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Lenovo Has Opened for Public Preview Its Reach Consumer Cloud Service
Aug 16, 2013After a closed beta for a few months, Lenovo has opened for public preview its Reach consumer cloud service, which is a “cloud desktop” service through which applications can be launched without downloading and installing them ...
Tags: Local Apps, Lenovo
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Microsoft's Relaunch of Windows 8 and The Free Upgrade to Windows 8.1 Will Be Increased PC
Jul 10, 2013Analysts 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] ...
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Microsoft Today Confirmed That IE11 Will Be Ported to Windows
Jun 27, 2013Microsoft today confirmed that Internet Explorer 11 (IE11) will be ported to Windows 7, but declined to name a release date. The announcement, made during a Wednesday session at the company's BUILD developers conference, was first ...
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Microsoft Today Shipped Windows 8.1
Jun 26, 2013Microsoft today shipped Windows 8.1, the free upgrade to Windows 8, with CEO Steve Ballmer calling it "a refined blend" of what many critics had called a jarring disconnect between its two radically different user interfaces. The upgrade, ...
Tags: Microsoft, Windows 8.1 Beta
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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 Give $100,000 Reward for Demonstrating Novel Attack Tactics Against Windows 8.1
Jun 21, 2013Microsoft took a two-year-old contest and turned it on its head to come up with a new reward program that will pay security researchers up to $100,000 for demonstrating novel attack tactics against Windows 8.1. In a broad announcement ...
Tags: Microsoft, Windows 8.1, Bounty Program
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Microsoft Announced It's Struck a Deal with Best Buy to Create 600 Stores-Within-Stores
Jun 13, 2013Microsoft today announced it's struck a deal with Best Buy to create 600 stores-within-stores in the U.S. and Canada to sell customers on Windows 8, the Surface tablet line, and new PCs and devices from other OEMs. The move, which ...
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Windows 8.1 Is a Major Update for The Windows 8 Operating System
Jun 5, 2013Windows 8.1 – previously known by its code name Windows Blue – is a major update for the Windows 8 operating system, and it will include a number of features that should render the operating system more appealing to business ...
Tags: Microsoft, Windows 8.1
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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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Microsoft Revealed Some of The Changes in Windows 8 Due to Reach Customers in a Month
May 30, 2013Microsoft today revealed some of the changes in Windows 8 due to reach customers in a month, but didn't address what analysts called the biggest barrier to the OS's success. That would be Windows 8 apps, dubbed "Modern" apps, or if one ...
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Customer Satisfaction with Microsoft's Software Dropped Slightly in The Last Year
May 24, 2013Customer satisfaction with Microsoft's software, primarily Windows, dropped slightly in the last year, likely part of the fallout over Windows 8, a national survey released today said. Microsoft scored 74 points, down a point from the ...
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Microsoft Today Announced That Windows 8.1,The Update Later This Year for Windows 8
May 17, 2013Microsoft today announced that Windows 8.1, the update later this year for Windows 8, will be free to current users of the operating system, confirming analysts' expectations. Analysts applauded the decision to give away the update. ...
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Microsoft Defended Its Windows Information Disclosure Strategy
May 17, 2013Microsoft's head of corporate communications defended his company's Windows information disclosure strategy Tuesday, denying that Microsoft has adopted Apple's "cone of silence" approach to imparting news. "We know we're not Apple," Frank ...
Tags: Windows 8, Computer Products, Microsoft
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Microsoft Increased The Head Count for Its June Developers Conference
May 15, 2013Microsoft today said it has increased the head count for its June developers conference, and will sell the extra tickets Wednesday. Saying that it has "made more room" at BUILD, the conference that will run June 26-28 in San Francisco, ...
Tags: Microsoft, Computer Products
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The Iconic Start Button Would Return to The Windows 8 Desktop
May 10, 2013Microsoft's head of Windows development on Tuesday came close to promising that the iconic Start button would return to the Windows 8 desktop, but never made a guarantee. In a 25-minute interview at the Wired Business Conference, Julie ...
Tags: Microsoft, Windows development