Microsoft customers clamoring for the incorporation of the Start button and menu into Windows 8 will get their wish partially fulfilled in the upcoming update of the OS. Windows 8.1, which will be released in preview mode next month and ...
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As the PC desktop and laptop market slumps and the tablet market grows, it might seem obvious to tablet users why that's so. However, details shared by analysts dramatically highlight three reasons behind robust tablet growth. Tablets are ...
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IDC today drastically lowered its forecast for PC shipments in 2013, a prediction that if accurate means more bad news for Microsoft's Windows 8 operating system. "Lower PC sales are certainly not a positive for Microsoft," said Loren ...
Dell last week again blamed Windows 8 for contributing to a decline in PC sales revenue during the quarter that ended May 3. "Windows 8 has been, from our standpoint, not necessarily the catalyst to drive accelerated growth that we had ...
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Airplane mode, long commutes, limits on data plans: they all belie the notion of devices with continuous, uninterrupted Internet connections. Yet many applications assume a permanent connection when delivering content to the user. When the ...
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Windows 8, the most significant upgrade to Microsoft’s operating system since Windows 95 and one of the most important products in the company’s history, will not achieve enough adoption in enterprises to be considered a ...
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Microsoft today announced that Windows 8.1, the update later this year for Windows 8, will be free to current users of the operating system, confirming analysts' expectations. Analysts applauded the decision to give away the update. ...
Dell drastically cut the online price of its Windows RT tablet and is now selling the device for $299.99. The price is a $200 drop from the original $499 price offered at the launch of the Dell XPS 10 last October. The cost cut was "due ...
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Hewlett-Packard has given the "Android treatment" to its latest laptop-tablet hybrid, which is called SlateBook X2 and has a detachable 10-inch screen that can independently function as a tablet. The X2 is HP's second device with Android. ...
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Microsoft's Windows 8 update, code-named Windows Blue, will be formally released as Windows 8.1 and will be free for customers who have the new OS installed. Windows 8.1 will be an "update" for both Windows 8 and for Windows RT, the ...
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Microsoft's Windows 8 app store failed a test touted by a former Microsoft manager and distinguished engineer as a way to determine an ecosystem's relevance. On Monday, Hal Berenson, now president of True Mountain Group, a technology and ...
Corporate IT departments will be faced with a "mega patch" Tuesday from Microsoft today. The patches to Microsoft's various Windows operating systems and essential applications will patch a number of flaws that are already being exploited ...
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Microsoft counter-attacked Friday, calling some media coverage of its plans to update Windows 8 sensationalist and an effort to drive website page views. One analyst dubbed the missive by Frank Shaw, Microsoft's head of communications, as ...
One of Microsoft's top Windows executives this week said the company remains bullish about Windows RT and has no intention of dumping the limited-feature, touch-enabled tablet operating system. Analysts accepted that at face value, but ...
Microsoft today said it will issue 10 security updates next week, two rated "critical," to patch 33 vulnerabilities, including the zero-day bug that has been used by cyber criminals to poison "watering hole" websites in attacks aimed at ...