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Article | 1/12/2011 5 ways Microsoft can make Windows 8 tablets a hit
According to a report from Forrester Research, consumer desire to purchase Windows 8 tablets has suffered a massive decrease, slumping from 46 percent...
Article | 30/11/2011 Desire for Windows 8 tablet shrinking: Forrester
Interest in tablets with Microsoft's Windows 8 is plummeting, Forrester Research said in a study released on Tuesday.
Article | 17/11/2011 Nokia plans Windows 8 tablet by June 2012
Nokia plans to launch an iPad competitor based on Microsoft's Windows 8 operating system next year, the company's French division manager let slip in ...
Article | 8/11/2011 Microsoft to 'align' Windows Phone, future Windows OSes
Microsoft, which on Monday held an event in New York to mark the U.S. launch of smartphones running its latest Windows Phone 7.5 OS, said it is taking...
Article | 20/10/2011 Windows 8 will be on ultrabooks next year, Intel executive says
Ultrabooks with Microsoft's upcoming Windows 8 OS are due to reach market next year, and the OS could help propel demand for the devices, an Intel exe...
Article | 29/09/2011 Linux and Windows 8's secure boot: What we know so far
Ever since it was first brought to light that Windows 8's secure boot mechanism could cause problems for Linux users, speculation has been running ram...
Article | 24/09/2011 Microsoft, Red Hat spar over secure boot-loading tech
Is Microsoft using a next-generation computing boot-loading technology to lock out the use of Linux and other OSEs on certain computers? While Microso...
Article | 22/09/2011 Will Windows 8 PCs shut the door on Linux?
It seems safe to say that a sizable proportion of Linux PC users in the world today installed the free and open source operating system on hardware th...
Article | 22/09/2011 Windows XP to Windows 8: Don't go there
A majority of enterprises have migrated to Windows 7 or are planning to do so. But for Windows XP holdouts ready to side-step Windows 7 for the upcomi...
Article | 21/09/2011 Samsung Windows 8 tablets surface on eBay
If you're dying to get your hands on a Windows 8 tablet, right now for $2,000 or more on eBay you can pick up several Samsung Series 7 700T tablets ru...
Article | 15/09/2011 10 best new features of Windows Server 8
Microsoft claims 300 new and improved features in Windows Server 8, but after a few days in Redmond watching demos and stepping through lab sessions, ...
Article | 16/09/2011 Windows 8 update: The end of Adobe Flash?
Microsoft appears to be taking a page out of Apple's play book saying it will dump plug-ins such as Adobe Flash from Internet Explorer 10 in Windows 8...
Article | 16/09/2011 Windows 8 on ARM processors: Three working tablet demos
This week has seen lots of talk about Microsoft Windows 8 coming to hardware running on ARM processors. Now, the first prototypes, from Nvidia, Qualco...
Article | 15/09/2011 Ballmer: Microsoft is "reimagining" itself
Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer made a surprise appearance at the end of Wednesday’s BUILD keynote speech, telling the audience that Microsoft is in the p...
Article | 19/08/2011 Windows 8 app store will change Windows software forever
Windows 8 is coming, and apparently its bringing a Windows 8 app store with it. Speculation that began with hints of an app store in leaked builds of ...