Microsoft's upcoming Surface Pro tablet sums up the company's seeming strategy with Windows 8: That business users can do with one device what they currently accomplish with two. "The Surface Pro is designed for people who want a premium, ...
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Microsoft today said that a free Windows 8 and Windows RT Skype app will be ready for downloading from the Windows Store on Friday, Oct. 26. The long-rumored app -- bloggers have been posting leaked screenshots of Skype for Windows 8 for ...
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Google's product unveiling event next Monday will feature a 10-in. tablet running Android 4.2, possibly named the Samsung 10, and an LG Nexus 4 smartphone, according to reports. The Next Web said it learned of the new tablet from an ...
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Microsoft's top executives, including CEO Steve Ballmer and the head of Windows, Steven Sinofsky, took the stage in New York today to launch Windows 8 and its sibling, Windows RT. Analysts' impressions were mixed, with some asking, "Is ...
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Apple will webcast its event today, where most expect the company to unveil a smaller iPad. The webcast, which Apple announced on its website, will begin at 10 a.m. PT. (1 p.m. ET). 9to5Mac.com first reported the online availability of ...
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Amid speculation that Microsoft will soon expand distribution of its Surface RT, giant e-tailer Amazon continues to offer the tablet through partners, who jack up the price or post inflated list prices to claim large savings. Talk of ...
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European Union regulators will not force Microsoft to open its Windows RT operating system to rival browsers, the Brussels-based antitrust agency said Wednesday. At the same time, the European Competition Commission served Microsoft with ...
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Where are the sub-$300 Windows RT tablets? That's a question that might not be answered until Friday, when tablet makers finally put them on sale. During the Windows 8 launch presentation here, Microsoft's corporate vice president of ...
Microsoft today said it will ship a preview of Internet Explorer 10 (IE10) for Windows 7 next month, but would not commit to a timetable for a final release. "We will release a preview of IE10 on Windows 7 in mid-November, with final ...
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Microsoft's new Surface tablet, slated to ship later this month, will be priced between $399 and $499, an analyst said today, in the same ballpark as Apple's iconic iPad. Sameer Singh, an analyst with Finvista Advisors, an India-based ...
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Microsoft today said it would open nearly three dozen 'pop-up' stores this fall in U.S. and Canadian malls and shopping centers to sell its own hardware and software. Although the company declined to confirm that those stores will sell ...
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Apple sold more PCs worldwide last quarter -- 21 million -- than any rival, retaking the lead it lost the quarter before, U.K.-based Canalys said yesterday. And because Microsoft lacks a tablet operating system, sales of Windows-powered ...
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Tablet makers have tried to chip away at Apple’s popularity by offering much cheaper products, but Microsoft has taken the unusual step of going head-to-head on pricing with the iPad. An analyst says there’s good reason for ...
With only a week left to go until Christmas, the iPad mini has been crowned the most looked-for festive gift of 2012. That is according to online shopping website PriceGrabber.co.uk, which based its findings on website analytics for 1 ...
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Microsoft yesterday confirmed what most analysts and company watchers had concluded last month when the firm unveiled its own tablet, that it risks alienating the computer makers which account for the bulk of Windows sales. In a document ...
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