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September 5, 2007
Peacock-a-thon: NBC rebounds into Amazon's arms
Posted by Dan Moren at 8:31 AM
Subcategory | Video
The must see drama continues. NBC, having fired back at Apple's retaliation for long-term contract negotiations, has decided to seek solace with one of Apple's...Tags: iTunes Store, NBC, rivals, Unbox, video
September 4, 2007
Watch out Apple, here comes Sony
Posted by Cyrus Farivar at 10:06 AM
Subcategory | Rivals
We've seen a bevy of "iTunes killers" over the past couple of years, and none of them have made any sort of respectable dent into...Tags: sony video itunes
August 31, 2007
Sony Connect, we hardly knew ya (and we were okay with that)
Posted by Dan Moren at 8:25 AM
Subcategory | iTunes Store
Dear Sony, There was a time when you were the articulatio genu of the proverbial Apis mellifera, but, well, you couldn't keep trading on the...Tags: iTunes Store, music, rivals, Sony
August 29, 2007
Nokia launches music store
Posted by Dan Moren at 2:32 PM
Subcategory | Music
Trust the tech industry to have no respect for the media. I mean, I only just finished a roundup of current rivals to iTunes and...Microsoft may not know art, but it knows what it likes
Posted by Dan Moren at 12:00 PM
Subcategory | Internet
Microsoft would like to remind you that it's not just about boring spreadsheets and TPS reports. Every once in a while, even your office drone...August 27, 2007
Gateway to moooooove into Acer's paddock
Posted by Dan Moren at 9:08 AM
Subcategory | Business
After all, what's a Gateway post without at least one cow joke? The faltering PC maker has been given an infusion of new life from...Windows Genuine Advantage: forced vacations
Posted by Derik DeLong at 5:24 AM
Subcategory | Rivals
We’ve all taken the complete lack of license enforcement in OS X for granted for a while now. I’ve never had to think about...Tags: annoying, piracy, Windows, Windows Genuine Advantage
August 23, 2007
Punchlines ruined as Zunes sell out on Woot
Posted by Derik DeLong at 7:22 AM
Subcategory | Rivals
I noticed late last night as Woot turned over to their new product for the day that it was a brand new Zune. Not...Tags: discounts, music player, sales, Zune
August 21, 2007
Rhapsody and MTV to make music together
Posted by Dan Moren at 10:00 AM
Subcategory | Music
Wal-Mart's not the only company making waves in the online music splash pool today. Three more of Apple's rivals—Real Networks, MTV, and Verizon—are banding together...Tags: DRM, iTunes Store, music, rivals
Wal-Mart rolling back DRM all over the place
Posted by Dan Moren at 9:09 AM
Subcategory | Music
There's something just not right about that yellow Wal-Mart smiley face guy. He's just too happy—probably hopped up on goofballs, or Bluetooth, or whatever it...Tags: DRM, iTunes Store, music, rivals, Wal-Mart
Flash adds some flash
Posted by Dan Moren at 8:25 AM
Subcategory | Video
I looked down into my bowl this morning and found that the bits floating around were spelling things out: things like H.264 and AAC-HE. Which...August 17, 2007
Dell admits financial impropriety
Posted by Dan Moren at 8:14 AM
Subcategory | Business
While the noise over Apple's stock options scandal has largely subsided, it appears that they weren't the only company to be encountering, erm, financial irregularities....Tags: business, Dell, irregularities, money, rivals
August 2, 2007
Microsoft is out of the Office until 2008
Posted by Dan Moren at 8:08 AM
Subcategory | Updates
I spoke too soon. Yesterday, I wrote about the beta release of Microsoft's Remote Desktop client:Microsoft: as good as their word. How’s that for a...July 31, 2007
Steve Jobs: the listiest of them all
Posted by Dan Moren at 9:52 AM
Subcategory | Steve Jobs
I don't know how Steve Jobs feels about lists, but I sure know how lists feel about Steve Jobs. PC World called him the second...Tags: Bill Gates, business, CEOs, Steve Jobs
July 19, 2007
Stringer: Steve Jobs is "greedy"; Jobs: "I'm rubber, you're glue..."
Posted by Dan Moren at 8:18 AM
Subcategory | Rivals
Sir Howard Stringer, CEO of Sony, has got Steve Jobs on the brain. While taking part in a panel in Sun Valley, Idaho, Stringer reputedly...Tags: Howard Stringer, Sony, Steve Jobs
Reason 12,897 not to run Windows: ads are watching you
Written by Derik DeLong on July 18, 2007
Why drive to Vista Town when you can park in Leopardville?
Written by Kate Marshall on July 11, 2007
Sony's VAIO riding the MacBook wave
Written by Dan Moren on July 11, 2007
Yahoo CEO torch passes from Semel to Yang
Written by Kate Marshall on June 20, 2007
See the beginnings of a lifetime of regret
Written by Derik DeLong on June 20, 2007
Opera Mini vs. iPhone ad
Written by Aaron Freedman on June 19, 2007
US commission bans import of some 3G phones
Written by Dan Moren on June 8, 2007
Former Apple execs high five Palm
Written by Dan Moren on June 4, 2007
Let Apple be Apple
Written by Dan Moren on June 1, 2007
Meet Jeff Han, the man behind Microsoft Surface
Written by Cyrus Farivar on May 31, 2007
D5 video: just like being there, except you can't pester Bill and Steve
Written by Dan Moren on May 31, 2007
It's the Steve and Bill Power Hour
Written by Dan Moren on May 30, 2007
Microsoft doesn't know what it's doing.
