CyberLink Corp.will offer special previews of PowerDVD Touch,a touch-optimized Microsoft Windows 8 desktop media playback software solution,at International CES.Blending multi-touch experience and multimedia enjoyment,CyberLink PowerDVD ...
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Linux operating system vendor Canonical has unveiled a mobile version of its Ubuntu operating system which, it says, will be available from 2014. Ubuntu for Phones is based on the Linux kernel and uses the Unity user interface that ...
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Microsoft has told Windows 8 app developers that if they use the word"metro"in the name of their software,the app will be denied access to the Windows Store. The warning now appears in online guidelines for developers,in a section ...
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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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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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Microsoft will use "Windows 8" or "Modern" as replacements for the now-discarded "Metro" label to describe apps and their environment in the upcoming operating system, according to reports yesterday and today. Veteran Microsoft watcher ...
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Computerworld-Microsoft yesterday made it official,saying that the replacement for the now-dead-and-buried"Metro"brand for apps on Windows is"Windows 8 Store." In a session at the company's BUILD developer's conference Tuesday,Will ...
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Microsoft has officially launched Windows 8 ahead of the commercial release of its operating system (OS) and Surface tablet worldwide on Friday. The new OS has been designed for use on desktop computers, laptops, tablets and smartphones ...
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Computerworld - Four purported Microsoft TV advertisements for Windows 8 have leaked to the Web, and strut the operating system's new "Modern" user interface (UI). The ads, which each run 54 seconds, were first revealed by the Israeli ...
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Mozilla last week released the first public preview of a Firefox browser that runs in Windows 8's touch-first"Modern"or"Metro"user interface(UI). The Firefox app for Modern--the UI dubbed"Metro"until Microsoft ditched the term over ...
Microsoft's new Windows RT tablets will cost up to$300(£191)less than their Windows 8 counterparts,PC maker Lenovo has said. Microsoft will launch its latest operating system on 26 October and in order to gain traction in the ...
Microsoft's new Windows RT tablets will cost up to$300(£191)less than their Windows 8 counterparts,PC maker Lenovo has said. Microsoft will launch its latest operating system on 26 October and in order to gain traction in the ...
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Microsoft has settled on the term 'Modern UI' in its attempt to rebrand the Metro interface on its forthcoming Windows 8 platform. The software giant was forced to dump the Metro name earlier this month following discussions with German ...