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HTC Touch2 to debut on October 6 with Windows Mobile 6.5 - Sep 3, 2009

Crave HTC Touch2 Just yesterday, Microsoft announced that the first batch of Windows Mobile 6.5 smartphones would launch on October 6, and on Wednesday, we learned the identity of one such model: ... Read story »

Competing browsers gain on Internet Explorer - Sep 3, 2009

Crave Internet Explorer rivals generally gained market share in figures from July, shown at top, and August. After resetting its methodology to better account for global variations, Net Applications' browser usage statistics ... Read story »

Is Apple afraid of Windows 7? - Sep 3, 2009

Blogs Is Apple with its newly launched OS, the Snow Leopard, afraid of Windows 7? In case you're wondering why I am asking this question, the answer is simple: Apple was here ... Read story »

PS3 and Xbox 360 finally outsell Wii in US - Sep 7, 2009

Crave As expected, recent price cuts to the PS3 and Xbox 360 helped boost sales of the two consoles, and a strong showing for both helped propel them past the Wii in ... Read story »

Snow Leopard incompatibilities listed - Sep 8, 2009

Crave Apple's US$29 operating-system upgrade, Snow Leopard, is for most users a straightforward and worthwhile upgrade. But some are regretting their haste in upgrading to Mac OS X 10.6. Little incompatibilities ... Read story »

Morph Vista into Windows 7 gratis - Sep 14, 2009

Crave Every time Microsoft delivers a new OS it's possible to get many of the features of a Windows upgrade in the previous version of Windows. Windows 7 is no exception. Here's ... Read story »

Second-generation Microsoft Bing coming soon - Sep 14, 2009

Crave Microsoft is getting ready to launch the next iteration of Bing, according to some wayward tweets. Mary-Jo Foley at our sister site ZDNet spotted a few eager Twitter users spilling the ... Read story »

Microsoft launches new Windows 7 peripherals - Sep 15, 2009

Features Microsoft is readying new peripherals for the upcoming operating system, with one device sporting Windows 7-specific features.  Read story »

Microsoft believes Windows 7 will ace Chrome OS, Apple - Sep 16, 2009

Crave Although the conventional wisdom is that the rise of the Netbook is hurting the Windows business, a Microsoft executive said Tuesday that lower-cost laptops can actually be a good thing. Speaking ... Read story »

New do-it-all Archos 5 Internet Media Tablet - Sep 16, 2009

Crave Far be it for Archos to sit idly by and watch Apple, Microsoft, and Creative have all the fun. Today, the company announced its next-generation Archos 5 device, which is ... Read story »

Five reasons Apple botched the new iPod lineup - Sep 16, 2009

Crave So Apple announced a new iPod lineup on Wednesday. I think they botched it, and in doing so, they showed very un-Apple-like cracks in the product lineup. Here's why: The third-generation ... Read story »

Samsung Application Store launched - Sep 16, 2009

Crave The Samsung Application Store has been launched, at least for owners of the Samsung i8910 HD and the Omnia i900. The i8910 HD runs the Symbian operating system, and we ... Read story »

"Upsized" game consoles the next big wave? - Sep 18, 2009

Features A 250GB Xbox 360 Super Elite is officially announced for the UK, while a comparably sized PS3 Slim has been spotted in the US. Read story »

Apple tablet comes with Microsoft bulls eye - Sep 22, 2009

Crave With the hype around Apple's near-certain upcoming tablet PC seemingly cooling off, our attention now turns to Microsoft--as the company is rumored to be preemptively working on its own Apple-tablet killer. ... Read story »

Hands-on with Microsoft Office Web Apps - Sep 22, 2009

Crave Microsoft has finally started to open up its Web-based versions of Office apps to early testers. Last week we got access to a "technical preview" of Excel and PowerPoint on the ... Read story »

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