Would Apple have to Pay Microsoft for iPod?

July 16th, 2009 Microsoft plans stores 'right next door to Apple'SEATTLE — Microsoft Corp.'s chief operating officer says the software maker is planning to open retail stores "right next door to Apple" in the fall. The executive, Kevin Turner, also says Microsoft is "in the game for the long-term" and has hired a retail team.

January 11th, 2006 According to Steve Jobs keynote address at Macworld, 14 million iPods were sold in the holiday quarter (compared to 4.5 million a year earlier); 8 million videos sold through iTunes since October 12, when videos were first offered. Apple's retail stores also had their first billion-dollar quarter! Jobs introduced a super cool new accessory for the iPod.

June 19th, 2006 Microsoft Corp. is developing a music and video device to compete with Apple's iPod and creating its own music service to rival Apple's iTunes, sources familiar with the plans said on Friday.

August 8th, 2006 Apple touted its new version of operating system Leopard as Vista 2.0. Their marketing gimmick may come back to bite them.

January 5th, 2009 SAN FRANCISCO - Apple chief executive Steve Jobs, who did not turn up to deliver the keynote address at the Mac World Expo 2009 Tuesday for the first time in 11 years, said he stayed away from the event due to ailing health caused by a 'hormone imbalance', but added that he would continue in the top job. In a letter to the 'Apple community' Tuesday, Jobs said his decision to stay away from the annual event had set off a 'flurry of rumours about my health, with some even publishing stories of me on my deathbed'.

April 2nd, 2009 Can the tight US economy help Microsoft beat back the cavalry charge of its much smaller, but much cooler, competitor Apple? The software giant from Seattle seems to sense a whiff of opportunity in the air, bombarding the trendy maker of Macs, iPhones and iPods in ads and executive comments for being too expensive in these penny-pinching times.The latest salvo comes in the form of widely screened TV ads, which show what Microsoft says are real life computer users shopping for new machines. In one ad a bubbly, red-haired, 20-something named Lauren goes looking for a 17-inch laptop with a $1,000 budget.

October 21st, 2008 What is it with Microsoft & Apple? PC doesn't mean Microsoft Windows anymore. You can use a PC and still use Linux, BSD or even Mac.

August 13th, 2009 Microsoft says Office for Mac will have OutlookREDMOND, Wash. — Microsoft Corp.

March 10th, 2006 I have heard and seen enough of Origami, the futuristic laptop from Microsoft. I went through the apparently secret video of product advertisement, I have seen numerous pictures of origami and I have decided.

July 29th, 2009 Microsoft to open stores in Arizona, CaliforniaSEATTLE — Microsoft Corp. said Tuesday it is planning to open its first two retail stores in Arizona and California this fall.

February 21st, 2009 Bewitched in Barcelona No sorry. this is no sequel to Sleepless in Seatle.

January 28th, 2008 Today I was introduced the nice (as I hear) Web 2.0 application which enables 1-click uploading of images. It sounded great and it was a public beta, so I didn't think twice (my mistake) before signing up for it.

April 10th, 2006 Why did Apple, after all these years, finally decide to support Windows on their machines? It is surely not because they have grown a friendship with Microsoft. As Bootcamp website stated: "More and more people are buying and loving Macs.

June 24th, 2009 SAN FRANCISCO - Hoping to dispel fears about the vulnerability of Windows to viruses and other malware, Microsoft Tuesday released a trial version of a new free security package called Microsoft Security Essentials. The software is designed to replace the Windows Defender tool that Microsoft released in 2007, but which was widely derided as being inadequate to protect computers from the constant and ever-evolving threats posed by hackers.

February 12th, 2009 Technology is real fun sometimes. You can't but laugh at unexpected turn of events.