Microsoft has sold more than 60 million Windows 8 licenses so far, a number that is “roughly” in line with the performance of Windows 7 at the same stage of its release three years ago, according to Tami Reller, CFO and Chief ...
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Microsoft on Wednesday revealed six locations for new retail stores it will open in early 2013, including four transformed from its holiday specialty stores, dubbed "pop-ups," that it established in October. The move will expand the ...
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Microsoft won't have its signature mega-booth at International CES 2013 starting next week in Las Vegas,but that's not expected to lessen the trade show's impact,or largesse. Show organizers said there will be 3,200 exhibitors and they ...
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Computerworld-Notebook computers equipped with hard disk drives won't face a significant threat this year from those with solid-state drives(SSDs),according to a report issued by IHS iSuppli. SSD-based notebook PCs like Apple's MacBook ...
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Microsoft on Tuesday announced that the Surface RT tablet will be available at more retailers later this month, as well as at additional Microsoft stores that will grow beyond temporary holiday stores into permanent outlets. The ...
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The reported slow early sales of Microsoft's Surface RT tablet have raised a question among IT analysts -- does Microsoft truly want to produce boffo sales of the new device? Some analysts say that Microsoft can't afford to have smashing ...
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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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2013 has every possibility of becoming the year of the mobile device.Even since the beginning of 2012,uptake of BYOD,enterprise mobility and more carefully constructed mobile device management solutions have begun to permeate IT with ...
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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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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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Shipments of Windows laptops and desktops have hit new lows as tablet shipments continued to rise during the second quarter of this year, Canalys Research said in a study released on Tuesday. Combined shipments of tablets and PCs totaled ...
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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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Computerworld-Apple's iPad and iPad Mini took top honors in a pair of tablet battery shootouts conducted by consumer watchdogs in the U.S.and the U.K. Consumer Reports,in the U.S.,and Which,from the U.K.,have recently run dozens of ...
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Microsoft will support its Surface RT tablet with updates, including security patches, until April 2017, or nearly four-and-a-half years after its launch. The support lifecycle for the Surface with Windows RT tablet is less than half the ...
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MICROSOFT has axed its plan to sell its Surface tablet only online, making it available at Harvey Norman and JB Hi-Fi in Australia. "We're excited to be working with JB Hi-Fi and Harvey Norman to expand the ways in which Australians ...
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