I remember Apple and Apple fans making fun of Windows 3.1 and Windows 95. Irrespective of whether they were right or not, the 90s belonged to Microsoft until radical change happened in the 00s.
Microsoft Outlook Team Still Cracking “Google Apps Stink” Jokes
Keep at it, Microsofties. You are not gonna know what hit you.
Cleveland Browns wide receiver Donte’ Stallworth(notes) began serving a 30-day jail sentence Tuesday for killing a pedestrian while driving drunk in Florida, a punishment made possible by his cooperation with investigators and the fervent wish by the victim’s family to put the matter behind them.
Stallworth, 28, received the sentence after pleading guilty to a DUI manslaughter charge for striking and killing Mario Reyes while driving drunk March 14 in his black 2005 Bentley. The athlete also reached a confidential financial settlement with the family of the 59-year-old construction worker.
Netbooks — 8- to 10-inch notebooks that typically cost between $200 and $500 — saw a boom in 2008 when manufacturers shipped 11.6 million units worldwide. Last year, netbooks were considered some of the hottest gadgets in the tech industry, with several major manufacturers including Toshiba, Dell, HP and Samsung rolling out offerings in this device category. Some analysts say the poor condition of the economy was the primary factor driving the success of netbooks.
However, netbook sales have already slowed down in 2009, and shipments are falling below manufacturers’ expectations. Taiwanese manufacturer Asus, for example, expected to ship 1 million netbooks in the first quarter of 2009, according to a report in DigiTimes. But IDC’s tracking indicates Asus shipped only 700,000 units that quarter.
Shrinking a hummer into a mini does not a hybrid make.
What happens when countering Google replaces a cogent product strategy:
Two years after making a strategic decision to launch a user-generated video upload service of its own rather than buy another site, Microsoft (NSDQ: MSFT) is pulling back from the market. Microsoft Corporate Vice President Erik Jorgensen tells CNET that the company is rethinking the strategy around the service it launched—Soapbox.
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