Microsoft Surface RT is expected to be sold to consumers in Japan, this version can run the Microsoft Office RT and IE10 desktop applications, but only for application in the Windows app store. The price of 32GB version of the Surface RT ...
The fourth quarter of the global flat-panel computer sales were 52.5 million sets, an increase of 75.3% over the 29.9 million sets of the same period last year, hitting a new record. Among them, the apple in the overall market took the ...
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Worldwide tablet sales jumped in the fourth quarter beyond even some of the most optimistic forecasts to 52.5 million - a growth rate of 75 per cent. The preliminary survey by business research firm IDC showed the tablet market grew 75.3 ...
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Apple and Samsung Electronics led the tablet market in the fourth quarter of 2012, but new entrant Microsoft did not make it to the top five with its Surface tablet. The market share of Apple also continued to drop in the quarter, IDC ...
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Worldwide tablet sales jumped in the fourth quarter beyond even some of the most optimistic forecasts to 52.5 million - a growth rate of 75 per cent. The preliminary survey by business research firm IDC showed the tablet market grew 75.3 ...
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Microsoft reported a drop in profit for the second quarter of its fiscal year, though revenue increased, thanks partly to a 24 percent jump in sales from its Windows division. Microsoft's revenue increased 2.7 percent to US$21.46 billion ...
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Microsoft will ship the Surface Windows 8 Pro tablet with an Intel Core i5 processor on Feb. 9, with prices starting at $899. The tablet has a 10.6-in. screen and comes in models with 64GB and 128GB of storage. The tablet will include the ...
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Microsoft has announced that its business-oriented Surface Windows 8 Pro tablet computer will debut in the US and Canada in February with a lofty starting price of $US899 ($A851). Microsoft also said that the consumer-focused version of ...
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A hacker claims to have found a method of bypassing the code integrity mechanism in Windows RT,therefore allowing for desktop-style programmes to be installed on the platform. The hacker,who uses the online moniker"clrokr",documented the ...
Computerworld-Notebook computers equipped with hard disk drives won't face a significant threat this year from those with solid-state drives(SSDs),according to a report issued by IHS iSuppli. SSD-based notebook PCs like Apple's MacBook ...
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IDG News Service-Asustek Computer on Tuesday introduced the VivoTab Smart,a tablet computer with a 10.1-inch screen that will be available with Windows 8 starting at$499. The tablet resembles Asustek's existing Transformer Pads,which have ...
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IDG News Service-Facing a sluggish PC market and deferring revenue from sales of its upcoming Windows 8 OS,Microsoft reported$4.47 billion in net income for its first fiscal quarter of 2013,a 22%decline from the same period a year earlier. ...
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Samsung is building a tablet based on Windows RT for release sometime in October, according to unnamed sources who spoke to the Bloomberg news service. Samsung joins Acer and Asus, among other device makers, to build the touchscreen ...
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New Consumer Analytics research from Parks Associates indicates U.S. consumers plan to spend over 33 percent more on CE devices this holiday season compared to last year, with the total amount increasing from $793 per household in 2011 to ...
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Microsoft has confirmed its Windows 8 operating system(OS)will launch in October. The announcement was made at the company's worldwide partner conference by Windows CFO Tami Reller Reller also confirmed the RTM version of the OS would ...
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