stretching the spec’s credibility and damaging Apple’s reputation among influential technologists. Read my analysis here.
Steve Jobs says he loves newspapers and wants to help them make money online using the iPad. I explain why publishers should be wary of this Silicon Valley geek bearing gifts, for Beehive City here.
It’s time for Microsoft to stop following other companies and start searching for the next thing to transform computing if it’s going to re-top Apple’s market cap. You can read my article here.
Google revolutionized internet search and got blamed for killing the newspaper biz by taking publishers’ ads money. The web’s biggest search and ads company now hopes for a repeat performance in broadcasting with Google TV. Only this time, studios, cable and satellite providers have the power to block Google. You can read my take on [...]
Steve Jobs forced music labels to dance to his beat on the iPod and iTunes. If the iPad succeeds like Jobs’ previous efforts, his decision to block Adobe’s Flash Player will see the BBC and other broadcasters reliant on Adobe’s ubiquitous player lose the battle for online TV. You can read my article on how [...]
Just as HTML5 is touted as the future of free and open Web video, Microsoft and Apple are threatening to destroy that freedom. The pair are installing video technology they control and license, while Apple’s Steve Jobs has threatened the open alternatives. Everyone from music companies working with giants such as EMI and CocaCola to [...]
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