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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

Microsoft Warns Of Ongoing Conficker Infections

Microsoft has blamed weak passwords and unpatched systems for the ongoing Conficker infections

13 years ago

Microsoft To Deliver Summer Preview Of Windows 8

Microsoft is to offer another glimpse of Windows 8, after confirming it will ship a "Release Preview" in June

13 years ago

Microsoft Refreshes SkyDrive Cloud Storage

Microsoft releases SkyDrive for Windows app and improves services before Google Drive arrives

13 years ago

Skype Hits Windows Phone Marketplace

Skype client leaves beta, but Tango appears to be unsupported

13 years ago

Microsoft Sales Rise But Xbox Disappoints

Microsoft has reported strong enterprise sales, but figures revealed a poor showing for its Xbox business

13 years ago

Microsoft Shines Light On Windows 8 Enterprise

Microsoft has provided more details about Windows 8 Enterprise, which is aimed at large corporate environments

13 years ago

Microsoft Offers Peek At Windows Intune Future

Microsoft has offered a glimpse at the future version of the Windows Intune cloud-based management solution

13 years ago

Nokia Faces Operator Frustration Over Lumia Marketing

Some mobile operators are reportedly frustrated at the lack of marketing money for Nokia Lumia smartphones

13 years ago

Windows Server 8 Officially Tagged As Windows Server 2012

Microsoft has officially named the next version of Windows server - now to be known as Windows Server 2012

13 years ago

Microsoft Details Windows 8 Features

Windows 8 will arrive in three editions, plus an enterprise version, Microsoft has revealed

13 years ago

iSuppli: Desktop PCs Shifting To Smaller 2.5-Inch Disk Drives

iSuppli has found that disk drive manufacturers are shifting to more power-efficient 2.5-inch drives

13 years ago

Microsoft Deepens Open Approach With New Subsidiary

Microsoft is seeking to deepen its interaction with open source communities with the creation of a new subsidiary

13 years ago

Microsoft Tackles IE And Office Flaws

Microsoft has tackled security flaws in MS Office and Internet Explorer in its latest security patch

13 years ago

Microsoft: Quit Windows XP in Two Years

Vista death knell also sounded as mainstream support is ended

13 years ago

Zeus Bots Remain Active Despite Microsoft Takedown

A few Zeus botnets reportedly remain active despite Microsoft closing down the bulk of them last month

13 years ago

Microsoft Enters Top 20 Linux Contributors List

In an ironic development, Microsoft is now ranked in the top twenty of contributors to the Linux kernel

13 years ago

Microsoft Closes German Distribution Centre Over Patent Risk

Microsoft moves distribution to Netherlands over Motorola patent dispute fears

13 years ago

Qualcomm Prepping Quadcore Chip For Windows 8 Laptops

Qualcomm vice president says chips to be used in laptops 'thinner and lighter' than ultrabooks

13 years ago