July 21, 2010 by Valerie Helmbreck
The financial juggernaut that is Apple continues unabated by minor blips like the iPhone 4 antennae and fears that the iPad’s phenomenal popularity might eat away at Mac sales.
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Tags: Apple, earnings, iPad, iphone, ipod, macs, third quater
June 23, 2010 by Valerie Helmbreck
Yes, I know reading the manual means you lost. And yes, I know Apple computer products are so intuitive they don’t require instructions — NOT.
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Tags: Apple, iphone, OS4, Software, update
June 22, 2010 by Valerie Helmbreck
Putting off that Windows XP service pack update could finally catch up with you in a couple of weeks.
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Tags: deadline, Microsoft, security, SP2, SP3, update, XP
May 25, 2010 by Sam Narisi
It seems like many IT departments are starting to let go of Windows XP. Is your organization ready for a new OS?
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Tags: Microsoft, Windows 7, XP
April 16, 2010 by Valerie Helmbreck
Only a short time out of the starting gate and the iPad’s almost snagged as much Web traffic volume as the stalwart BlackBerry and Google’s Android OS.
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Tags: Android, Blackberry, daily market share, iPad, NetApplications, OS, Web
April 9, 2010 by Valerie Helmbreck
Apple’s selling something new — other than iPads. The company’s now in the business of selling advertising and, of course, there’s an app for that.
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Tags: advertising, Apple, iAd, iphone
March 9, 2010 by Sam Narisi
Still just want to buy a new PC with Windows XP? Despite a recent legal challenge, Microsoft won’t make it any easier.
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Tags: Microsoft, Vista, Windows, Windows 7, XP
February 15, 2010 by Valerie Helmbreck
Got a hacked copy of Windows 7? Don’t get too used to it. Microsoft’s about to issue a new update for Windows Activation Technologies that will detect more than 70 “activation exploits” — those crafty little hacks to Windows’ activation.
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Tags: activation, detect, hacks, Microsoft, update, Windows 7
February 9, 2010 by Valerie Helmbreck
For everyone who’s gotten excited by the Microsoft upgrade that is Windows 7, beware. Not all appears well in Win 7 land.
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January 25, 2010 by Valerie Helmbreck

Forget those contentious TV ads where Apple and Microsoft mock each other’s operating systems. Think instead of unlikely marriages like Mary Matalin and James Carville, or Bill and Hillary Clinton. Think Microsoft and Apple.
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Tags: Apple, Google, iphone, iTouch, Microsoft, search engine