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Tue, 21 May 2013 19:02:52 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/05/08/microsoft-adds-another-year-to-yahoos-revenue-guarantee-as-part-of-internet-search-alliance/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/05/08/microsoft-adds-another-year-to-yahoos-revenue-guarantee-as-part-of-internet-search-alliance/#comments Wed, 08 May 2013 11:49:14 +0000 The Associated Press http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=381440 http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/05/08/microsoft-adds-another-year-to-yahoos-revenue-guarantee-as-part-of-internet-search-alliance/feed/ 0 SAN FRANCISCO – Microsoft has extended a guarantee that provides Yahoo with financial protection... http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/04/25/restarting-windows/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/04/25/restarting-windows/#comments Thu, 25 Apr 2013 12:42:01 +0000 Rosemary Westwood http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=376505 http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/04/25/restarting-windows/feed/ 0 Company seeks a solution for slumping PC sales http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/03/06/european-competition-watchdog-fines-microsoft-733m-for-backsliding-on-browser-promise/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/03/06/european-competition-watchdog-fines-microsoft-733m-for-backsliding-on-browser-promise/#comments Wed, 06 Mar 2013 14:44:15 +0000 The Associated Press http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=357363 http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/03/06/european-competition-watchdog-fines-microsoft-733m-for-backsliding-on-browser-promise/feed/ 0 AMSTERDAM – The European Union has fined Microsoft €561 million ($733 million) for breaking... http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/02/23/microsofts-azure-service-breaks-down-after-company-lets-online-security-certificate-expire/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/02/23/microsofts-azure-service-breaks-down-after-company-lets-online-security-certificate-expire/#comments Sat, 23 Feb 2013 11:53:08 +0000 The Associated Press http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=353579 http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/02/23/microsofts-azure-service-breaks-down-after-company-lets-online-security-certificate-expire/feed/ 0 REDMOND, Wash. – Microsoft unwittingly let an online security certificate expire Friday, triggering a... http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/02/19/the-innovation-crisis-2/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/02/19/the-innovation-crisis-2/#comments Wed, 20 Feb 2013 05:00:00 +0000 Chris Sorensen http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=350238 http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/02/19/the-innovation-crisis-2/feed/ 0 Caught trying to mimic the latest hot product, the most powerful tech firms can’t seem to dream up anything genuinely new http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/02/19/microsoft-looks-to-regain-leadership-in-email-with-outlook-marketing-blitz/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/02/19/microsoft-looks-to-regain-leadership-in-email-with-outlook-marketing-blitz/#comments Tue, 19 Feb 2013 10:29:59 +0000 The Associated Press http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=352165 http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/02/19/microsoft-looks-to-regain-leadership-in-email-with-outlook-marketing-blitz/feed/ 0 SAN FRANCISCO – Microsoft is so confident it has the Internet’s best email service... http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/01/25/internet-explorer-appeals-to-gen-y-with-90s-nostalgia-commercial/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/01/25/internet-explorer-appeals-to-gen-y-with-90s-nostalgia-commercial/#comments Fri, 25 Jan 2013 13:43:18 +0000 Emily Senger http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=341931 http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/01/25/internet-explorer-appeals-to-gen-y-with-90s-nostalgia-commercial/feed/ 0 Can pogs, snap bracelets and neon help with a rebrand? http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/01/14/microsoft-cements-games-lead-apple-joins-in-the-race/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/01/14/microsoft-cements-games-lead-apple-joins-in-the-race/#comments Mon, 14 Jan 2013 21:38:42 +0000 Peter Nowak http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=336559 http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/01/14/microsoft-cements-games-lead-apple-joins-in-the-race/feed/ 0 Who will be first to unify an operating system for computers, smartphones, tablets and TVs? http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/11/20/will-it-speak-klingon/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/11/20/will-it-speak-klingon/#comments Tue, 20 Nov 2012 16:05:01 +0000 Chris Sorensen http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=314703 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/11/20/will-it-speak-klingon/feed/ 0 The software could one day break down language barriers http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/11/12/microsoft-says-windows-head-steven-sinofsky-leaving-company-succeeded-by-julie-larson-green/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/11/12/microsoft-says-windows-head-steven-sinofsky-leaving-company-succeeded-by-julie-larson-green/#comments