Don't expect HP to have a change of heart about building Windows RT devices anytime soon. Todd Bradley, Executive Vice President of HP's Personal Systems Group, said he's "not a big Windows RT fan" in an interview with CITEworld. ...
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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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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 ...
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Microsoft will support its Surface RT tablet with updates, including security patches, until April 2017, or nearly four-and-a-half years after its launch. The support lifecycle for the Surface with Windows RT tablet is less than half the ...
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Dell on Tuesday said its XPS 10 tablet with Windows RT will start at US$499, matching the price of Microsoft's Surface tablet that became available last week. The XPS 10 has a 10-inch screen, weighs 635 grams, and provides about 8 hours ...
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Independent benchmark tests by Futuremark have revealed that Microsoft's Surface tablet is surprisingly slow at Web browsing. When run through the Peacekeeper: Universal Browser Test, the Microsoft Surface speed test came out at just 348, ...
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MICROSOFT has axed its plan to sell its Surface tablet only online, making it available at Harvey Norman and JB Hi-Fi in Australia. "We're excited to be working with JB Hi-Fi and Harvey Norman to expand the ways in which Australians ...
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Microsoft has increased production of its Surface tablet, with mind to releasing the hardware in retail stores later this week. Since its global launch on 26 October 2012 - the same day as Windows 8 - Surface has only been sold directly ...
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Operating profit of the company improved to $1.6m during the quarter, compared to $10m loss it reported during third quarter of 2011 UK based chipmaker Wolfson Microelectronics has reported a 32% surge in its revenue during third quarter ...
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Tablet announcement alienated customers and partners... even though no product was even shipped, Michael Saylor said Microsoft's recent Surface tablet launch has been labelled the worst technology product launch in ten years by Michael ...
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PC manufacturers always look forward to a new Windows release, as it invariably boosts sales. Not this time it seems. Compared with 2011, laptop sales for the three-week period following October 26 2012 - when Windows 8 was launched - ...
Far from tanking–or failing to live up to expectations–as many had speculated,Microsoft has sold some 40 million licences for its new operating system,Windows 8. The claims were made by Tami Reller,finance and marketing head ...
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Early uptake of Windows 8 appears to be lagging behind that of Windows 7 in the period after the older OS's launch back in 2009. A survey of online activity carried out by marketing intelligence firm NetApplications found that just one ...
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British chip designer ARM has posted a better-than-expected 22 per cent rise in profits for Q3, the company has announced in its latest financial report. The Cambridge-based firm, which along with designing processors for the iPhone and ...
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Microsoft's new mobile operating systems have been affected by a series of glitches that has had users complaining online – and some returning their devices to retailers and mobile telecoms companies for a refund. The most serious ...
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