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Windows 8 Release Preview Due Today

Microsoft is expected to unveil the “Release Preview” of Windows 8 today, coupled with a preview of Visual Studio 2012

12 years ago

Microsoft: Windows XP Costs More Than An Upgrade

Microsoft is touting the savings to be had with Windows 7 - but admits XP still accounts for 42 percent…

12 years ago

Microsoft Announces Windows 8 UI Features, Kills Aero Glass

Microsoft says the Windows 8 user interface will smash Aero Glass, but still retain elements from Windows 7

13 years ago

Tech Giants Transfer Open Data Protocol To OASIS

Microsoft and other tech giants have moved the Microsoft Open Data Protocol to the OASIS standards body

13 years ago

Windows 8 Improves Support For Multiple Monitors

Microsoft is to make it much easier to use multiple monitors in Windows 8, in order to aid productivity

13 years ago

Microsoft Expects To Ship 350m Windows 7 Devices This Year

The momentum behind Windows 7 appears to be growing, with Microsoft saying it will ship 350 million devices running the…

13 years ago

Google Chrome Was World’s Most Popular Browser Last Week

Google web browser tops the charts for the first time in its history

13 years ago

Microsoft Encourages Sharing At Security Conference

Microsoft has held its first Security Development Conference to encourage the sharing of security information

13 years ago

EU Competition Watchdog Sniffs At Windows RT

It is unclear whether Microsoft is going to break the 2009 EU “browser choice” agreement

13 years ago

Microsoft Promises Children Trackers In Windows 8

Microsoft details improved monitoring options and restrictions for parents

13 years ago

Apple Changes Siri’s Embarrassing Nokia Favouritism

Nokia accuses Apple of bias after Siri no longer says that the Lumia 900 is the best smartphone ever

13 years ago

New PC Owners To Be Offered Windows 8 For Under £10

Microsoft tries to convince users to buy new computers ahead of Windows 8 release

13 years ago

Microsoft Says It Will Be Carbon Neutral From July 2013

Microsoft aims to make internal departments responsible for their own emissions

13 years ago

Microsoft Mends 23 Bugs With Patch Tuesday Update

Microsoft's monthly update is targetting 23 security vulnerabilities, including a flaw exploited by Duqu

13 years ago

Lenovo To Upgrade ThinkCentre And Edge PCs With Ivy Bridge

Lenovo is to offer new ThinkCentre and Edge Series PCs that include Intel's Ivy Bridge processors

13 years ago

Microsoft Axes Chinese Partner For Security Code Leak

Microsoft has banned a Chinese firm from its Vulnerability-Sharing Group for leaking code on a Windows security hole

13 years ago

Dell Unveils New Ivy Bridge-based Systems

Dell has unveiled a number of new systems that are powered by the latest Intel third-generation chips

13 years ago

Microsoft And Dolby Sign Deal For Windows 8 Tablets And PCs

Microsoft has selected Dolby to provide the audio technology for Windows 8 on tablets and PCs

13 years ago

Microsoft To Increase Volume License Costs By 29 Percent

New prices to take effect from 1 July, but educational customers excluded

13 years ago

HP Regains Top Spot As Leading PC Maker

Hewlett-Packard has overtaken Apple's PC shipments in Q1 according to new figures out from Canalys

13 years ago

Motorola Gets Windows 7 And Xbox 360 Banned In Germany

However US court rules injunction cannot be enforced...yet

13 years ago

Windows 8 Gets Off To Slow Start, New Stats Reveal

New statistics show Windows 8 is not proving to be quite as popular as Microsoft would have hoped

13 years ago

Android Hits 51% Smartphone Use, Says comScore

Worrying news for Microsoft after figures revealed iOS and Android continued to grow their smartphone marketshare

13 years ago

Microsoft Joins Telepresence Collaboration Group OVCC

Seven months after it was formed, Microsoft has joined the OVCC group which promotes telepresence and video collaboration

13 years ago

Apple Co-founder Wozniak Touts ‘Beautiful’ Windows Phone

Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak says Microsoft's Windows Phone OS has a more beautiful interface than the iPhone

13 years ago

Microsoft Open Source Unit Updates Redis

Microsoft's open source subsidiary has released its first deliverable, namely Redis on Windows

13 years ago

LG Cloud Beta Launches Tomorrow

LG Cloud will share content between smartphones, smart TVs and PCs

13 years ago

HP Slate 8 Details Leaked, Runs Windows 8

HP's upcoming business-focused tablet, the Slate 8, will run Windows 8 and will be thinner than the Apple iPad

13 years ago

Infosec: Antivirus Vendors Fret Over Microsoft’s Closing Windows

A number of AV vendors tell TechWeekEurope that a more closed approach from Microsoft makes their lives trickier

13 years ago