Tue, 13 Nov 2012 02:38:24 +0000 The Associated Press http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=314149 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/11/12/microsoft-says-windows-head-steven-sinofsky-leaving-company-succeeded-by-julie-larson-green/feed/ 0 REDMOND, Wash. – Microsoft says that Steven Sinofsky, the president of its Windows and... http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/09/24/a-smash-hit/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/09/24/a-smash-hit/#comments Mon, 24 Sep 2012 17:19:01 +0000 Colin Campbell http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=295283 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/09/24/a-smash-hit/feed/ 0 Muting your cell phone with one simple whack http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/09/18/control-alt-reboot/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/09/18/control-alt-reboot/#comments Tue, 18 Sep 2012 14:00:01 +0000 Chris Sorensen http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=292661 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/09/18/control-alt-reboot/feed/ 0 Why the software giant is betting its future on a radical new version of Windows http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/09/04/why-the-new-windows-phone-8-is-nokias-biggest-gamble/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/09/04/why-the-new-windows-phone-8-is-nokias-biggest-gamble/#comments Tue, 04 Sep 2012 15:16:03 +0000 Peter Nowak http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=289039 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/09/04/why-the-new-windows-phone-8-is-nokias-biggest-gamble/feed/ 0 Microsoft can survive a flop. Nokia can't. http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/08/29/why-apples-win-is-probably-microsofts-win/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/08/29/why-apples-win-is-probably-microsofts-win/#comments Wed, 29 Aug 2012 17:57:17 +0000 Peter Nowak http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=287073 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/08/29/why-apples-win-is-probably-microsofts-win/feed/ 0 And how RIM may have missed the boat again http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/08/01/the-new-outlooks-best-feature-an-empty-inbox/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/08/01/the-new-outlooks-best-feature-an-empty-inbox/#comments Wed, 01 Aug 2012 22:11:00 +0000 David Newland http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=279642 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/08/01/the-new-outlooks-best-feature-an-empty-inbox/feed/ 0 Who can resist the lure of a new email address? http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/07/16/ouya-game-consoles/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/07/16/ouya-game-consoles/#comments Mon, 16 Jul 2012 15:55:02 +0000 Peter Nowak http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=274672 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/07/16/ouya-game-consoles/feed/ 0 It's a golden opportunity for outsiders http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/14/microsofts-horrifying-story-about-usage-based-billing-abuse/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/14/microsofts-horrifying-story-about-usage-based-billing-abuse/#comments Mon, 14 May 2012 18:10:18 +0000 Peter Nowak http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=258498 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/14/microsofts-horrifying-story-about-usage-based-billing-abuse/feed/ 0 A new South Africa-based study is a cautionary tale for Canadian Internet users http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/01/a-fuzzy-reception-2/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/01/a-fuzzy-reception-2/#comments Tue, 01 May 2012 14:57:01 +0000 Chris Sorensen http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=254970 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/01/a-fuzzy-reception-2/feed/ 0 Instead it’s been a reminder of how brutally hard it is to engineer a turnaround http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/03/14/nokias-lumia-800-the-new-phone-for-hipsters/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/03/14/nokias-lumia-800-the-new-phone-for-hipsters/#comments Wed, 14 Mar 2012 17:47:38 +0000 Peter Nowak http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=245544 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/03/14/nokias-lumia-800-the-new-phone-for-hipsters/feed/ 0 It doesn't include portable WiFi, but it sure has the root-for-the-underdog cool factor http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/03/05/pc-strikes-back/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/03/05/pc-strikes-back/#comments Mon, 05 Mar 2012 15:40:01 +0000 Chris Sorensen http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=242851 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/03/05/pc-strikes-back/feed/ 0 Their latest ads attack competitors Apple and Google. But will the frontal assault pay off? http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/01/02/2012-whats-bubbling-up/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/01/02/2012-whats-bubbling-up/#comments Mon, 02 Jan 2012 17:02:09 +0000 Peter Nowak http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=231369 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/01/02/2012-whats-bubbling-up/feed/ 0 RIM's duo gets the boot, Microsoft comes back to life, the PC becomes history, foreigners