Tag archive: Craig Mundie

Microsoft has reason to be weary of tablets. Ten years ago, the company made a big bet on them and lost. Then Apple came along last year and completely reinvented the category, making tablets all the rage overnight. Speaking rather honestly at a lunch in Sydney, Australia earlier today, Microsoft's global chief research and strategy office, Craig Mundie questioned whether the fevered excitement over tablets will last. The Sydney Morning… Read More

In a slightly unusual move for the Redmond software giant, Microsoft has introduced a beta of a new free service called Microsoft Hohm, designed to help educate consumers about their power and electricity use and provide recommendations to help them save money on their power and utility costs. The beta service is free to anyone in the U.S.—but to gain access, users must surrender their email addresses, follow Microsoft Hohm on… Read More

It was a dream team, a panel of real experts discussing the rapidly escalating threat of cybercrime. Imagine Microsoft's chief research officer, Craig Mundie, along with Mozilla chairwoman Mitchell Baker, McAfee chief executive Dave Dewalt, Harvard law professor and Internet expert Jonathan Zittrain, as well Andre Kudelski of the digital security Kudelski group, and Tom Ilube, head of web protection company Garlik. These are people… Read More

Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates announced today that he plans to step back from Microsoft's day-to-day operations over the next two years to focus on charitable, global health, and educational work through the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. “This was a hard decision for me,” Gates added. “I'm very lucky to have two passions that I feel are so important and so challenging. As I prepare for this change, I… Read More