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What Is The xBox One?
Dec 26, 2013What is the Xbox One? If you're a video-game aficionado, you know the answer: It's Microsoft's latest game console, and it arrives in North America and Europe on Friday. To gamers, Xbox means cutting-edge adventures such as "Halo" and ...
Tags: xBox, Electronics Game, Consumer Electronics
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What Is The Xbox One?
Nov 22, 2013What is the Xbox One? If you're a video-game aficionado, you know the answer: It's Microsoft's latest game console, and it arrives in North America and Europe on Friday. To gamers, Xbox means cutting-edge adventures such as "Halo" and ...
Tags: Xbox, Microsoft, Game Player
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Dell Believes Its The Best OS for Business Tablets and Plans to Roll out More Products
Aug 27, 2013Windows 8 may be seeing sluggish demand, but Dell believes its the best OS for business tablets and plans to roll out more products built with the operating system later this year, a senior executive said Tuesday. "The reason that our ...
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Lenovo Has Announced That a Replacement Start Button for Windows 8 Will Be Installed
Aug 23, 2013The world's number one PC manufacturer Lenovo has announced that a replacement Start button for Windows 8 will be installed on many of its devices, beginning in the next few weeks. Windows 8 has struggled to make an impact in businesses, ...
Tags: Windows 8, Computer Products
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Microsoft Has Decided to Hire a New Ad Agency to Handle The Digital Promotion
Aug 21, 2013As Windows 8 struggles to take off, Microsoft has decided to hire a new ad agency to handle the digital promotion of both the operating system and Microsoft Surface tablets. The company has awarded the contract to Razorfish, according to ...
Tags: Windows 8, Computer Products
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Hewlett-Packard Is Joining The List of Companies Bringing Android to The PC
Jun 26, 2013Hewlett-Packard is joining the list of companies bringing Android to the PC, and has unveiled a 21.5-inch all-in-one desktop installed with Google's operating system. The device, called the HP Slate 21, was shown off at an HP event in ...
Tags: Hewlett-Packard, Desktop, Android
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for Easyjet Would Be Preferable to Apple's iPad
Jun 24, 2013For EasyJet, tablets running on Windows 8 - such as Microsoft Surface Pro - would be preferable to Apple's iPad because they're more compatible with the rest of the office ecosystem. That's according to CIO Trevor Didcock who made the ...
Tags: Windows 8 Tablet, iPad, EasyJet
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Lenovo Is Bringing Another Windows 8 Tablet and Five New Touch-Based Laptops to Market
Jun 21, 2013Lenovo is bringing another Windows 8 tablet to market -- this one made with keyboard cover in mind -- along with five new touch-based laptops that are slated to arrive globally in July and August. Lenovo's new Miix tablet that can come ...
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Merging The Windows Phone OS Could Give Microsoft a Boost in Attracting More Developers
Jun 5, 2013Should Microsoft merge its smartphone and tablet/laptop/desktop operating systems into one substantial OS? It's not just a theoretical question prompted by an older "write once, run anywhere" development mindset. Merging the Windows Phone ...
Tags: Unified Dev Tools, Microsoft, Developers
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A Majority of Consumer and Windows 8 PC Users Launch Fewer Than One "Modern" APP a Day
May 28, 2013A majority of consumer and small business Windows 8 PC users launch fewer than one "Modern" app a day, signaling that they're spending most of their time on the classic Windows 7-style desktop, according to data released Wednesday. ...
Tags: Windows 8, Desktop, Computer Products
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Windows 8 Will Not Achieve Enough Adoption in Enterprises to Be Considered a Standard
May 19, 2013Windows 8, the most significant upgrade to Microsoft’s operating system since Windows 95 and one of the most important products in the company’s history, will not achieve enough adoption in enterprises to be considered a ...
Tags: Windows 8, Computer Products
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Planned Windows 8 Update to Address Complaints and Confusion with Microsoft's New OS
May 16, 2013Planned Windows 8 update to address complaints and confusion with Microsoft's new operating system will be made available for free this year, the company said overnight. Microsoft also announced a name for the update: Windows 8.1. It is ...
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Microsoft Had Sold 100 Million Licenses of Windows 8, But How Many Copies Are Being Used?
May 13, 2013Microsoft this week said that it had sold 100 million licenses of Windows 8 in the operating system's first six months. But how many copies are being used? That's a question Patrick Moorhead, principal analyst with Moor Insights & ...
Tags: Microsoft, Computer Products
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Microsoft Is Retooling The Latest Version of Its Windows Operating System
May 9, 2013Microsoft is retooling the latest version of its Windows operating system to address complaints and confusion that have been blamed for deepening a slump in personal computer sales. The tune up won't be released to consumers and ...
Tags: Home Button, Microsoft, Computer Products
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Acer Issues a $169 Android Tablet with a 7.9-Inch Screen
May 7, 2013Acer has placed its bet in the tablet wars on low pricing, introducing a $169 Android tablet with a 7.9-inch screen. The Iconia A1 is full-featured, has an "accessible" price and will raise the stakes in the tablet wars, said Jim Wong, ...
Tags: Android Tablet, Computer Products