Microsoft must aggressively price its Office 365 subscription plans, perhaps as low as $2 a month, to convince consumers that it's better to rent software than to buy it, analysts said today.When CEO
Published on: July 27th, 2012
Gregg Keizer
@itbusinessca
Advance demand for Apple's next iPhone is at an all-time high, said a research firm today, predicting huge sales later this year for what most have dubbed the "iPhone 5."A survey of more
Published on: July 23rd, 2012
Gregg Keizer
@itbusinessca
Apple will continue to dominate the world's tablet market through 2016 if it launches a smaller iPad this year, according to research firm IDC.In a revised five-year forecast, IDC said last week that
Published on: July 12th, 2012
Gregg Keizer
@itbusinessca
Apple has again warned MobileMe subscribers that it will pull the plug on its sync and storage service at the end of this month.In an email to MobileMe subscribers on Saturday, Apple reminded
Published on: June 25th, 2012
Gregg Keizer
@itbusinessca
Apple did something very unusual Monday: It cut prices.As part of its long-awaited notebook refresh, Apple dropped the priceof three of the four models in its signature MacBook Air line by $100,representing cuts
Published on: June 12th, 2012
Gregg Keizer
@itbusinessca
A near-record 81% of owners of Apple's newest iPad said that they were "very satisfied" with the tablet in a survey conducted by a market research firm last month.Noting that "Apple sets the
Apple today laid out the schedule for its Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC), and confirmed that it will, as usual, kick off the annual meeting with a keynote address, likely hosted by CEO Tim
Microsoft yesterday promised that a feature it's added to Windows 8 will put a stop to endless reboots.Unlike earlier versions, Windows 8 will automatically call up a new menu with repair and recovery
Apple on Tuesday announced record first-quarter revenue on the back of soaring iPhone sales, with an assist from the iPad.During an earnings call with Wall Street analysts and reporters, Apple said it had
Published on: April 25th, 2012
Gregg Keizer
@itbusinessca
Microsoft today declined to confirm whether users of Windows XP and Vista will be able to upgrade their PCs to Windows 8 when the latter launches later this year.On Monday, Microsoft spelled out
Published on: April 18th, 2012
Gregg Keizer
@itbusinessca
Microsoft has extended the mainstream support period for Office 2007 by six months to align the suite's lifecycle with a little-known provision in the company's support policy.Although it's unclear when Microsoft added the
Published on: April 12th, 2012
Gregg Keizer
@itbusinessca
Apple is shortchanging new iPad owners on battery power, an analyst said today."If you stop charging the iPad when the battery indicator says 100% youwon't get the maximum running time," said Ray Soneira,
Published on: March 26th, 2012
Gregg Keizer
@itbusinessca
Hackers who posted a barebones proof-of-concept attack for a critical Windows vulnerability may have obtained some of the code from Microsoft or one of its antivirus partners, the bug's finder said today.Luigi Auriemma,
Published on: March 16th, 2012
Gregg Keizer
@itbusinessca
Apple has sold out of initial supplies of the new iPad in every country where it will launch the tablet on Friday, and is now telling buyers that orders will not ship for
Published on: March 12th, 2012
Gregg Keizer
@itbusinessca
As the White House pushed a privacy bill of rights this week and readied new online privacy legislation for Congress to consider, Google decided on Thursday to get behind “Do Not Track” technology
Published on: February 24th, 2012
Gregg Keizer
@itbusinessca
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