Microsoft has confirmed there are now 500 million active Windows 10 machines. Microsoft announced the landmark figure, just before the Build 2017 developer’s conference kicked off in Seattle, Washington, on Wednesday. The company ...
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Microsoft’s Windows 10 S has certainly set the cat among the proverbial pigeons in the budget laptop space. The slimmed down version of Windows 10 will compete directly with Google’s Chrome OS and the Chromebook range with a ...
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Ready to try out the new Windows 10 Creators Update? Here’s your complete guide to getting the latest Windows features ahead of time. What is the Windows 10 Creators Update? The Creators Update is the next major version of Windows ...
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The popular media server app Plex has updated its Windows 10 software to offer more support for the voice-powered Cortana tool. Plex v3.0.43 now gives users ability for users to play and shuttle their libraries and playlists (via Windows ...
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Nokia recently released its first-ever Windows tablet,the Lumia 2520.After testing the device,I wonder why Nokia bothered. There's just not much to recommend about the device.Its design is unremarkable.Its screen is of lower resolution ...
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The Microsoft Desktop Optimisation Pack (MDOP) suite of IT management tools has been updated with support for Windows 8.1 device and application management and Office 2013 virtualisation. MDOP 2013 R2,released on Monday, lets IT ...
Microsoft'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. ...
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Steve Ballmer’s audacious vision of “One Microsoft, all the time,” delivering a single, seamless user experience across a wide range of devices, will not be achieved without digital bloodshed. Windows will die, a ...
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Microsoft has announced that Windows 8.1 is now globally available, and is downloadable as a free update from the Windows Store. Microsoft cites a number of "key attributes" in the release, including "an improved and hughly customised ...
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Microsoft Gulf has announced plans for GITEX 2013 to provide visitors with access to its latest technologies in-line with the IT industry’s current disruptive trends. The next generation Microsoft solutions will be available on ...
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While Windows 8.1 promises many changes from Windows 8, one thing that will remain the same is the price to U.S. consumers. For people who are on Windows 7 and previous editions of the OS, the standard version of Windows 8.1 will cost ...
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Microsoft has confirmed the release date for Windows 8.1 as 17 October. The firm said on the Windows blog that it the Windows 8.1 update will be live at 12am on 18 October in New Zealand, so that’s midday on 17 October here in the ...
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The much-anticipated update for Windows 8 will begin shipping on October 17, delivering a set of changes that Microsoft hopes will calm critics and improve sales of the tablet-optimized OS. Windows 8.1, previously known as Windows Blue, ...
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Microsoft will start selling its struggling Surface devices to business customers abroad via channel partners on Thursday. The move builds on a similar effort Microsoft launched in July to tap distributors and resellers to push Surface ...
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Analysts remain skeptical that Microsoft's relaunch of Windows 8 and the free upgrade to Windows 8.1 will translate into increased PC and tablet sales in the second half of the year. "[Windows 8.1] is unlikely to have a major impact [on] ...