First, Steve Perlman streamed Windows onto the iPad. And now, the legendary Silicon Valley inventor is streaming Microsoft’s desktop operating system onto Android devices too.
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OnLive Streams Microsoft Windows Onto Android Tablets Too
The ire over throttling mobile data customers seems to be the tip of an anger-berg when it comes to “data hogs.” Apple and Microsoft are scheming to tap the cloud in their next desktop operating systems to create a personal cloud panacea with iCloud and SkyDrive synching up all of their digital pics, video etc. Sky’s the limit with the cloud, right? But not so fast with mobile data
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Does Cloud Meets OS Equal Mobile Data Crunch?
As iOS and Android duel for supremacy and BlackBerry struggles to hang on, Microsoft’s unique mobile platform makes its move.
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Windows Phones: 4 Models Tested and Rated
Microsoft has unveiled a new version of Visual Studio, its venerable programming kit. Due out in beta next Wednesday, February 29, the new release — codenamed Visual Studio 11 — offers a new set of tools for building applications on Windows 8, the next incarnation of Microsoft’s flagship operating system. But Microsoft also aims to simplify Visual Studio’s developer environment and streamline collaboration among coders
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Microsoft Woos Joe Developer with New Visual Studio
Google, Microsoft, and Netflix have teamed up to propose a copy protection protocol– AKA DRM — for HTML5 video. It’s just a draft right now, but already the response from other W3C members has been overwhelmingly negative.
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HTML Editor Calls HTML5 Video Copy-Protection Proposal ‘Unethical’
The California Department of Justice issued a press release Wednesday detailing an agreement among leaders in the mobile space to strengthen user privacy and transparency policies for mobile apps. Apple, Google, HP, Amazon, Microsoft and RIM signed the agreement.
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Apple, Google and Other Mobile Giants Commit to App Privacy Standards
UPDATE: Microsoft, who historically have not commented on rumors at all, have since told The New York Times “The Daily story is based on inaccurate rumors and speculation.” The question of whether a Microsoft Office app is coming to the iPad is no longer in question: it’s now a matter of when. Someone with hands-on
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Microsoft Office app for iPad spotted
Last week Google was caught bypassing Safari’s cookie blocking mechanisms, now Microsoft claims Google is doing something similar to Internet Explorer users. This time, however, Google isn’t the only one; it turns out numerous websites bypass IE’s cookie protections.
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Google Tricks Internet Explorer into Accepting Tracking Cookies, Microsoft Claims
Last week Google was caught bypassing Safari’s cookie blocking mechanisms, now Microsoft claims Google is doing something similar to Internet Explorer users. This time, however, Google isn’t the only one; it turns out numerous websites bypass IE’s cookie protections.
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Google Tricks Internet Explorer into Accepting Tracking Cookies, Microsoft Claims