Strange how Microsoft have finally got good at making corporate tech look sexy.
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Help me. I'm coveting Microsoft technology
Wow. It’s not often I covet a Microsoft piece of hardware – but the Microsoft Band looks like a really nice bit of kit. It’s basically a souped up fitness tracker, that’s halfway to being a smartwatch – and…
Journalists: do not use Hotmail
Microsoft accesses a blogger’s e-mail without permission to track the source of a leak: One of the revelations in this week’s case of a Microsoft worker who leaked pre-release Windows 8 software was that Microsoft accessed the Hotmail…
31-3.1 The war ended a long time ago, buddy
I had an odd experience on Facebook the other day. It’s probably the closest I’ll ever come to those apocryphal tales of warriors emerging from the jungles of Asia to discover that the war ended decades ago. A…
Danger: Excel at work
The FT’s Lisa Pollack on the power – and danger – of Excel: While Excel remains the utensil of choice, it comes with risks. Recent history has shown that poorly monitored spreadsheets can be costly for organisations. Yet slightly more than…
The new, small Nokia looks really interesting
Well, now, I might actually have a future as a tech blogger and analyst after all. Last Saturday, I wrote a piece for Next Conference, speculating that the big push that that Nokia was giving its Here Auto in-car system…
Allister Frost: Noble marketing through brain hacking?
*Liveblog: open to error, inaccuracies and howling typos*** ** Allister Frost, managing director, Wild Orange Media Have we ever been to Go Ape? He has. And he’s talking about the dissonance between knowing you’re safe (because you have a…
Skype: what is this strange human concept of "conversation"?
Andrew Grill, talking about Skype’s plans for in-call advertising: “highlight unique and local brand experiences”- what?? Humans don’t speak like this to to other humans. This is ad speak. There is a clear phenomenon where people get…