Microsoft on Thursday set pricing for its Surface Pro 10.6-in.tablet with a starting price of$899 for a 64 GB version and$999 for a 128 GB version. The tablet,formally called Surface with Windows 8 Pro,will ship sometime in January.No ...
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IDG News Service-AT&T will start offering the first Windows RT tablet with LTE capabilities on Friday with prices beginning at US$499,the U.S.wireless carrier said on Tuesday. AT&T will offer Asus'VivoTab RT tablet,which has a 10.1-inch ...
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Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer has admitted that sales of its new Surface RT tablets have started "modestly". Ballmer, who took over from Bill Gates as Microsoft chief in 2000, told French newspaper Le Parisien that the new tablets' first ...
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Acer,one of the big-five PC vendors,has put back the launch of its own Windows RT tablets following the launch of the Microsoft Surface and the mixed reviews that it has received. The company is unlikely to release a similar product ...
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Computerworld-Some early users of Microsoft's Surface RT tablet say they are confused or frustrated by the touch interface on the 10.6-in.display and are relying instead on the attachable keyboard with its more conventional track pad and ...
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IDG News Service-Come Oct.26,when Microsoft is set to stage a release party in New York City,consumers may have to choose between a tablet with Windows 8 or Windows RT.The operating systems look and feel the same,but devices will differ on ...
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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 has revealed a new company logo,marking the first time in 25 years the firm has overhauled its public face. The reason,says the company,is to more closely reflect the broadening of its horizons,as it attempts a wider ubiquity ...
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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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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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Computerworld - Microsoft today said that Windows RT, the spin-off of Windows 8, has been completed and will power ARM processor-equipped tablets and PCs from Asus, Dell, Lenovo and Samsung. The Redmond, Wash. company had earlier ...
In the second day of its annual TechEd developers conference in Amsterdam,Microsoft presented the case for Windows 8 in the enterprise. Unlike its predecessor,Microsoft has introduced the concept of a runtime(RT)environment,available on ...
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