Steve Ballmer is bullish on Office 365. Naturally (Photo: Microsoft)

Steve Ballmer says Microsoft is “winning, winning, winning, winning, winning” in the fight with Google and other competitors to move businesses into the proverbial “cloud.” But the story is, well, more nuanced than that.

Little more than a month after Ballmer channeled Charlie Sheen at a conference in San Francisco, Microsoft has announced that Office 365 — the latest online version of its venerable Office suite — is being adopted eight times faster than its predecessor, Microsoft BPOS (Business Productivity Online Service). Bu...

You can catch sick air off massive jumps in Mario Kart 7 by using your automatically deployed hang glider attachment.
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Here is the best thing about Mario Kart 7: This time, Nintendo didn’t screw it up.

When you think of Nintendo’s hit products, you don’t necessarily think of the Mario Kart racing games (specifically) as a dominant part of the 3DS maker’s business. But the series is colossal. Mario Kart Wii has outsold every other standalone game on the home system, moving a staggering 28 million copies. That’s one game for every three Wii consoles.

Any other publisher would...