windows 8

HP, Acer To Boost Chromebooks After ‘Disappointing’ Windows 8

HP and Acer are reportedly looking to increase their Chrome OS laptop push after slow Windows 8 sales

12 years ago

Windows Store Reaches 40,000 Apps

Microsoft's Windows 8 marketplace reaches milestone less than year after launch

12 years ago

Apple Needs To Start Innovating Again, Or Become Irrelevant

Apple has stopped innovating, and Microsoft is doing a better job, says Wayne Rash

12 years ago

Microsoft Sees Profit Slide Despite Enterprise Boost

Microsoft's bold relaunch of the Windows franchise did not offset a slide in profits at the software giant

12 years ago

Microsoft’s Surface Pro To Arrive February

The Intel-powered Surface Pro tablet will be available in US shops from 9 February according to Microsoft

12 years ago

Microsoft Warns Of Impending Windows 8 Price Hike

Microsoft has alerted PC users that they have only until the end of January to upgrade to Windows 8 at…

12 years ago

Microsoft Surface Pro Tablet Nears Launch

The first Surface Pro tablets have rolled off the production line as its global launch edges closer

12 years ago

Windows 8 Fails To Reboot Christmas PC Sales – Gartner

Disappointment for Steve Ballmer as touch-based Windows 8 PCs don't take off yet

12 years ago

Surface RT Jailbreak Surfaces On The Web

Allows jailbreakers to run old MacOS X on the Microsoft’s tablet

12 years ago

PC Slump Continues After Weak Windows 8 Impact

Windows 8 hasn't saved the PC market from tanking during the all important Christmas holiday sales season

12 years ago

Microsoft Messenger To Retire Mid March

Microsoft will close its Live Messenger service in March and move its 100 million users to Skype

12 years ago

CES 2013: Windows 8 Sells 20 Million Copies Since November

Microsoft claims adoption numbers match those of Windows 7

12 years ago

CES 2013: Early Warning For IT Managers

This year’s Consumer Electronics Show still acts as a valuable early warning system for IT managers, argues Wayne Rash

12 years ago

Dropbox Adds To Windows 8 App List

Dropbox has debuted its official Windows 8 app

12 years ago

Windows 8 Market Share Sees Christmas Growth

Windows 8 picked up over Christmas, but is growing slower than Vista did after its launch

12 years ago

Microsoft Committed To Metro User Interface

Microsoft is to stick with its Metro user interface for the foreseeable future according to a number of reports

12 years ago

Microsoft Promises More Retail Outlet Openings

Microsoft will open more retail shops as it continues its 'bricks and mortar' sales approach in 2013

12 years ago

Google Sees Little Demand For Windows 8 Apps

Google is in no hurry to develop native apps for Windows 8 and Windows Phone, due to small demand

12 years ago

Windows 8 Pro Microsoft Surface Prices Start At £560 In US

Windows 8 Pro versions of the Microsoft Surface tablet arrive in January with a laptop-style price

12 years ago

Microsoft Sells 40m Windows 8 Licences In First Month

Tami Reller says Windows 8 is outpacing Windows 7 in terms of upgrades

12 years ago

Studies Show Windows 8 Adoption Lagging

Windows 8 seems to be getting a tepid response from Christmas season shoppers, according to market reports, but analysts say…

12 years ago

BT Engineers Adopt Windows 8 On Toughbook Convertibles

BT deploys 5,900 touch-enabled Panasonic Toughbooks for Openreach staff

12 years ago

Elliptic Labs Offers Touchless Gestures For Windows 8

Elliptic is offering the chance for Windows 8 users to enjoy touch-free gesturing as used in the film Minority Report

12 years ago

Steven Sinofsky Departs Microsoft After Windows 8 Launch

Windows president Steven Sinofsky leaves Microsoft in a surprise departure

12 years ago

Microsoft Plans First Critical Windows 8 Security Patches

Patch Tuesday sees off four critical flaws

12 years ago

Microsoft ‘Appathon’ Promotes Windows 8, Phone Development

Microsoft's application development workshops at 110 locations around the world last week aimed to teach developers how to write Windows…

12 years ago

Study: 15 Percent Of Malware Bypasses Windows Defender

Windows 8 with Windows Defender switched on was able to block only 85 percent of this year's most common malware,…

12 years ago

Google UK Search Market Share Drops… to 90 Percent

Bing riding high after Windows 8 launch

12 years ago

Samsung Shows Off Windows 8 PCs, Tablets, AIOs

Samsung has unveiled its new portfolio of devices running Windows 8, including tablets, PCs, and all-in-one machines

12 years ago

Acer Adds Veriton All-In-One Desktop For Windows 8

Acer has added a new all-in-one (AIO) PC to its Windows 8 portfolio, designed to appeal to the budget conscious

12 years ago