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Article | 28/01/2013 Apple makes good on CEO's promise to expand iPhone 5's 4G carriers
Apple today released iOS 6.1, the first major update for the mobile operating system since its September 2012 launch, patching 27 security vulnerabili...
Article | 23/01/2013 Microsoft identifies 13 Shanghai PC resellers involved in Windows piracy
Microsoft has identified 13 PC resellers based in Shanghai that it claims have been distributing counterfeit versions of its Windows OS, and the compa...
Article | 22/01/2013 Microsoft to ship Surface Windows 8 Pro tablet on Feb. 9
Microsoft will ship the Surface Windows 8 Pro tablet with an Intel Core i5 processor on Feb. 9, with prices starting at US$899.
Article | 18/01/2013 Windows 8 Pro upgrade price to rise to $199.99 after Jan. 31
The price for upgrading to Windows 8 Pro will shoot up after Jan. 31, when the existing special offers to acquire the new OS lapse.
Article | 10/01/2013 Windows 8 fails to lift the PC market in Q4
Microsoft's Windows 8 OS failed to provide a spark to PC sales during last year's fourth quarter, with worldwide unit shipments falling by 6.4 percent...
Article | 10/01/2013 Morgan Stanley downgrades Microsoft over Win 8, PC market concerns
Concerns over Windows 8 sales and over the PC market dynamics have prompted Morgan Stanley to downgrade its recommendation on Microsoft's stock.
Article | 10/01/2013 Microsoft Surface Pro hands-on impressions
Perhaps you remember Surface RT. It was Microsoft's bid to become a legitimate computer hardware manufacturer--a Windows-based tablet with a clever, s...
Article | 8/01/2013 Microsoft: Windows 8 passes 60 million licenses sold
Microsoft has sold more than 60 million [m] Windows 8 licenses so far, a number that is "roughly" in line with the performance of Windows 7 at the sam...
Article | 7/01/2013 Dropbox for Windows 8 arrives missing some key features
The official Dropbox app has arrived for Windows 8. It's been close to two months since Microsoft announced at the Build developer conference that the...
Article | 7/01/2013 Hacker finds way to run desktop applications on Windows RT
A hacker claims to have found a method of bypassing the code integrity mechanism in Windows RT, therefore allowing for desktop-style programs to be in...
Article | 2/01/2013 Canonical prepares Ubuntu for smartphones
Further expanding from its core mission of providing Linux distributions for desktop computers and servers, Canonical is developing a version of Ubunt...
Article | 13/12/2012 Microsoft flooded with Windows Phone app submissions, none from Google
Microsoft says Windows Phone app reviewers will be working into the holidays to deal with a flood of new app submissions to the Windows Phone Store, b...
Article | 13/12/2012 Dell scraps Android smartphones in favour of Windows 8 tablets
Dell doesn’t plan on returning to the Android smartphone market any time soon, announcing that it will focus instead on creating Windows 8 touch-enabl...
Article | 11/12/2012 Microsoft to sell Surface RT in Harvey Norman and JB Hi-Fi
Microsoft has altered its approach to selling Windows RT tablet/notebooks, at least in Australia, where it will start selling them in Harvey Norman an...
Article | 10/12/2012 Top 10 tech stories of 2012: a busted IPO, spotlight on workers, titans in transition
Change in any industry involves conflict. Evolution and revolution in tech this year took place not only in the marketplace but also in the courtroom,...