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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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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The company that brought us the PadFone, an all-in-one smartphone, tablet and laptop device, is thinking a bit bigger. Taiwan's Asustek Computer has now combined a tablet, smartphone and desktop PC into a single product that it calls the ...
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Microsoft will have another shot at tempting businesses to try Windows 8 after it rolls out the "Blue" update later this year, analysts said Thursday. Windows 8.1, as the free update has been branded, will ship as a preview on June 26, ...
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Microsoft today revealed some of the changes in Windows 8 due to reach customers in a month, but didn't address what analysts called the biggest barrier to the OS's success. That would be Windows 8 apps, dubbed "Modern" apps, or if one ...
A majority of consumer and small business Windows 8 PC users launch fewer than one "Modern" app a day, signaling that they're spending most of their time on the classic Windows 7-style desktop, according to data released Wednesday. ...
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Microsoft today announced that Windows 8.1, the update later this year for Windows 8, will be free to current users of the operating system, confirming analysts' expectations. Analysts applauded the decision to give away the update. ...
Microsoft's head of corporate communications defended his company's Windows information disclosure strategy Tuesday, denying that Microsoft has adopted Apple's "cone of silence" approach to imparting news. "We know we're not Apple," Frank ...
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Microsoft's Windows 8 update, code-named Windows Blue, will be formally released as Windows 8.1 and will be free for customers who have the new OS installed. Windows 8.1 will be an "update" for both Windows 8 and for Windows RT, the ...
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Microsoft's Windows 8 app store failed a test touted by a former Microsoft manager and distinguished engineer as a way to determine an ecosystem's relevance. On Monday, Hal Berenson, now president of True Mountain Group, a technology and ...
Microsoft today said it has increased the head count for its June developers conference, and will sell the extra tickets Wednesday. Saying that it has "made more room" at BUILD, the conference that will run June 26-28 in San Francisco, ...
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Microsoft'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 ...
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Nvidia will continue manufacturing Tegra ARM-based processors for Windows RT tablets despite sluggish early sales of the devices, making the same commitment that Qualcomm has made, an Nvidia executive said Wednesday. Windows RT tablets, ...
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Microsoft has gotten little from a 2012 investment of $300 million with Barnes & Noble, analysts said, but it's poised to reap some rewards as it and its partners start to ship smaller tablets. On April 30, 2012, Microsoft and the ...
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