Don Reisinger

The excitement over Microsoft and Yahoo’s search partnership might be a little premature. If the companies are able to secure regulatory approval for their search pact, Microsoft will supply the algorithms, images and video in Yahoo Search. But as Prabhakar Raghavan, senior vice president of Yahoo’s Labs and Search Strategy division said in a recent […]

When the news broke that Apple will be releasing Snow Leopard on Aug. 28, much sooner than originally expected, some were questioning its decision to do so. They wondered if Apple should have kept its release date the same to further work out the kinks that might arise with its upcoming operating system.I’m not one […]

If you haven’t been brushing up on the latest news, it’s easily one of the most interesting stories in the enterprise software industry. But it’s also one of the more troubling stories in the space.If Microsoft loses its battle with i4i, Word as we know it will be gone. Even as its battle slogs on, […]

Microsoft’s mobile app store, Windows Marketplace for Mobile, hasn’t even offered a single application for mobile phones and already it’s causing a stir. Even worse, it’s making Microsoft look foolish.At a conference with developers this week, Microsoft told those on-hand that the 99-cent application shouldn’t find its way to its store. The software giant believes […]

Exploding iPhones, overheating, Bluetooth problems, hard drive noises. What is going on at Apple? The company that provides a premium product at a premium price has experienced so many hardware issues over the past few weeks that it’s becoming a real concern.The iPhone 3GS is becoming a problem child for Apple. Multiple iPhone 3GS explosions […]

When Palm announced earlier this week that it will start bringing paid webOS apps to its platform, it had me wondering how the Pre, with its current lineup of about 30 applications, can simply add commercial apps and expect to compete with the iPhone. At this point, it’s a tough sell. With so few apps, […]

Dell has finally made its intention of releasing a smartphone to China official. The company announced Monday that it plans to bring smartphones to the Chinese market, although it didn’t say when the phone will be released or whether or not it will bring it to the U.S. market. For now, Dell needs to focus […]

When TomTom announced Aug. 17 that it has delivered an application that provides full GPS functionality to iPhone owners, it became yet another program in a long line that offers companies the kind of functionality that they simply can’t find elsewhere. It makes the iPhone more appealing to employees. And it makes competitors such as […]

Famed investor Marc Andreessen is at it again. Andreessen announced recently that he has invested in an early-stage startup called RockMelt, which promises a new browser experience. He wouldn’t divulge any information about the browser, but he said it’s being built from scratch to reflect market desire. Great. But the problem is, we just don’t […]

Reports are swirling, claiming Snow Leopard, Apple’s follow-up to its current operating system, Leopard, will be hitting store shelves much sooner than originally expected. In fact, the rumors suggest that it will actually be made available Aug. 28. It’s an ambitious goal. But if it is true, it still won’t help Apple’s chances in the […]

When Microsoft and Nokia announced Aug 12 that the software giant is bringing its Office Mobile application to Symbian OS, I immediately started wondering how it would work. When I heard that the Symbian version of Office Mobile will be designed with business users in mind, I was even more intrigued. Microsoft’s Office Mobile app […]

When Google announced late Aug. 10 that it has a new search service, named Caffeine, for the public to try out, search users everywhere sat up and took notice.Google is constantly tweaking its search algorithms. And in most cases, minor changes to the algorithms don’t impact a particular organization’s PageRank. But with Caffeine searches, the […]