Marketing campaigns between Google, Microsoft, and Apple have seldom been so direct as they mostly, in the past, veered to subtle jabs at ‘what it means’ to choose one over the other. Well, not anymore. Google pretty much knows the world prefers their browser and search over their competitor’s and that is a bit of a problem considering the latest Windows puts a huge focus on Internet Explorer and Bing as usual. Continue Reading

Intel’s PC Client Group revenue is up 22% year-over-year which gives us our news story: The PC is not dying after all. According to an article on over at Wired, what Intel’s quarterly results essentially mean is that the computer market remains very healthy despite the rapid growth of tablets.
The first video of Windows 8′s interface has emerged recently, and many really have no idea what to think. Initial responses have been anywhere from ‘Vista all over again’ to ‘this looks like how it should have been all along.’ So what exactly is Microsoft thinking by doing away with the desktop model that has been around since Windows 95 in favor of app panels designed for touch screen functionality?