come to Canada and democracy is tested http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/11/24/sopa-a-u-s-bill-that-could-break-the-internet/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/11/24/sopa-a-u-s-bill-that-could-break-the-internet/#comments Thu, 24 Nov 2011 22:39:28 +0000 Jesse Brown http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=226799 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/11/24/sopa-a-u-s-bill-that-could-break-the-internet/feed/ 27 Critics include Google, Yahoo!, Facebook, Twitter–and, yes, even Microsoft http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/11/03/the-150-robot-revolution/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/11/03/the-150-robot-revolution/#comments Thu, 03 Nov 2011 17:40:01 +0000 macleans.ca http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/11/10/the-150-robot-revolution/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/11/03/the-150-robot-revolution/feed/ 2 How Microsoft’s affordable Kinect video game system is changing the world of advanced robotics http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/10/19/hey%e2%80%94we%e2%80%99re-on-google-maps/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/10/19/hey%e2%80%94we%e2%80%99re-on-google-maps/#comments Wed, 19 Oct 2011 15:20:52 +0000 Richard Warnica http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=219683 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/10/19/hey%e2%80%94we%e2%80%99re-on-google-maps/feed/ 0 For months after independence, the country remained a non-entity on online maps http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/09/29/zune-music-comes-to-canada/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/09/29/zune-music-comes-to-canada/#comments Thu, 29 Sep 2011 16:18:01 +0000 Peter Nowak http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=217923 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/09/29/zune-music-comes-to-canada/feed/ 4 The digital music space—legal and less so—is getting mighty crowded http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/07/15/android-attack/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/07/15/android-attack/#comments Fri, 15 Jul 2011 16:36:06 +0000 macleans.ca http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=201940 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/07/15/android-attack/feed/ 0 Chart of the week http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/06/28/microsoft-unveils-office-in-the-cloud/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/06/28/microsoft-unveils-office-in-the-cloud/#comments Tue, 28 Jun 2011 18:37:14 +0000 Randy Kim http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=199294 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/06/28/microsoft-unveils-office-in-the-cloud/feed/ 0 Software company takes aim at online products from rival Google http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/05/13/good-news-bad-news-may-5-12-2011-2/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/05/13/good-news-bad-news-may-5-12-2011-2/#comments Fri, 13 May 2011 15:10:19 +0000 macleans.ca http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=191421 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/05/13/good-news-bad-news-may-5-12-2011-2/feed/ 0 The RCMP officers involved in Robert Dziekanski's death face perjury charges, while scientists prove Einstein was right http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/05/04/on-searching-for-aliens-buying-pro-sports-teams-and-his-two-brushes-with-death/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/05/04/on-searching-for-aliens-buying-pro-sports-teams-and-his-two-brushes-with-death/#comments Wed, 04 May 2011 15:05:51 +0000 Jason Kirby http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=188011 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/05/04/on-searching-for-aliens-buying-pro-sports-teams-and-his-two-brushes-with-death/feed/ 0 On searching for aliens, buying pro sports teams, and his two brushes with death http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/02/18/a-cautionary-tale/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/02/18/a-cautionary-tale/#comments Fri, 18 Feb 2011 17:52:09 +0000 Chris Sorensen http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=172929 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/02/18/a-cautionary-tale/feed/ 2 What RIM can learn from the 'unbelievable' fall of Nokia from the top of the smartphone market http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/02/11/even-microsoft-uses-google/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/02/11/even-microsoft-uses-google/#comments Fri, 11 Feb 2011 18:14:32 +0000 macleans.ca http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=171144 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/02/11/even-microsoft-uses-google/feed/ 0 Google accuses its search engine archival of copying its result listings http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/12/02/look-mom-no-hands/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/12/02/look-mom-no-hands/#comments Thu, 02 Dec 2010 15:00:49 +0000 Chris Sorensen http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=159904 http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/12/02/look-mom-no-hands/feed/ 0 Microsoft’s new optical gaming system is all a part of its strategy to take over the living room http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/09/03/newsmakers-37/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/09/03/newsmakers-37/#comments