The first round of Windows 8 tablets and laptops coming out later this year will be"just the beginning"of a range of form factors and styles that will evolve as the operating system matures,according to the president of a major Taiwanese ...
Tags: Windows 8 PCs, Acer, Taiwanese computer maker, ARM processors
HP, the world's largest PC maker, has posted a record quarterly loss and reported slumping sales for personal computers, printers and associated business services. The third-quarter loss of US$8.86 billion includes a writedown for the ...
Tags: PC maker, HP, quarterly loss, Windows 8 software, durability features
Several leading PC suppliers, including HP, Dell, Asus, Toshiba and Sony, have announced products from laptops to smartphones that will run Microsoft's newest operating system Windows 8, expected to be released in October. Windows 8 ...
Tags: Windows 8 Devices, laptops, smartphones, operating system
IDG News Service - The recent move by Microsoft to compete against its computer-maker partners and launch its own tablet PC is a good thing for the market, a senior executive of Lenovo said Thursday at the IFA consumer electronics show in ...
Tags: Lenovo, Microsoft, Competition
Computerworld-The two best-known virtualization products for the Mac,Parallels Desktop for Mac and Fusion,have both now produced updates optimized for the upcoming Windows 8. Parallels released Parallels Desktop 8 for Mac today as an ...
Tags: Mac users, virtualization products, Windows 8, Parallels Desktop
Hewlett-Packard on Thursday announced an Envy X2 tablet-laptop hybrid device with the Windows 8 OS,signaling the company's re-entry into the consumer tablet market,which it abandoned after the highly publicized failure of its TouchPad ...
Windows 8 may be the most disruptive operating system upgrade in 17 years,but the learning curve isn't as steep as some have claimed,enterprise support company PC Helps said today. "It will be very difficult to adjust to,no doubt of ...
IDG News Service-Growth in the PC market is expected to be slower than last year,after mid-year shipments slowed as consumers were hit by weak economic conditions,and also postponed purchases to evaluate Windows 8 and Ultrabook products ...
Tags: PC growth, shipments slowed, Windows 8, smartphones
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 ...
Tags: Microsoft, New Logo, Windows 8 platform, Outlook.com
Microsoft has unveiled an updated corporate logo.Network World-After 25 years,Microsoft is hanging up its old corporate logo in favor of a new one that includes a squared off version of its four-color window pane and a typeface that is more ...
Staying ahead of Microsoft itself,VMware has updated its Workstation desktop computer hypervisor so it can run Microsoft's soon-to-be-released Windows 8. VMware Workstation 9,available now,also includes the ability for users to access ...
Tags: Windows 8, VMware, Workstation desktop computer hypervisor
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 ...
Tags: Microsoft, Windows RT tablets, Windows 8 counterparts, PC maker, Lenovo
Starting yesterday,Microsoft began releasing the final code of Windows 8 to developers,IT professionals and businesses that license the company's products in volume. That's all well and good for them,but how can you get your hands on ...
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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 ...
Tags: PC, Acer, Windows RT, Microsoft, Surface RT, Surface Pro tablets