Written by Pat Nakajima on May 30, 2007
MS Office in New Zealand schools: and the battle rages on
Written by Kate Marshall on May 30, 2007
Mac Plus and AMD Dual Core Athlon fight to the pain
Written by Dan Moren on May 30, 2007
Checking in with your neighborhood rival
Written by Derik DeLong on May 30, 2007
Microsoft sells a million Zunes? Not so fast, Turbo.
Written by Cyrus Farivar on May 29, 2007
Apple's retail prowess hard to copy
Written by Kate Marshall on May 28, 2007
Intel's notebook takes a page from Apple
Written by Dan Moren on May 25, 2007
The moment you've been waiting for: Jobs and Gates cage match
Written by Dan Moren on May 24, 2007
Putting the 'DRM' in 'drama': Amazon swings its way into DRM-free music downloads
Written by Dan Moren on May 16, 2007
A beta of Microsoft's Word converter arrives
Written by Thomas Gagnon-van Leeuwen on May 15, 2007
Despite Connect360 update, Xbox 360 is still no Apple TV
Written by Aaron Freedman on May 14, 2007
But will it be called "Microsoft!"?
Written by Dan Moren on May 4, 2007
Dell can't sell OS X, settles for Ubuntu
Written by Derik DeLong on May 3, 2007
"No" Zune phone
Written by Scott Silverman on April 25, 2007
Ubuntu 7.0.4 adds more Intel Mac support
Written by Aaron Freedman on April 22, 2007
Microsoft plays "get out of jail cheap" card
Written by Dan Moren on April 19, 2007
MS Office vs. iWork in New Zealand: feel the smackdown
Written by Kate Marshall on April 18, 2007
Microsoft wants Apple to stop whining
Written by Kate Marshall on April 17, 2007
Microsoft shines Silverlight right in your eyes
Written by Derik DeLong on April 17, 2007
It's hard to feel bad for CompUSA when this scenario has happened so often
Written by Kate Marshall on April 10, 2007
Xbox 360's Spring update makes it even more competition for the Apple TV
Written by Aaron Freedman on April 9, 2007
iPod rivals go colorful, wireless
Written by Dan Moren on April 9, 2007
As usual: Apple leads, Microsoft follows
Written by Scott Silverman on April 5, 2007
Could Google Desktop outshine Spotlight?
Written by Dan Moren on April 4, 2007
MacUser Rumors: first photo of Zune Phone surfaces
Written by Thomas Gagnon-van Leeuwen on April 1, 2007
iPhone will boost competitors' sales. Huh?
Written by Thomas Gagnon-van Leeuwen on March 29, 2007
More wisdom of the Steve Ballmer variety
Written by Dan Moren on March 27, 2007
Novell producing "Get a Mac" spoofs for Linux
Written by Dan Moren on March 22, 2007
Firefox, Safari to IE: "And we're still the prettiest, too!"
Written by Kate Marshall on March 21, 2007
Who really loves Ou?
Written by Derik DeLong on March 20, 2007
Careful, Howard: Apple CEOs in your mirror are closer than they appear
Written by Dan Moren on March 19, 2007
Just a fluke, or does Apple have new competition?
Written by Scott Silverman on March 14, 2007
iPod nano and shuffle look-alikes for cheap
Written by Scott Silverman on March 12, 2007
I fall for a Microsoft product without feeling wretched
Written by Pat Nakajima on March 9, 2007
Palm says if you can't beat 'em, hire 'em
Written by Dan Moren on March 9, 2007
A new photo format, courtesy of Microsoft
Written by Thomas Gagnon-van Leeuwen on March 8, 2007
Now even I want an iPhone and it's all Palm's fault
Written by Kate Marshall on March 8, 2007
Gartenberg snaps out of it, returns to Jupiter
Written by Dan Moren on March 8, 2007
AOpen mini PC looks a bit familiar
Written by Scott Silverman on February 28, 2007
BitTorrent Entertainment Network to become latest competition for the iTunes Store
Written by Aaron Freedman on February 25, 2007
Time to gloat, Microsoft has to shell out $1.5 billion
Written by Derik DeLong on February 23, 2007
Vista's going swimmingly, quoth the Gates
Written by Pat Nakajima on February 21, 2007
Microsoft's settlement in Iowa is vaguely...unsettling
Written by Dan Moren on February 16, 2007
Say it ain't so, Mike. Say it ain't so.
Written by Dan Moren on February 16, 2007
Cisco vs. Apple: John Chambers to live for another week
Written by Dan Moren on February 16, 2007
Reader Email: Mail.app for Windows
Written by Derik DeLong on February 16, 2007
Writer says you can't have too many Vistas
Written by Dan Moren on February 15, 2007
You get what you pay for. Duh.
Written by Pat Nakajima on February 14, 2007
Is that an iPhone... or a Meizu M8?
Written by Scott Silverman on February 14, 2007
Love, via Zune
Written by Aaron Freedman on February 14, 2007
Three failures hope for one success
Written by Scott Silverman on February 13, 2007
Vista: Game Over?
Written by Pat Nakajima on February 12, 2007
Rob Enderle on the Get a Mac ads: "Gates has a point"
Written by Dan Moren on February 10, 2007
Attack of the iPhone killers!
Written by Aaron Freedman on February 9, 2007
When does the "wow" start again?
Written by Dan Moren on February 8, 2007
Bill Gates deposition videos
Written by Derik DeLong on February 8, 2007
Microsoft MacBU celebrates 10-year anniversary
Written by Aaron Freedman on February 7, 2007
TiVo joins forces with Amazon in downloadable video assault
Written by Dan Moren on February 7, 2007
Wal-Mart loads up online movie store
Written by Dan Moren on February 6, 2007
Apple compares Vista to OS X
Written by Aaron Freedman on February 1, 2007
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