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Latest Aggressive Move by Microsoft to Increase The Use of Its OS on Those Devices
Apr 4, 2014Hardware vendors making smartphones and tablets with screens smaller than 9 inches will get Windows for free, the latest aggressive move by Microsoft to increase the use of its OS on those devices. The move is the latest example of the ...
Tags: Microsoft, Phones, Small Tablets
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HP Is Falling Back on Windows 7 for Its Latest Marketing Push
Jan 22, 2014With Windows 8 bearing a good share of the blame for the declining PC market, HP is falling back on Windows 7 for its latest marketing push. The world’s second largest computer maker recently began promoting PCs loaded with Windows ...
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Microsoft's Plan to Buy Nokia's Phone Business and Have a Larger Presence in Hardware
Sep 4, 2013Microsoft's plan to buy Nokia's phone business and have a larger presence in hardware devices has so far brought little response from PC and smartphone vendors in Asia. But the deal could end up bringing dividends to Microsoft's long-time ...
Tags: Computer Products, Microsoft, Nokia, Mobile Device
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PCs,Cross-Platform Tool Developer Hopes to Get More Enterprises to Adapt Their Apps
Jun 27, 2013As mobile device shipments overtake those of PCs,cross-platform tool developer Xamarin hopes to get more enterprises to adapt their apps for Android and iOS with the help of its.Net Mobility Scanner. Xamarin's new tool shows how much of a ...
Tags: mobile device, apps, Android, IOS
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Dell Last Week Again Blamed Windows 8 for Contributing to a Decline in PC Sales Revenue
May 22, 2013Dell 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 ...
Tags: PC, Computer Products, Dell
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Dell Drastically Cut The Online Price of Its Windows RT Tablet & Sells for $299.99
May 17, 2013Dell 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 ...
Tags: Dell, Computer Products, Tablet
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The Iconic Start Button Would Return to The Windows 8 Desktop
May 10, 2013Microsoft's head of Windows development on Tuesday came close to promising that the iconic Start button would return to the Windows 8 desktop, but never made a guarantee. In a 25-minute interview at the Wired Business Conference, Julie ...
Tags: Microsoft, Windows development
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Dell Will Release Windows Tablets Later This Year
Apr 4, 2013Dell will release Windows tablets later this year, and could potentially introduce devices with screen sizes larger than 10 inches. The products will be a refresh of Dell's current tablet offerings, said Steve Lalla, Vice President and ...
Tags: dell, Computer Products, software
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Almost Nine out of 10 Security Flaws Discovered on PCs Running Windows
Mar 15, 2013Almost nine out of 10 security flaws discovered on PCs running Windows were due to vulnerable third-party applications rather than pre-installed Microsoft software. That's according to a report by security expert Secunia, which examined ...
Tags: Computer Products, software
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Microsoft's Loan to DELL Will Have an Impact on How Other OEMs View Ecosystem Collaborator
Feb 17, 2013Microsoft's $2 billion loan to Dell, one of its largest computer-making partners, will have an impact on how other OEMs view their Windows ecosystem collaborator, analysts said today. The extent of that impact, however, is unclear to the ...
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Microsoft Will "Draw A Line in The Sand" Come April 2014
Dec 25, 2012Microsoft will "draw a line in the sand" come April 2014 when Windows XP exits support, security researchers said today, even if millions of customers are still running the aged OS and a zero-day bug threatens the Windows ecosystem. Or ...
Tags: Microsoft, Windows XP, OS, Windows ecosystem
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Taiwanese PC Maker Acer Does Not Expect "Explosive Growth" for Windows 8 Devices
Dec 21, 2012Taiwanese PC maker Acer, revising its estimates, does not expect "explosive growth" for Windows 8 devices when the Microsoft operating system launches in October, with its company CEO citing a lack of consumer interest as one of the ...
Tags: PC maker, Acer, explosive growth, Windows 8 devices
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Microsoft Confirmed What Most Analysts and Company Watchers Had Concluded Last Month
Dec 20, 2012Microsoft 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 ...
Tags: Microsoft, tablet, computer makers, Windows sales
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What Microsoft Intimated Yesterday Won't Be Delivering a Windows Rt-Based Tablet Anytime
Dec 18, 2012Toshiba today confirmed ccc: It won't be delivering a Windows RT-based tablet anytime soon. "Toshiba has decided not to introduce Windows RT models due to delayed components that would make a timely launch impossible," the Japanese ...
Tags: Toshiba, Microsoft, Windows RT tablet
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Microsoft Released The Windows Phone Desktop APP for Windows 8 and Windows RT
Dec 17, 2012Hot on the heels of Friday’s Windows 8 release—and shortly before the full unveiling of Windows Phone 8 Monday—Microsoft released the Windows Phone desktop app for its latest computer operating systems, Windows 8 and ...
Tags: Ballmer, Microsoft, smartphone, Windows 8, windows phone 8