Microsoft today announced it's struck a deal with Best Buy to create 600 stores-within-stores in the U.S. and Canada to sell customers on Windows 8, the Surface tablet line, and new PCs and devices from other OEMs. The move, which ...
A Moscow-based luxury taxi start-up is hoping to expand beyond Russia, targeting London as its next destination in a determined, technology-driven business plan. Wheely already operates a fleet of Mercedes around Russia's capital, ...
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Microsoft today said it will ship just five security updates next week, the fewest in any month so far this year, to patch 23 vulnerabilities in Internet Explorer (IE), Windows and Office. The update for Office will address a bug that is ...
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Microsoft's announcement Wednesday that it will add Outlook to Office on Windows RT says as much about the company's app problem as it does about customers clamoring for the business-grade email client, an analyst argued. Yesterday, ...
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Surging tablet sales and the muted response to Windows 8 have opened the door for Android at this year's Computex and exposed deeper cracks in the Wintel powerhouse of Windows software and Intel chips. Microsoft and Intel have dominated ...
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Microsoft and the FBI have taken aim at a botnet network based on malware called Citadel that is held responsible for stealing people's online banking information and personal identities. The company, however, warned that because of ...
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Microsoft is bringing its Outlook email program to Windows 8 RT in a bid to expand the availability of Windows tablets based on low-power ARM processors. Outlook will be included with version 8.1 of Windows RT, known previously as Windows ...
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Intel expects tablets containing its upcoming Atom processor code-named Bay Trail will cost under $200, a company executive said Wednesday. "We believe we can push it well below the $199 price point," said Hermann Eul, vice president and ...
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At US$99, the mini PC developed by thin-client expert Young Song is meant to be affordable. In fact, the price is so low, most consumers won't hesitate to buy one, he said Wednesday. But unlike other mini PCs that run Windows, this one ...
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After years of Windows OS exclusivity, Advanced Micro Devices is opening the door to design chips to run Google's Android and Chrome OS in PCs and tablets. AMD is expanding OS options as it designs chips based on x86 and ARM architecture, ...
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Windows 8.1 – previously known by its code name Windows Blue – is a major update for the Windows 8 operating system, and it will include a number of features that should render the operating system more appealing to business ...
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CRAIC Technologies Inc of San Dimas, CA, USA has released its Lambdafire microspectroscopy and imaging software package. Written specifically for Window 8, the software is designed to collect, analyze and process both microspectra and ...
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Should Microsoft merge its smartphone and tablet/laptop/desktop operating systems into one substantial OS? It's not just a theoretical question prompted by an older "write once, run anywhere" development mindset. Merging the Windows Phone ...
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Microsoft today confirmed what many analysts suspected, that it has cut prices of Windows 8 and Windows RT licenses to hardware partners building smaller-sized tablets as a way to drop device prices and juice sales. Analysts questioned ...
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Toshiba's Digital Products Division (DPD), a division of Toshiba America Information Systems, Inc., today unveiled its completely redesigned version of its premium lines of Satellite P Series and S Series laptops with the latest quad-core ...