Fri, 03 Sep 2010 12:00:21 +0000 macleans.ca http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=144959 http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/09/03/newsmakers-37/feed/ 0 Björk versus Canada, Microsoft’s founder sues just about everyone, and Brian Orser exacts sweet revenge http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/07/23/newsmakers-33/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/07/23/newsmakers-33/#comments Fri, 23 Jul 2010 13:00:16 +0000 macleans.ca http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=139478 http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/07/23/newsmakers-33/feed/ 0 The Clintons are pleased to announce almost nothing, Arcade Fire’s class act, and Rowan Atkinson’s cunning plan http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/07/01/karaoke-with-a-point-to-make/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/07/01/karaoke-with-a-point-to-make/#comments Thu, 01 Jul 2010 18:20:17 +0000 Kate Lunau http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=134627 http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/07/01/karaoke-with-a-point-to-make/feed/ 0 PowerPoint-loathing finds a creative new outlet onstage http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/04/01/sony-busts-out-a-brand-new-move/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/04/01/sony-busts-out-a-brand-new-move/#comments Thu, 01 Apr 2010 13:00:48 +0000 Jason Kirby http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=116121 http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/04/01/sony-busts-out-a-brand-new-move/feed/ 10 To counter the Wii system, Sony launched a rival called Move http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/03/18/finally-a-product-to-brag-about/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/03/18/finally-a-product-to-brag-about/#comments Thu, 18 Mar 2010 15:00:09 +0000 Chris Sorensen http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=114889 http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/03/18/finally-a-product-to-brag-about/feed/ 7 Microsoft CEO Ballmer has good reason to cheer the new Windows http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/02/15/two-sides-of-moores-law/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/02/15/two-sides-of-moores-law/#comments Mon, 15 Feb 2010 15:48:46 +0000 Colby Cosh http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=107623 http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/02/15/two-sides-of-moores-law/feed/ 25 I suppose a lot of you have seen the astonishing video of the Intellectual... http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/11/05/the-next-frontier/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/11/05/the-next-frontier/#comments Thu, 05 Nov 2009 17:20:26 +0000 macleans.ca http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/11/05/the-next-frontier/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/11/05/the-next-frontier/feed/ 1 Will hand-held tablet PCs revolutionize mobile computing? http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/10/22/how-microsoft-got-hip/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/10/22/how-microsoft-got-hip/#comments Thu, 22 Oct 2009 17:00:58 +0000 Colin Campbell http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=87269 http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/10/22/how-microsoft-got-hip/feed/ 8 After years of flops, the software giant is making a comeback http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/06/04/the-game-guru/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/06/04/the-game-guru/#comments Thu, 04 Jun 2009 20:00:00 +0000 Jason Kirby http://tearsheet.ca/dev/?p=3887 http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/06/04/the-game-guru/feed/ 4 Microsoft exec Don Mattrick may change how the world plays http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/06/04/channelling-autism/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/06/04/channelling-autism/#comments Thu, 04 Jun 2009 12:40:00 +0000 Lianne George http://tearsheet.ca/dev/?p=3758 http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/06/04/channelling-autism/feed/ 15 A Danish tech firm harnesses the power of the autistic brain http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/01/20/google-turns-the-tables-on-microsoft/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/01/20/google-turns-the-tables-on-microsoft/#comments Tue, 20 Jan 2009 20:35:00 +0000 Kate Lunau http://tearsheet.ca/dev/?p=1456 http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/01/20/google-turns-the-tables-on-microsoft/feed/ 3 Google heads Page and Brin aren’t evil, but they’re crafty http://www2.macleans.ca/2008/12/01/microsoft-to-launch-free-pc-protection/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2008/12/01/microsoft-to-launch-free-pc-protection/#comments Mon, 01 Dec 2008 09:00:00 +0000 Kate Lunau http://tearsheet.ca/dev/?p=926 http://www2.macleans.ca/2008/12/01/microsoft-to-launch-free-pc-protection/feed/ 4 Will people still pay when Microsoft’s product is free? http://www2.macleans.ca/2008/10/02/third-time-lucky-for-microsoft/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2008/10/02/third-time-lucky-for-microsoft/#comments Thu, 02 Oct 2008 00:00:00 +0000 Colin Campbell http://tearsheet.ca/dev/?p=368 http://www2.macleans.ca/2008/10/02/third-time-lucky-for-microsoft/feed/ 0 Strangely, the latest batch of Microsoft ads is all about Apple