Microsoft has just announced plans to open its own chain of retail stores, and even hired a former Wal-Mart veteran to run the retail operation. "The purpose of opening these stores is to create deeper engagement with consumers and continue...
February 13, 2009 12:34 PM
by Tom Jowitt
Microsoft has just announced plans to open its own chain of retail stores, and even hired a former Wal-Mart veteran to run the retail operation. "The purpose of opening these stores is to create deeper engagement with consumers and continue...
July 30, 2008 4:24 PM
It's not often that one compares Microsoft to Gordon Brown but that's the comparison that struck me this week. Just as our beleaguered prime minister struggled with the task of reviving a government perceived as a lost cause by...
May 20, 2008 12:33 PM
by Tom Jowitt
Do you want your Apple iPhone to look-and-feel like Windows Vista? No, neither did we. But now you can, thanks to a brand new iPhone theme that will make Apple's handset look-and-feel like a Vista-based device. It is hard...
September 14, 2005 12:00 AM
Having spent most of the last decade turning its Office product into an overweight and horribly decelerating mish-mash of features requested by focus groups, Microsoft has now decided it will rescue users by offering them a new interface. As...
August 9, 2005 12:00 AM
The news that the latest version of Microsoft’s browser, IE7, will not be fully compliant has already got the snipers queuing up, ready to take pot-shots at Microsoft. The root cause of the complaint has been the admission by...