New Delhi: So the rumours were indeed true. Microsoft has finally ventured aggressively into the burgeoning world of tablets with its own hardware - the Surface tablet PC to take on Apple's bestselling iPad. At an event in Hollywood, which the media called Microsoft's mystery conference, as the company did not reveal the agenda beforehand, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer spoke about the company's long history with successful hardware products before...
04:12 AM, Jun 19, 2012
New York: Speculation is building that Microsoft will unveil a tablet computer on Monday. The company was secretive when it invited media to an afternoon event in Los Angeles, saying it would be a "major" announcement and would not divulge the location until Monday morning. In an email, the company had said, "This will be a major Microsoft announcement - you will not want to miss it." Several media outlets,...
09:59 AM, Jun 17, 2012
Seattle: Microsoft Corp is gearing up to unveil its own tablet to boost its new Windows 8 operating system and counter Apple Inc's hot-selling iPad, according to media reports on Friday. Such an effort, which the company has not confirmed, would be a departure from its usual focus on software and potentially throw Microsoft into direct competition with its closest hardware partners such as Samsung Electronics Co Ltd and Hewlett-Packard...
10:07 AM, Jun 16, 2012
Seattle: As Microsoft Corp prepares to show the world what its new Windows 8 can do on the next generation of high-powered tablets, initial reviews of the new operating system on existing hardware underscore the challenges the company faces with the radical redesign of its flagship product. The world's largest software company says millions of people are already using a downloaded pre-release version of Windows 8 on PCs, laptops and...
10:00 AM, Jun 16, 2012
Taipei: Taiwan's Acer Inc said on Monday it would remain closer to US chipmaker Intel, even though Microsoft also embraces rival ARM for its new Windows 8 operating system. The world's No.4 PC vendor has given an upbeat outlook for the second half after delivering a quarterly net profit that lagged market expectations in April, betting on the launch of Microsoft's new Windows system and more slimline ultrabook computers. The...
03:46 PM, Jun 04, 2012
Taipei: Acer has introduced its Windows 8 Ultrabook devices - the Aspire S7 series - at Computex Taipei. Available in two sizes, 13.3-inch and 11.6-inch, these are touch-enabled ultrabooks. Both are said to have a sleek aluminum metallic unibody design. The larger model additionally sports a glossy, sculpted glass cover, thereby delivering a trendy and elegant appearance. With the aluminum unibody design, the S7 Ultrabooks are slim and light. The...
10:32 AM, Jun 04, 2012
New Delhi: Acer has unveiled its 2 new Windows 8 tablets - the Iconia W510 and the Iconia W700 - at Computex Taipei. It has a 10.1-inch touchscreen, and is said to provide a wider viewing angle with vibrant, consistent and accurate colors. The most unique part of the W510 tablet is said to be the tri-mode, thereby allowing users to touch, type and view. A detachable keyboard dock can...
09:36 AM, Jun 04, 2012
Redmond: Microsoft is nearly done with a much-anticipated overhaul of its Windows operating system. The software maker signalled the makeover is nearly complete with Thursday's release of the final test version of Windows 8. Windows 8 is considered to be the biggest change in decades to Microsoft's widely used operating system. The software displays applications in a mosaic of tiles and has been designed so it can run desktop, laptop...
01:25 PM, Jun 01, 2012
New Delhi: While Nokia shrugged aside reports about a Windows 8 tablet, calling it 'misconstrued,' a Windows 8 tablet unexpectedly emerged from Dell. As per reports by Neowin, the image (as seen below) is of the Dell Latitude 10 Windows 8 tablet. It's a 10-inch tablet with HD capacitive multi-touch screen with 1366 x 768 resolution. The device is powered by Intel Clover Trail Atom Dual Core processor with 2GB...
10:39 AM, May 28, 2012
San Francisco: Hewlett Packard Co plans to lay off roughly 27,000 employees or about 8 per cent of its workforce over the next couple of years to jumpstart growth and save up to $3.5 billion annually, sending its shares 11 percent higher. The company said the layoffs would be made mainly through early retirement and would generate annual savings of $3 billion to $3.5 billion as it exits fiscal year...
10:15 AM, May 24, 2012
New Delhi: Microsoft has now come up with information on editions that will be available for Windows 8, when it will be released. Windows 8 is the official product name for the next x86/64 editions of Windows. For PCs and tablets powered by x86 processors (both 32 and 64 bit), there will be two editions - Windows 8 and Windows 8 Pro. According to the company, for majority, Windows 8...
12:15 PM, Apr 17, 2012
New Delhi: The next big Windows operating system from Microsoft is expected to be launched this October, according to Bloomberg. Citing sources, Bloomberg says the initial rollout will include devices running Intel and ARM chips. Microsoft's next big ticket release happens in October, so that the company and PC manufacturers can make the best of the Christmas shopping season in the west. The technology giant had first demonstrated its new...
06:11 PM, Mar 20, 2012
New Delhi: Dell has officially confirmed that it is looking to launch a Windows 8 operating system based tablet. "We have a road-map for tablets that we haven't announced yet. You'll see some announcements (in this regard) in the back half of the year," Dell's chief commercial officer Steve Felice was quoted as saying by Reuters. He also added, "We're very encouraged by the touch capability we are seeing in...
03:34 PM, Mar 19, 2012
London: A growing dissatisfaction among office workers with the clunky computers their employers force them to use, in contrast to the sleek Apple devices many have at home, could yet benefit incumbent suppliers like Dell, a top Dell executive said. As Apple's third-generation iPad went on sale on Friday, accompanied by the now traditional scenes of fans queuing round the block, Dell's chief commercial officer Steve Felice said the tablet...
10:41 AM, Mar 17, 2012
Helsinki: Nokia design chief Marko Ahtisaari is spending a third of his time on creating a tablet for the cellphone maker, which would stand out among hundreds of iPad-challengers, he said in an interview with Finnish magazine Kauppalehti Optio. "We are working on it," he was quoted as saying. Nokia's Chief Executive Stephen Elop has said the category is interesting for the Finnish company, but has stressed the need for...
01:25 PM, Mar 15, 2012
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06:27 PM, Mar 11, 2012
New Delhi: Microsoft Corp. has now announced the availability of the Windows 8 Consumer Preview, which is available for download at http://preview.windows.com , thereby giving the public the first chance to try out the slick, new-look operating system. Windows 8, as the first Microsoft operating system compatible with low-power microprocessors designed by ARM Holdings Plc, will run on tablets as well as desktops and laptops. The Product Windows 8 is...
10:42 PM, Feb 29, 2012
San Francisco: Microsoft is scrambling to preserve what's left of its kingdom. Since the company released its Windows operating system in 1985, most of the sequels have been variations on the same theme. Not that it mattered much. Regardless of the software's quality, Microsoft managed to remain at the center of the personal computing universe. The stakes are much different as Microsoft Corp. puts the finishing touches on Windows 8...
11:18 AM, Feb 29, 2012
New Delhi: Personal computer maker, HP (Hewlett-Packard) is set to bring a tablet based on Windows 8 operating system. This will be the second tablet after HP's first WebOS based tab which was launched last year. Hewlett-Packard's co chief executive officer Meg Whitman said, "HP will release by Christmas a new tablet tailored for security, productivity and business network compatibility." "The company will release the tablet computer based on Microsoft...
02:36 PM, Feb 25, 2012
