Microsoft throws in the towel
Yesterday Microsoft announced that their next Windows will be available for non-Intel processors also, i.e., the ARM architecture. ARM Holdings gapped up. Nvidia ran up also, because Microsoft demonstrated a Windows version running on its Tegra processor line, which is based on the ARM architecture. Even competing processor architecture licensor Mips Tech reacted, probably either [...]
Google vs Microsoft
Today Google shares advanced remarkably stronger than the market. At the same time Microsoft slid down even more remarkably in a market that was overall up. Coincidence? For me there were two interesting pieces of news for Google today. Eric Schmidt said that there are now 200,000 Android smart phones sold per day. The market [...]
Is Apple hunting Microsoft or is it already running ahead?
This was another great quarter for Apple with Mac sales up 33% compared to one year ago. They beat estimates easily and surprised with a future guidance that does not seem to be overly conservative as it used to be. Are they expecting a killer impact of the iPad, or do they want to help [...]