Windows Division President Steven Sinofsky helped introduce the Microsoft Surface tablet on Oct. 25. IDG News Service - Steven Sinofsky, the executive in charge of Microsoft's Windows 8 operating system and the driving force behind its new ...
When customers buy Microsoft SQL Server 2008 retail products, they will receive a free tablet. Depending on order size, customers will have their choice of one of the following: iPad Mini, Microsoft Surface, Google Nexus 7, or Amazon Kindle ...
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Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer has admitted that sales of its new Surface RT tablets have started "modestly". Ballmer, who took over from Bill Gates as Microsoft chief in 2000, told French newspaper Le Parisien that the new tablets' first ...
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It seems two separate Surface builds aimed at consumer and enterprise aren't enough for Microsoft, as rumours mount of a third, gaming-focused flavour of the Microsoft tablet. According to The Verge, multiple sources within Microsoft's ...
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Microsoft will"die and disappear"within the next few years,futurist and ex-CTO of BT,Peter Cochrane,has told Computing. "Microsoft will die and disappear in the next few years.There is no convergence in IT–what we see is ...
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Acer,one of the big-five PC vendors,has put back the launch of its own Windows RT tablets following the launch of the Microsoft Surface and the mixed reviews that it has received. The company is unlikely to release a similar product ...
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Microsoft's new operating system, Windows 8, has been welcomed by a security expert, who cites a raft of tweaks and new features as beneficial for the protection of computers running the software. The most significant change, according to ...
IDG News Service-Dell on Tuesday said its XPS 10 tablet with Windows RT will start at$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 ...
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Software giant Microsoft has posted first quarter fiscal revenues down 7.9 per cent to$16bn(£10bn),from$17.372bn(£10.8bn)achieved in the same period a year earlier. The company claimed that the results partly reflected a ...
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The Microsoft Surface RT will feature a pricepoint that competes favourably with the iPad, it has been revealed after Microsoft's online store briefly displayed prices for three variations of the tablet earlier today. The cheapest RT, ...