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Category: Tablet/E-readers

Windows Surface RT: Potential but not quite there

Posted on November 1, 2012 By Michael Kavka No Comments on Windows Surface RT: Potential but not quite there

This summer, when Microsoft announced it was going to make its own tablet, I was pretty excited. I had a chance to play with Windows 8 at TechEd the week before the announcement, and felt it would do well as a tablet OS. When pre-orders opened, I got my boss to get me one so…

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Hypocrisy: Microsoft, Google, Silicon Valley and OEMs

Posted on July 3, 2012 By Michael Kavka No Comments on Hypocrisy: Microsoft, Google, Silicon Valley and OEMs

The world of Technology is a fickle one. You can be a darling one minute and a hated evil empire the next. There is a lot of talk going around on the technology websites. With all the announcements made recently there has to be. You have Microsoft’s Surface, Google’s Nexus 7, Apple’s new MacBook, and…

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Microsoft finally “Surface”s a tablet

Posted on June 19, 2012 By Michael Kavka No Comments on Microsoft finally “Surface”s a tablet

The Big announcement was yesterday. Microsoft is jumping into the tablet game. Everyone has a take on this move, but there are too many unanswered questions to really be concise on an opinion. Microsoft decided to pull an Apple or Google and do a special, red carpet, invite only reveal yesterday. The item, which was…

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