Alex Wilhelm / The Next Web:
Ballmer mocks Mac sales while touting Microsoft’s products — Today at the Worldwide Partner Conference, Microsoft took the verbal gloves off: During his keynote, CEO Steve Ballmer mocked Apple’s Mac sales numbers. He compared the number of PCs sold in the last twelve months …
Mike Elgan / Computerworld:
Kinect: Microsoft’s accidental success story — What happens when Microsoft applies a Google-like model to an Apple-like gadget? We’re going to find out. — Computerworld – Microsoft introduced a peripheral device for gaming in November called Microsoft Kinect for Xbox 360.
A computer security researcher has found a glitch in Microsoft Corp.’s Internet Explorer browser that he said could let hackers steal credentials to access users’ Facebook and Twitter accounts. All version of Internet Explorer store in a data file known as …
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Mary Jo Foley / ZDNet:
Demystifying Microsoft’s mobile operating system roadmap — When Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer recently criticized Google at the D8 conference for having two different mobile operating systems, it’s surprising so few challenged the pot for calling the kettle black.