Gregg Keizer

  • Balky browsers tick off tablet owners

    Crashes are the top complaint from iPad Air, Fire HDX owners, No. 2 annoyance on iPad Mini, says Fixya Browser problems are the most common complaints of iPad Air and Fire HDX tablet owners, an online community of troubleshooters said Friday. San Mateo, Calif.-based Fixya mined 10,000 user-generated reports related […]

  • PC satisfaction scores dip as customers drift to tablets

    ‘Misalignment of expectations’ caused by Windows 8 disconnect with traditional computing devices, says pollster The jarring combination of Microsoft’s radical reinvention of Windows with old-style hardware caused the average satisfaction score of PC makers to slip in the last year, a pollster said today. Meanwhile, Apple again took top honors […]

  • Windows 8 surpasses Vista’s uptake rate — 10 months after launch

    New OS gains 2.5 points in August, second-largest one-month jump by a Microsoft operating system Microsoft got some good news Sunday as metrics company Net Applications said Windows 8’s user share in August is now larger than Vista’s at the same point in the latter’s post-launch timeline. Windows 8’s user […]

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    Microsoft chops Surface RT price to $349

    One Microsoft bull urges consumers to take a pass, even at that price Microsoft on Sunday slashed prices on its Surface RT tablets by as much as 30%, with the entry-level 32GB model selling for $349. The 64GB Surface RT was also discounted by $150, and now sells for $449, […]