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With new features and the promise of a shared core, Windows Phone 8 is Microsoft's (NASDAQ: MSFT) latest attempt at dominating the smartphone market. Currently, Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) and Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) maintain a near duopoly, with only a handful of phones running Windows Phone 7. Microsoft...

Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT), the maker of the Windows operating system, is getting a lot of press today after a series of low-resolution images hit the Web, claiming to be from the upcoming Windows Phone 8. In short, the website Nokia Innovation reports that the images (which it received from an...

Comcast said that a New York Times report that it might purchase BSkyB is "complete rubbish." But is that actually the case? Noting the troubles that News Corp. (NASDAQ: NWSA) has endured following the company's phone-hacking scandal, the New York Times said that the Rupert Murdoch enterprise may...

An interesting (no -- hilarious) letter has been floating around the web today, claiming that an "Apple fanboy" sent Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) a letter in praise of the Nokia (NYSE: NOK) Lumia 900. "Hopefully this will get to you," the letter -- written to Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer by an Apple...

Siri thinks that Nokia's Lumia 900 is the greatest thing since sliced bread. Why? And what does the Nokia Lumia think of Siri? The Next Web revealed today that when iPhone 4S users ask Siri the question, "What is the best smartphone ever?" Siri responds with a result listing for the aforementioned...

This weekend in Barron's online: this quarter's mutual fund feature is on Legg Mason, the chances of Q3 dwindle, data suggest the 1% are paying their fair share of taxes, Icahn is beating the S&P 500 again, and could the U.S. become the world's largest exporter of liquid natural gas? Cover...

Believe it or not, this company could turn itself around. April Fools! Research in Motion (NASDAQ: RIMM) is in the toilet. To put it more delicately, things aren't looking good for the BlackBerry maker, which reported a massive loss, missed estimates, suspended guidance, and a round of management...

This weekend in Barron's online: signs point to a rebound in U.S. home prices, a look at Total, Novartis and Qualcomm, as well as the IPO of the third-largest stock exchange in the United States. Cover Story “Home Prices Ready to Rebound” by Jonathan R. Laing. U.S. home prices have fallen 34%...

First a camera phone, now an iPad-killer? The dying tech giant might finally make a comeback. It seems like only yesterday I was mocking Nokia (NYSE: NOK) and making fun of the company's Windows Phone 7 handsets. But after the 808 PureView – AKA Nokia's first iPhone-killer – made its public debut...

Late last month, Nokia announced a revolutionary new camera phone that features the world's first 41MP sensor. Now it's officially coming to Windows Phone 7. While this is a no-brainer announcement that was all but guaranteed to happen, by making it official (the PureView camera will be added to...

Nokia shocks the world with a new camera that's got “iPhone killer” written all over it. Early this morning, the struggling smartphone manufacturer unveiled the Nokia 808 PureView, a camera that, as the company notes on its website, could be the “next breakthrough in photography.” Built from the...

The Mac maker is celebrating another victory in the battle for world domination. World domination of the smartphone market, that is. According to a new report by Strategy Analytics (via TechCrunch), Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) surpassed Samsung as the world's largest smartphone vendor in the fourth...

Depending on who you talk to, it might not matter. Earlier today, CNBC tweeted the following question: “How would you rebrand Research in Motion and its BlackBerry?” This inspired a few thoughts from my colleague, Sam Mattera, who said that he thinks Research in Motion (NASDAQ: RIMM) should...

Samsung is developing a new technology that could finally give it a significant edge over the iPhone. However, it's not an entirely new technology, but rather a more polished form of an existing technology that few consumers have had the chance to experience: a flexible display. Flexible displays...

Samsung may be a winner today, but in the end, everybody loses. When this began, Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) thought that it could reduce competition, eliminate copycats, and dominate the smartphone and tablet markets by claiming that its competitors (such as Samsung and HTC) infringed on its patents....