Enterprise IT on the go with Windows 8 Windows 8 and the XP legacy What next for Windows 8 With the launch of Windows 8,Microsoft is taking a step into the unknown.In a bid to stop its lucrative PC operating system(OS)business losing ...
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IDG News Service-Hewlett-Packard and Dell have published compatibility lists of printers and multifunction devices for the upcoming Windows 8 and RT tablet OSes,with a large number of models listed as bring incompatible with Windows RT. ...
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Microsoft will debut a major redesign of its MSN consumer web portal with a new layout and navigation scheme optimized for the upcoming Windows 8 operating system. The redesigned MSN will go live on October 26,the same day that the ...
Some of the tablet makers at a launch event for Intel's "Clover Trail" processor emphasized the business smarts of their products as a way to distinguish them from Apple's market-leading iPad. Dell, Lenovo, Hewlett-Packard, Acer and other ...
IDG News Service - Hewlett-Packard on Thursday announced new Pavilion Sleekbooks, which the company is pitching as laptops that are cheaper than ultrabooks but competitive in weight and thickness. The new Pavilion Sleekbooks will come in ...
Tags: Sleekbooks, Cheaper, Ultrabook Alternatives
Tablets running on Intel's upcoming Atom chip code-named Clover Trail could come with the Android OS,adding another OS option for the processor platform in addition to Microsoft's soon-to-be-released Windows 8 OS,Intel said on Monday. ...
Nokia today revealed its latest flagship Lumia smartphone to the world,dubbed the Lumia 920,running Microsoft's upcoming mobile operating system(OS),Windows Phone 8. Despite looking much like its previous range of flagship mobiles,a raft ...
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IDG News Service - The recent move by Microsoft to compete against its computer-maker partners and launch its own tablet PC is a good thing for the market, a senior executive of Lenovo said Thursday at the IFA consumer electronics show in ...
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Hewlett-Packard on Thursday announced an Envy X2 tablet-laptop hybrid device with the Windows 8 OS,signaling the company's re-entry into the consumer tablet market,which it abandoned after the highly publicized failure of its TouchPad ...
Acer plans to produce Windows RT devices at some point,according to a company spokeswoman. That statement comes after Acer's CEO blasted Microsoft for building the Surface RT tablet.On Monday,Microsoft excluded Acer from its list of ...
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IDG News Service - Microsoft and Nokia will hold a press conference in three weeks, an event that will likely center around Windows Phone 8, the next version of Microsoft's OS for mobile devices. Nokia is a close Microsoft partner in the ...
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Intel isn't actively porting Android to work on tablets based on the upcoming Atom chip code-named Clover Trail,which is purpose built for Microsoft's Windows 8,according to a source familiar with the company's plans. Initial tablets ...
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Dell has laid out a plan to dramatically grow its software business by targeting mid-sized companies that it says are under-served by rivals such as IBM, Hewlett-Packard and Oracle. Its plan is to target four key areas: security, ...
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Advanced Micro Devices will detail its upcoming low-power CPU for tablets code-named Jaguar at the Hot Chips show in August, and share the stage with IBM, Oracle and Fujitsu, which will provide further insight into next-generation server ...
Tags: AMD, low-power CPU, CPU for tablets, Hot Chips show, server processors