Microsoft’s Terry Myerson Slams Android (Video)

Sharp words from a “challenger.”
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PC Sales Shrink, Tablets and Phones Dominate in Four-Year Tech Forecast

More declines seen for PCs.
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Microsoft’s Challenge: Bringing Office to iOS and Android While Protecting Its Two Moneymakers

Writing the code is easy, but Redmond is trying to strike a tricky financial balance as it weighs how to bring Office to rival mobile platforms.
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Waiting for the Era of Post-PC Productivity? It’s Already Here.

Tablets, smartphones and app stores were the first clues.

In U.S., Slightly More Women Than Men Are Using Smartphones

Ethnic minorities that have a cellphone are also highly likely to have a smartphone, according to new Nielsen data.
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Skype for Windows Phone Hits Beta

The long-expected version of Skype for Windows Phone has been released as a beta at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. It boasts a new user experience that’s tied in to the Windows Phone interface, Metro.

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IPO Mafias, BODM and Brands Born From the U.S. Election: Three Mobile Trends Starting to Unfold

Here are three trends that are starting to unfold and should define the year of mobile technology.

Android, iOS Surging While BlackBerry and Windows Slide

No surprises here. Android continues to extend its lead as America’s most popular smartphone operating system.
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U.S. Steps Up Probe of Nortel Patent Deal

The Justice Department is intensifying an investigation into whether tech giants including Apple, Microsoft and Research in Motion could use a recently acquired trove of patents to unfairly hobble competing smartphones using Google’s Android software.

Steve Ballmer’s Dr. Hyde and Mr. Jekyll

Whenever I know Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer is going to speak at a major public event, I get two feelings at once: Excited anticipation that the chances are high that he’ll say something controversial and dread that the chances are high he will say something, well, controversial.
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Windows Phone 7: It’s Now or Never

Android: Take Me to Your Market Leader