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Microsoft's new anti-Apple ad: Hardware is cheap!
Microsoft's new anti-Apple ad: Hardware is cheap!
Microsoft kicked off a new Crispin Porter + Boguksy-produced Ad campaign today with an advertisement aimed at people struggling in a tough economy. The ad doesn't really focus on Microsoft's software. In fact, nowhere during the commercial does Vista even make an appearance. I'll sum up the ...
Is Office Finally Coming To The iPhone?
Is Office Finally Coming To The iPhone?
techcrunch.com — I’m here at the Web 2.0 Expo keynote, where Stephen Elop, President of Microsoft Business Division, hinted... that we may be seeing Microsoft Office make its way to the iPhone some time soon. After his interviewer Tim O’Reilly caught him on the comment, ... (more) Is Office Finally Coming To The iPhone?
Lauren TV Commercial - Microsoft Watch the Ads
Lauren TV Commercial - Microsoft Watch the Ads
microsoft.com — Windows United States Change | All Microsoft Sites powered by Live Search Home Products Buy Downloads Help... & How-to  ... (more) Lauren TV Commercial - Microsoft Watch the Ads
Microsoft Executive Raises Hope for Office iPhone Edition
eweek.com — Stephen Elop, president of Microsoft's Business Division, tantalized attendees of Web 2.0 Expo with hints that the... software giant will eventually release a mobile version of Office for the iPhone. He also said that the company is continuing to work on ... (more) Microsoft Executive Raises Hope for Office iPhone Edition
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'I am a PC Ad' was staged
9 to 5 Mac - Apple Intelligence — ... We also know she is an actress so the rest isn't a stretch.  What LA actress wants a hulking, cheap  17 inch HP Notebook over a small white MacBook?! ...

Congrats, Lauren!  You’re a ‘PC’ and now you own a $699 Piece o’ Crap
MacDailyNews — ... to last 2.5 hours. Real world usage is always close to around half of that. That means you can't watch a full movie on a battery charge," Weintraub reports. "The thing is almost two inches thick and weighs in at almost eight pounds... And this poor girl, the actress that Microsoft hired to play a person who is not an actress, is going to get a heavy, bulky slow Vista Home machine with a poor display, old networking equipment and weak battery loaded up with crapware." Full article here . In a separate article for 9to5Mac, Weintraub reports, "So this isn't going to come as a ...

Cost-comparison caveats and lessons
Macworld — ... articles like these to help inform your buying decisions—is that when it comes to such comparisons, some of the most significant differences are less obvious or quantifiable. For instance, James noted that he didn’t test the laptops in question; the articles were simply comparisons of specs. Which means, for example, there’s no way of knowing if the screen on each laptop is equally good, or if one of them is the worst screen you’ve ever seen in your life —as a user review found by Computerworld’s Seth Weintraub noted about the laptop featured in one of Microsoft’s ...

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