Taiwanese PC maker Acer, revising its estimates, does not expect "explosive growth" for Windows 8 devices when the Microsoft operating system launches in October, with its company CEO citing a lack of consumer interest as one of the ...
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Lenovo said on Thursday the company was not worried about Microsoft's new Surface tablet, with its CEO stating the PC maker is confident it provides better hardware than its competitors including Microsoft. "They (Microsoft) are strong in ...
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Just weeks after announcing the deal, Microsoft has closed its acquisition of Perceptive Pixel (PPI), whose large-scale, multitouch displays Microsoft plans to use to boost its collaboration, meetings and presentation products. PPI will ...
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Microsoft on Monday announced new keyboards and mice optimized for tablets and laptops running the Windows 8 operating system. The new devices are lighter and more mobile, and will work with tablets running the latest versions of Windows ...
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Acer on Thursday announced the Oct. 26 availability of the Iconia W700 tablet, which will come with an 11.6-inch screen and Windows 8, and will start at $799. The Iconia W700 is less than 0.5 inches (1.27 centimeters) thick and weighs ...
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Taiwanese PC maker Acer reported a small profit in the third quarter, after a larger loss a year earlier. However, revenue decreased as the company transitions to selling new PCs running Microsoft’s new Windows 8 operating system, it ...
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Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer has branded Android ‘wild’ and Apple too ‘controlled’. During a recent conversation with LinkedIn Co-Founder Reid Hoffman at a Churchill Club event, Ballmer said: “The ecosystem of ...
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Microsoft's temporary, or "pop-up," stores will open Oct. 26 and will sell the Surface tablet, according to the company's website. And in all but a few cases, Microsoft will go toe-to-toe with Apple: 29 of the 32 stores are located in the ...
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The worldwide tablet market is exploding with demand as people jettison laptops for smaller, touch-based devices. But even as tablets become must-have personal computing devices, Windows, and particularly Windows 8 tablets, won’t be a ...
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Dell urged Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer to drop the Windows brand from the tablet-based RT operating system because it thought it would lead to confusion. That's what Dell vice chairman and president of its PC arm Jeffrey Clarke told ...
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Steven Sinofsky, the executive in charge of Microsoft's Windows 8 operating system and the driving force behind the new OS, is leaving the company, Microsoft announced today. Sinofsky was also the public face for Windows 8 and its new ...
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Concurrency, Inc., the 2012 Microsoft Central Region Partner of the Year, announced today an educational event co-sponsored with Microsoft to share knowledge about upcoming major releases of Microsoft enterprise products. The September 13 ...
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Microsoft has sent out invitations for a Windows Phone 8 launch event on 29 October. The firm will launch its next smartphone mobile operating system just days after Windows 8, the latest version of its desktop OS. The event will be ...
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Microsoft's Surface for Windows RT tablet will sell for $199 when it ships on Oct. 26, according to an unnamed source in an Engadget report. At that price, Microsoft would surely be selling below its costs, analysts said. However, ...
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Google on Monday announced a new 10-inch Nexus tablet and 4.7-inch Nexus smartphone with the latest Android 4.2 operating system, code-named Jelly Bean. Google was expected to showcase the devices in New York City, but cancelled a planned ...
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