4:59pm: I’m here at the Pre-Show Keynote speech for the 2010 Consumer Electronics Show. In just an hour and a half, Steve Ballmer, CEO of Microsoft, will take the stage to disclose Microsoft’s roadmap for the coming year. There’s lots of speculation among the press here of the Microsoft Courier making an appearance.
6:30pm: Seated and [...]
Just this past Monday, Microsoft Windows Communications Manager Brandon LeBlanc posted an update on Windows 7’s “release to manufacturing” status. The update followed a series of rumors on the web reporting that Windows 7 did indeed move to RTM status and that the code had been signed off under “Build 7600″. Unfortunately, this was not [...]
Mozilla strikes again! The company’s latest attempt at improving its popular browser’s usability and outreach was immensely successful. June 2009 statistics from StatCounter show that Mozilla Firefox 3.5, the company’s latest version of the browser, put its market share over 30%, taking Microsoft’s Internet Explorer down with it. For the very first time, Internet Explorer’s [...]
Phew! What a day–I didn’t stop walking from 8:30am until 6:30pm, when I was asked to leave the convention center as everyone was closing shop for the day. Today’s biggest event was without a doubt Palm’s somewhat epic comeback (that I, unfortunately, did not attend) into the mobile phone industry with their brand-new webOS. For [...]
First off, happy new year! 2009 is sure to be a fantastic year for the technology industry. I can’t think of any better way to use the first post of the year than on the most popular consumer electronics trade show in the world. For my third time ever, I’ll be one of more than [...]