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Paul Thurott: Windows 8 sales "well below" Microsoft's projections
- Despite Microsoft's excitement at selling four million Windows 8 upgrades in four days, well-known industry blogger Paul Thurott says sales of the OS are "well below" Microsoft's internal projections. Get your salt shakers ready, but Thurott cites ones of his…
Dell's consumer sales suffer, Windows 8 touch devices encouraging
- With yesterday's report of sagging consumer PC sales, Dell said it's looking to other markets (i.e. enterprise and IT services) to help pick up the slack. Dell has talked about transitioning from consumer PCs to IT business services in the past,…
HP exec derides Microsoft Surface as "slow" and "kludgey"
- In an interview with IDG, HP PC Business chief Todd Bradley dismissed Microsoft's first foray into the tablet market. Surface, he said, is "slow" and "kludgey". Bradley added that he hardly considers Surface competition for HP, although it's worth pointing…
Microsoft has "no plan" to release DirectX 11.1 for Windows 7 (Updated)
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According to a reply from an engineer on Microsoft's Developer Network forum, DirectX 11.1 will be available exclusively for flavors of Windows 8 only. There are apparently no plans to release 11.1 for Windows 7 or Vista. "DirectX 11.1 is…
Weekend tech reading: Asus undercuts MS Surface with VivoTab RT
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It remains to be seen how many opponents will show up to each battle, but the Windows RT price wars have begun. Asus is now offering their VivoTab RT tablet -- which launched October 26th alongside Windows 8 -- for $549, down $50 from its initial price tag. The VivoTab RT inherits...
Windows 8, RT set to receive first critical security patches
- Microsoft’s recently launched Windows 8 operating system is set to receive its first critical security update next week. According to the company’s advance notification posting, the November edition of Patch Tuesday will include critical fixes for vulnerabilities in Windows, Internet…
32GB Surface tablets ship with just 16GB of usable disk space
- Microsoft has revealed exactly how much free disk space that users can expect to find on a brand new Surface tablet. According to a recently published tablet FAQ, only half of the storage on a 32GB Surface tablet is usable.…
Acer continues to speak out on Microsoft's decision to build Surface
- Acer has once again spoken out against Microsoft and their just-released Surface tablet. In a recent interview with Tencent Technology, Acer’s Greater China president Lin Xianlang likened making hardware to food. His comments were roughly translated as he described Microsoft's…
Surface with Windows RT debuts to mixed reviews, most complain about the lack of quality apps
- Microsoft's first PC ever, the Surface tablet is set for launch this Friday, right after Windows 8 is also made available to the public. However until recently a few key aspects of the product remained under wraps, including pricing, which was…
Microsoft signs off on Release To Manufacturing build of Office 2013
- Microsoft Office 2013 has graduated to Release to Manufacturing which means the coding and testing phase of the project is complete. The engineering team at Redmond recently signed off on the productivity suite, leaving Microsoft to focus on releasing the…
Epic Games show Unreal Engine 3 running on Windows RT tablet
- Epic Games, in partnership with Nvidia, have revealed that their Unreal Engine 3 and supporting development tools have been ported to run on Windows 8 and ARM-based Windows RT tablets. A graphics demo called Epic Citadel (the same program that…
Asus announces Windows 8 Vivo Tab and Vivo Tab RT
- Asus gave a first peek at their upcoming Windows 8 and RT tablets during Computex 2012 earlier this year -- back then known as the Asus Tablet 600 and Asus Tablet 810. Now, the company is back with more details…
Lenovo: Windows RT tablets will cost $300 less than Windows 8 slates
- Earlier this week we heard rumblings that Microsoft could be preparing to launch their Surface for Windows RT tablet at just $199. That price point seemed absurdly low just two days ago but now the head of Lenovo’s North American…
Rumor: Microsoft to price Surface for Windows RT tablet at $199
- Microsoft’s Surface tablets were generally well-received by media when they were unveiled back in June despite the fact that Redmond didn’t fully disclose everything about the Windows 8 portables. One of those key sticking points is price, a topic that…
Microsoft: Dell, Lenovo and Samsung will launch Windows RT devices
- Dell, Lenovo and Samsung have joined Asus (and Microsoft) in the list of companies that are confirmed to have Windows RT systems in the pipeline. News of the confirmed manufacturers comes directly from Microsoft although as The Verge points out,…
Rumor: Microsoft removing features in Office 2013 for Windows RT
- Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer announced the successor to Office 2010 at a special press conference last month. The chief outlined some of the key features that we can expect to see from Microsoft’s next generation office suite but if the…
Microsoft Windows 8 retail packaging revealed
- It has been an eventful couple of weeks for Microsoft. The Redmond-based firm announced its upcoming operating system had reached RTM, and the code was subsequently leaked to torrent sites in record time. Speculation also started to circulate about Microsoft's decision…
Acer: Surface tablet will hurt the industry, we may look for new partners
- Acer has spoken out publicly about Microsoft and its upcoming Windows 8 Surface tablet, saying they were given little warning of their intentions, and that launching the Surface would have a negative impact on the worldwide computer ecosystem.
Microsoft confirms October 26 launch date for Surface tablet
- Microsoft has confirmed its Surface tablet will land alongside Windows 8 on October 26. Although the company had hinted at a simultaneous launch in the past, this is the first time they’ve actually confirmed a specific date. It should be…
Rumor: Samsung readying Windows RT tablet for October launch
- Samsung is reportedly working on a tablet running Microsoft's next generation operating system ahead of its worldwide release in October. According to sources familiar with the matter cited in a report by Bloomberg, the South Korean firm plans to release…
Microsoft says tablets will outsell desktop PCs next year
- During a keynote speech at Microsoft’s annual TechEd conference in Europe, head of Windows Web Services Antoine Leblond predicted that tablets will outsell desktop systems in 2013. This may come as a surprise to many considering Microsoft currently owns zero…
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