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Qualcomm: Arm-Powered Windows 10 Laptops to Arrive in Q4

Apr 24, 2017

Qualcomm has announced that Windows 10 laptops running on its Snapdragon 835 chipset won't be arriving until late-2017. Microsoft revealed last year that it would start supporting ARM processors with Windows desktop apps, but it seems ...

Tags: Qualcomm, laptops

Is Facebook's New Gameroom PC Gaming Platform Really a Steam Rival?

Nov 3, 2016

Facebook has officially launched its Gameroom Windows desktop gaming platform, now available for download on Windows 7 and above. The platform hosts web, ported mobile, and native games in a dedicated PC app, and has been referred to ...

Tags: Facebook, Gameroom Windows

Microsoft Stops Offering Mainstream Support for Its Windows 7 OS

Jan 13, 2015

Windows 7 today enters into extended support, meaning that you can no longer get free support for the OS. January 13, 2014 marks the date that Microsoft stops offering mainstream support for its Windows 7 OS. The popular operating system, ...

Tags: Windows 7, Consumer Electronics, OS

Razer Blade T14 14-Inch Laptop Includes High-Resolution IGZO/IPS Touchscreen Display

Mar 13, 2014

The Razer Blade T14 14-inch gaming laptop includes a high-resolution IGZO/IPS touchscreen display. Related razer Razer Expands Beyond Gaming Headphones razer Razer Takes Pre-Orders On 'Blade' Laptop Carlsbad, Calif. – Razer ...

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Windows Developers Are Feeling The Demand for Mobile Apps

Sep 19, 2013

Windows developers are feeling the demand for mobile apps, but they say their current tools and skills are preventing them from delivering those apps. Adding to the pressure, the demand for mobile apps is layered upon the expectation that ...

Tags: Apps, Windows, software, Computer Products

Microsoft Preview of The Next Version of Its Visual Studio IDE

Jun 26, 2013

Microsoft kicked off its Build conference in San Francisco this week by releasing a preview of the next version of its Visual Studio IDE, as well as updates to other development tools. How user input and follow-up interactions are ...

Tags: Microsoft, Visual Studio Tools, App

Gartner Is Giving The Thumbs up to Windows 8.1

Jun 23, 2013

Gartner is giving the thumbs up to Windows 8.1, crediting the operating system refresh with overcoming the major downsides of Windows 8. Improvements to Windows 8 that will become available next week should prompt businesses to ...

Tags: Windows 8.1, Microsoft, Computer Products

Google Today Upgraded Chrome to Version 27

May 24, 2013

Google today upgraded Chrome to version 27, touting it as 5% faster as it patched 13 vulnerabilities. The upgrade was the first since March 26, when Google plumped Chrome 26 into the release channel, the most polished of its three public ...

Tags: Google, Chrome, Computer Products

System Administrators and IT Security Pros Can Take Bit of a Breather

Apr 12, 2013

System administrators and IT security pros can take bit of a breather: Microsoft issued a comparatively light set of patches for this edition of its monthly release of software vulnerability fixes. "It's a boring Patch Tuesday this month, ...

Tags: Microsoft, Computer Products

Microsoft Won't Back Away From a Radical Overhaul of Windows

Mar 26, 2013

Microsoft won't back away from a radical overhaul of Windows and is determined to kill the decades-old, decades-rich desktop, analysts agreed today. The experts were reacting to a leak of a preliminary build of Windows "Blue," the code ...

Tags: Microsoft, Windows'blue', Computer

Microsoft's Two-Pronged Push Into The Tablet Market

Mar 14, 2013

Microsoft‘s two-pronged push into the tablet market, consisting of the Windows RT and Windows 8 operating systems, confuses customers, an IDC analyst said on Wednesday. The company should instead focus on the more robust Windows 8 ...

Tags: Microsoft, surface, tablet market

Hortonworks Is Bringing The Popular Open-Source Apache Hadoop Data Processing Platform

Feb 27, 2013

Hortonworks is bringing the popular open-source Apache Hadoop data processing platform to Microsoft shops. The company has released a beta version of its Hortonworks Data Platform (HDP) Hadoop distribution for Windows and expects to ...

Tags: Hortonworks, Apache Hadoop data processing, Microsoft

Hortonworks Launched The Popular Open-Source Apache Hadoop Data Processing Platform

Feb 27, 2013

Hortonworks is bringing the popular open-source Apache Hadoop data processing platform to Microsoft shops, it was reported on Monday. The company has released a beta version of its Hortonworks Data Platform (HDP) Hadoop distribution for ...

Tags: Hortonworks, Apache Hadoop, data processing platform

Excel Software Announced Safe Activation Was Integrated with Over a Dozen Online Shopping

Feb 18, 2013

Excel Software announced Safe Activation was integrated with over a dozen online shopping cart and payment services. Safe Activation is an online activation server that automates the activation and licensing process for protected software, ...

Tags: Excel Software, Safe Activation, online shopping

Microsoft's Latest Monthly Batch of Patches Covers The Widely Used Exchange Server

Feb 17, 2013

System administrators overseeing Microsoft Exchange deployments should take a close look at Microsoft's latest round of security patches. In addition to covering Windows and Internet Explorer, Microsoft's latest monthly batch of patches ...

Tags: Microsoft Exchange, security patches, Exchange Server

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