> The talks with AMD could also be part of a competitive leveraging strategy to keep Intel interested in retaining Apple’s core business, similar to how the company has been rumored to be discussing plans [to use Microsoft’s Bing search](http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/10/01/20/apple_microsoft_in_talks_to_make_bing_default_iphone_search_report.html) engine in preference to Google’s on the iPhone. via [appleinsider.com](http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/10/04/16/apple_in_advanced_discussions_to_adopt_amd_chips.html)…

> During a [media event in San Francisco today](http://arstechnica.com/microsoft/news/2010/04/iveblog-mobile-pink-event.ars), Microsoft revealed the spiritual successor to the Danger Sidekick messaging phone. Called “[KIN](http://kin.com/),” the new platform is designed with a heavy focus on social networking and is targeted mainly towards younger users that Microsoft has dubbed the “social generation.” via [arstechnica.com](http://arstechnica.com/microsoft/news/2010/04/microsoft-unveils-sidekicks-next-of-kin.ars?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss)So yet another platform from Microsoft. For those keeping score,…

> The Windows Phone 7 Series begins with a top-level navigation menu consisting of three options. A quick tap on “albums” brings up a similar listing of images but with substantially more interface elements. It’s also a bit unclear if all the pictures in an album will be listed in this view or if another tap on the album title is required (adding a third step to the navigation process). via [lukew.com](http://www.lukew.com/ff/entry.asp?1002)This article reminded me of the old story about…

> The multi-billionaire spoke with Brent Schlender of *BNET* and admitted that while he became [envious of the iPhone](http://blogs.bnet.com/corporate-strategy/?p=101), the iPad has not elicited the same reaction from him. > > “You know, I’m a big believer in touch and digital reading, but I still think that some mixture of voice, the pen and a real keyboard — in other words, a netbook — will be the mainstream on that,” Gates reportedly said. via [appleinsider.com](http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/10/02/11/bill_gates_unimpressed_…

> Microsoft’s huge profits — $6.7 billion for the past quarter — come almost entirely from Windows and Office programs first developed decades ago. Like G.M. with its trucks and S.U.V.’s, Microsoft can’t count on these venerable products to sustain it forever. Perhaps worst of all, Microsoft is no longer considered the cool or cutting-edge place to work. There has been a steady exit of its best and brightest. via [nytimes.com](http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/04/opinion/04brass.html?pagewanted=all)Still don’…