The reported slow early sales of Microsoft's Surface RT tablet have raised a question among IT analysts -- does Microsoft truly want to produce boffo sales of the new device? Some analysts say that Microsoft can't afford to have smashing ...
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Microsoft today briefly posted prices of $499 to $699 for the Surface tablet, but then pulled the listings from its online store. "If true, this is aggressive and right where it needs to be priced," said Patrick Moorhead, principal ...
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Software developers maintain a high level of interest in Apple's mobile devices, but they are finding the company itself is not getting any easier to deal with, according to a survey conducted by mobile tools provider Appcelerator. In the ...
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Microsoft officials on Thursday demonstrated that the vendor's new Surface tablet can withstand a fall from several feet onto a carpeted floor and is strong enough to be used as a skateboard. Steven Sinofsky, the president of ...
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Microsoft has launched a tablet computer - dubbed the Surface - running on its Windows 8 operating system (OS). Microsoft announced the Windows 8 tablet last night in a bid to take on rival tablet manufacturers Apple, Samsung and Google. ...
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Asustek is shipping its upcoming Vivo Tab RT tablet starting at US$599, which will cost more than Windows RT tablets from Microsoft and Dell, which have an entry price of $499. Asus is shipping the tablet with a dock accessory. Buyers ...
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Microsoft has revealed its Windows 8 operating system (OS) will launch on 26 October. The date was announced at Microsoft's annual sales meeting and was published on its blog shortly after, according to the BBC. The launch date also ...
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About 100 people waited outside Boston's Microsoft Store Friday to buy the company's new Surface tablet, which runs a new version of Windows. Unlike previous versions of the operating system, Windows RT runs on an ARM processor, typically ...
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Kicking off what may be the company's most challenging marketing effort yet, Microsoft has launched its next generation operating system, Windows 8, in New York City. "Windows 8 shatters perceptions of what a PC really is," said Microsoft ...
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Computerworld - With the upcoming release of Office 2013, Microsoft is putting a lot of focus on the cloud. Industry analysts say that's exactly what Microsoft needs to do to compete head-to-head with Google and its cloud-based office ...
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Chances are you're already doing business with CDW. After all, the Vernon Hills, Ill.-based provider of tech products and services boasts more than a quarter-million customers to whom it ships more than 2,200 custom-configured systems every ...
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Microsoft today announced that it will start selling Windows 8 on Friday, Oct. 26, a little more than three months from now. New PCs equipped with the operating system will go on sale the same day, said Microsoft spokesman Brandon LeBlanc ...
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Microsoft's new Surface tablet, slated to ship later this month, will be priced between $399 and $499, an analyst said today, in the same ballpark as Apple's iconic iPad. Sameer Singh, an analyst with Finvista Advisors, an India-based ...
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After months of heralding its Clover Trail processor for Windows 8 tablets, Intel on Thursday unveiled the chip that it believes is its ticket to success in the ARM-dominated market. Tablets with Clover Trail, aka the Atom Z2760 chip, ...
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Tablet makers have tried to chip away at Apple’s popularity by offering much cheaper products, but Microsoft has taken the unusual step of going head-to-head on pricing with the iPad. An analyst says there’s good reason for ...