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Microsoft's Version of Windows Is Being Lined up for The Chop
Nov 27, 2013Microsoft's version of Windows for ARM-based devices, Windows RT, is being lined up for the chop, after Microsoft executive Julie Larson-Green admitted that three different versions of the Windows operating system was one too many. ...
Tags: Chop, Windows RT, Microsoft, exec, company, operating, system
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Microsoft Has Launched an Ad-Free,No Cost Version of Its Bing Search Engine
Aug 21, 2013Microsoft has launched an ad-free, no cost version of its Bing search engine that can be used in public and private schools across the U.S. Activating ad-free search also activates an automatic filter that blocks adult content and ...
Tags: Microsoft, AD-Free Bing, Computer Products
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Shoppers Would Have Seen One Listed for US$299
Aug 19, 2013Shoppers who tried to buy a Windows RT tablet at Dell's website Friday morning would have seen one listed for US$299. By the end of the day the cheapest tablet came bundled with a keyboard for $479. Dell made several changes to the?RT ...
Tags: Computer Products, Dell, software
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Software Giant Microsoft Is Being Sued by a Group of Stockholders
Aug 16, 2013Software giant Microsoft is being sued by a group of stockholders who claim the company misled them over the true parlous state of Surface RT tablet computer sales. They claim the company had led shareholders to believe that the launch of ...
Tags: Microsoft, tablet computer
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Microsoft Has Revealed in a Regulatory Filing with The US SEC
Aug 2, 2013Microsoft has revealed in a regulatory filing with the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) that it achieved just $853m in Surface RT and Surface Pro sales during its 2013 fiscal year to the end of June. CEO Steve Ballmer had ...
Tags: Computer Products, software, Surface Tablets
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Asus Isn't Impressed with Sales Results of Microsoft Windows RT-Based Tablets
Aug 2, 2013Editor's note: This story has been updated. An earlier version incorrectly stated that Asus makes the Surface RT tablet. Even Asus, which makes the VivoTab RT tablet, isn't impressed with sales results of Microsoft Windows RT-based ...
Tags: Computer Products, software
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Apple Has Been Proactive in Taking Its iPad Solution to Small Business and Retailers
Jun 27, 2013THEY?RE highly successful as consumer devices, but is Apple?s iPad cutting the mustard in the business world? Yesterday two restaurants in inner Sydney were spruiking the benefits of using Apple's iPad to manage everything from the taking ...
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Microsoft Previewed an Office Application Designed for The Windows "Modern,"UI
Jun 26, 2013Microsoft today briefly previewed an Office application designed for the Windows "Modern," née "Metro," user interface (UI), and said it would launch the touch-enabled suite next year. "This is big," said Frank Gillett, an analyst ...
Tags: Microsoft, Office Apps, Windows
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Microsoft Discounted Surface RT Prices of The Entry-Level Model by 60% for Schools
Jun 18, 2013Microsoft today confirmed that it has heavily discounted the Surface RT tablet to universities and K-12 schools, cutting the price of the entry-level model by 60%. It was the third time within a month that Microsoft has launched a Surface ...
Tags: Microsoft, Surface RT, Schools
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Microsoft Will Add Outlook to Office on Windows RT
Jun 10, 2013Microsoft's announcement Wednesday that it will add Outlook to Office on Windows RT says as much about the company's app problem as it does about customers clamoring for the business-grade email client, an analyst argued. Yesterday, ...
Tags: Computer Products, Microsoft, App
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Microsoft and Apple Last Week Kicked off Promotions That May Signal Inventory Clearing
Jun 3, 2013Microsoft and Apple last week kicked off promotions that may signal inventory clearing as they prepare their next generations of hardware. On Friday, Microsoft debuted a deal that hands a free keyboard-cover to buyers of its Surface RT ...
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Microsoft Launched Long Awaited Windows 8 Surface Pro Tablet Computer in Australia
May 31, 2013MICROSOFT today has launched its long awaited Windows 8 Surface Pro tablet computer in Australia. It will be available from today in two configurations: a 64GB standalone version for $999 and a 128GB standalone version priced at $1,099. ...
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Analysts Shared Three Reasons Why PC Desktop Market Slumps and The Tablet Market Grows
May 29, 2013As the PC desktop and laptop market slumps and the tablet market grows, it might seem obvious to tablet users why that's so. However, details shared by analysts dramatically highlight three reasons behind robust tablet growth. Tablets are ...
Tags: Tablet, PC, Computer Products
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Barnes & Noble Closed More Than 24 Per Cent Higher in New York Yesterday
May 13, 2013Shares in US book retailer Barnes & Noble closed more than 24 per cent higher in New York yesterday following a report that Microsoft is to buy the digital assets of Nook Media, its ebook and tablet business, for $1bn (£650m). ...
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Microsoft Plans to Release a Preview Version of Windows 8's Update
May 9, 2013Microsoft plans to release a preview version of Windows 8′s update, code-named Windows Blue, at the end of June, according to Julie Larson-Green, a corporate vice president in charge of the OS's development. Larson-Green didn't say ...
Tags: Windows, Computer Products