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Microsoft

Another Year of the Mighty Falling

They fell in 2012, just as they did in 2015. But is Apple still innovating enough?

December 26, 2015 General, Macs, Technology

Q&A: Slow Office startup

Starting Microsoft Officer 2008 and 2011 apps up takes an age. Would 2016 be any better?

December 6, 2015 Macs, Technology

Unexpected cucumbers and online services

When is the last time that an online service caused you to have an unexpected cucumber experience?

November 24, 2015 General, Macs, Technology

It shouldn’t happen to an App Store

App stores are shop windows for their operating systems and host hardware. Getting them wrong is bad news for vendors.

October 31, 2015 General, Macs, Technology

A Boxing Match

Packaging is the new corporate forecasting tool.

October 29, 2015 Macs, Technology

Windows 10 reserved, but delivery uncertain

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Which will come first: Windows 10 or OS X El Capitan?

August 14, 2015 General, Life, Macs, Technology

Progress barred from Windows 10?

Microsoft’s Windows 10 update troubleshooter could not tell me whether my computer was eligible for the free Windows 10 upgrade.

August 6, 2015 General, Life, Macs, Technology

Bring out your bugs

Software vendors should be able to take pride in the way in which they address bugs, not feel so ashamed that the information has to be kept quiet.

June 30, 2015 General, Macs, Technology

Open Government

A truly open government champions open standards and open source, and nurtures European software development.

June 23, 2015 General, Macs, Technology

Small but Perfectly Formed

Written a year before the first iPhone, 4 years before the iPad: “Sooner or later, Apple will release a product that lies between current iPods and MacBooks.”

June 20, 2015 General, Macs, Technology

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