Archive | May 27th, 2010
So much for Ballmer at WWDC
Microsoft’s official Twitter feed reads: Steve Ballmer not speaking at Apple Dev Conf. Nor appearing on Dancing with the Stars. Nor riding in the Belmont. Just FYI. As if Jobs would ever share the stage with Ballmer at an Apple event. I think you can officially classify “analyst” Trip Chowdhry as a moron. And with […]
Continue reading...Attention Photoshop 5 Nerds: Hilarious Content Aware Fill Parody [Video]
27. May 2010
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Remember that awesome demo of the Content-Aware Fill feature on Photoshop 5? Well this spoof is arguably even better.
Continue reading...The real reason behind Robbie Bach’s departure?
27. May 2010
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Horace Dediu writes: Bach lost a key account; in fact, he could be responsible for having lost the biggest account that Microsoft ever had. Ballmer is a sales guy and he knows the importance of these relationships. A customer like HP must be managed carefully and their strategy must be steered to fit with yours. […]
Continue reading...Time Warner and NBC Universal not willing to give up Flash
27. May 2010
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The NY Post reports: Sources said several large media companies, including Time Warner and NBC Universal, told Apple they won’t retool their extensive video libraries to accommodate the iPad, arguing that such a reformatting would be expensive and not worth it because Flash dominates the Web. Though the iPad has been a huge hit, media […]
Continue reading...Tales of the Absurd? Analyst claims Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer to present at WWDC
27. May 2010
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Barron’s reports: Trip Chowdhry, an analyst with tiny Global Equities Research, contends that 7 minutes of the June 7 keynote by Apple CEO Steve Jobs has been blocked off for a presentation by Microsoft to talk about Visual Studio 2010, the company’s suite of development tools. Chowdhry says the new version of VS will allow developers to write native […]
Continue reading...Shakeup in Redmond – Robbie Bach and J Allard leave Microsoft’s Entertainment Division
27. May 2010
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In a big shakeup at Microsoft, it was announced earlier this week that both Robbie Bach and J Allard will be leaving the company. Bach and Allard were executives and two of the founding fathers of Microsoft’s Entertainment & Devices Division. Bach was president of the division while Allard headed up design and development. Microsoft’s sole […]
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27. May 2010
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