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Microsoft Rep Takes a Dig at Apple Fanboy

Microsoft made some big announcements today at the E3 gaming show, most surrounding the Xbox, but a few involved Xbox Live in Windows Phone. However the bigger, or at least more interesting, Windows Phone news came from Microsoft Vice President of Windows Phone Joe Belfiore, via his Twitter account. Today an Apple fan got excited about the fact the volume

Microsoft Endorses “Walshed” Tool for Updating ChevronWP7 Devices

It was a bit of a surprise when Microsoft didn't have a problem with developer Chris Walsh's ChevronWP7 to "fix" NoDo installs that weren't working, even inviting him to visit their headquarters.  It now comes as less of a surprise that Microsoft is endorsing Walsh's latest tool, especially since it helps to get those "hacked" phones back on the official

Microsoft Buys Skype

Today Microsoft announced that it had purchased Skype for 8.5 billion dollars. Skype will be run as a separate business division with in Microsoft and its CEO Tony Bates will report directly to Steve Balmer Microsoft's CEO. For those of you that are not familiar with Skype it is a soft ware application that allows users to make voice calls

GNC #666 My Wife wants What!

The month is winding down, but I could not be happier the team of writers at GNC have been kicking out some pretty awesome content. The refresh of the show formula so far is working and the feedback so far has been positive. I am on the search for existing talent across the new media space. Do you know of

GNC #664 Running a Tight Ship

Working on the Format pretty happy tonight with the time adjustment, hope you agree and looking for feedback on the adjustments being made. Lots of tech as always, thanks for your email comments on the show and the supporting material for the show. Guess the terminator was wrong today was not Judgement day but how far off are we from

Bye Buzz – Yahoo Buzz that is

Yahoo! continues to condense the Yahoo! Giant. This time, it's Yahoo! Buzz - the Digg-like site that aggregates news articles. In a statement made on the website, it says: Yahoo! Buzz will be discontinued as of April 21, 2011. As of this date, you will be unable to access the Yahoo! Buzz site. This was a hard decision. However this

When Will Patent Squatting Become Monopolistic?

Every week we hear either a patent that Apple applied for, then the next week it's a story on how Apple is suing another company for their patents. Some of these patents are pretty ridiculous.  Some of it feels more like a squatting practice. So when will patent squatting become more a monopolistic practice for a company like Apple? Owning a patent