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Tag: Windows 8

Microsoft still unsure about when, or if, they’ll release Office for iPad

Thursday, June 7, 2012 7:41 pmFriday, June 8, 201234 Comments

Microsoft still has not settled important details, such as when it will release the software…

PC industry pins hopes on Windows 8 to take on burgeoning Apple juggernaut

Thursday, June 7, 2012 1:31 pmThursday, June 7, 201224 Comments

Apple Inc., maker of the iconic iPad, was absent, as usual, from the Computex computer show this week…

Microsoft shuts out HTC from Windows RT tablets

Wednesday, June 6, 2012 8:50 pmWednesday, June 6, 201211 Comments

HTC Corp. is being shut out of the introduction of Microsoft Corp.’s next Windows software…

Beleaguered Dell suit claims Apple’s ‘shiny’ iPad not fit for business

Wednesday, June 6, 2012 9:40 amWednesday, June 6, 201244 Comments

Dell Australia managing director Joe Kremer claimed…

Parallels Desktop 7 for Mac updated to include Windows 8 Release Preview experimental support

Monday, June 4, 2012 4:47 pm11 Comments

Parallels just updated Parallels Desktop 7 for Mac to make it simple to…

Dvorak: Windows 8 an unmitigated disaster; unusable and annoying; it makes your teeth itch

Sunday, June 3, 2012 8:25 pmSunday, June 3, 201281 Comments

The potential for this OS to be an unrecoverable disaster for Microsoft…

Analyst Katie Huberty: Microsoft to pass Android, grab no. 2 spot in tablets behind Apple

Friday, June 1, 2012 4:01 pmFriday, June 1, 201223 Comments

Morgan Stanley analyst Kathryn Huberty upped her sales projections…

Acer, Toshiba, Asustek to unveil iPad killers next week

Thursday, May 31, 2012 5:54 pm35 Comments

Acer Inc., Toshiba Corp. and Asustek Computer Inc. will unveil tablets running Microsoft’s WIndows 8…

Apple’s Cook right about PC-tablet fusion fantasy: Tablet and PC not a marriage made in heaven

Thursday, May 31, 2012 10:05 am19 Comments

The Microsoft-Intel camp should listen to Apple CEO Tim Cook…

Why Microsoft’s anti-iPad strategy will backfire

Tuesday, May 8, 2012 10:56 amTuesday, May 8, 201227 Comments

For more than a decade, Microsoft has failed in its tablet ambitions…

NPD: Apple iPad market share to decrease from 72.1% in 2012 to 50.9% in 2017

Thursday, May 3, 2012 8:16 am28 Comments

Shipments of tablet PCs are expected to grow from 81.6 million units…

To push Windows Tablets, Microsoft makes iPad support more expensive

Tuesday, April 24, 2012 12:58 pm40 Comments

Microsoft is using its home field advantage in the business market to alter the playing field…

My years at Microsoft: Frustration, disappointment and apathy

Monday, April 23, 2012 4:13 pmMonday, April 23, 201223 Comments

I first used Windows on a TULIP portable computer, some twenty years ago.

Microsoft and Intel hope to push iPad market share under 50% by next year

Wednesday, April 18, 2012 9:16 am44 Comments

Both Microsoft and Intel are said to have been working closely with PC makers…

Microsoft to struggle vs. Apple, iPad also-rans in tablets

Tuesday, April 10, 2012 4:34 pmTuesday, April 10, 201224 Comments

Microsoft’s push into the tablet industry will see only limited success…

Windows 8 tablet freezes during demo

Wednesday, April 4, 2012 11:02 amWednesday, April 4, 201245 Comments

There is nothing worse than your product crashing while you’re demoing it…

Microsoft, Nokia joint bid for beleaguered RIM bid would put Windows on BlackBerrys

Saturday, March 31, 2012 1:01 pmSaturday, March 31, 201233 Comments

Research In Motion Ltd.’s new chief executive faces two bleak options…

Intel and Microsoft’s secret weapon against Apple

Monday, March 26, 2012 11:08 amMonday, March 26, 201273 Comments

Intel and its partners are about to launch the biggest promotion of a new product category…

Microsoft needs Apple’s support if they want Windows 8 tablets to have a chance

Wednesday, March 21, 2012 4:11 pmWednesday, March 21, 201253 Comments

One thing that could put many consumers off Windows 8 slates…

Beleaguered Dell sees room to challenge Apple in tablets

Friday, March 16, 2012 7:41 pmFriday, March 16, 201249 Comments

A growing dissatisfaction among office workers with the clunky Windows PCs…

Beleaguered Nokia preps Windows 8 tablet ‘iPad killer’ for relase later this year

Thursday, March 15, 2012 11:36 amThursday, March 15, 201244 Comments

Nokia’s design head Marko Ahtisaari confirmed in an interview…

40% of non-tablet owners still think they need a physical keyboard

Thursday, March 15, 2012 11:04 amThursday, March 15, 201236 Comments

Reflecting shifts in both the competitive landscape and consumer demand…

IDC: Android tablets will overtake Apple’s iPad in worldwide market share by 2015

Wednesday, March 14, 2012 12:42 pmWednesday, March 14, 201255 Comments

Worldwide media tablet shipments into sales channels rose by 56.1% on a sequential basis…

Why Apple will crush Microsoft in the Post-PC era

Tuesday, March 13, 2012 12:22 pmTuesday, March 13, 201230 Comments

The transition from the PC world to the post-PC world involves a transition from a Microsoft world to an Apple world…

Longtime PC user dumps Windows, switches to Apple’s Mac

Monday, March 12, 2012 1:24 pm48 Comments

I was so impressed with the Windows 8 preview that I ordered a 21-inch iMac…

Former top Microsoft exec Ozzie: World is over the PC

Saturday, March 10, 2012 10:28 amMonday, March 12, 201247 Comments

Ray Ozzie, the man who succeeded Bill Gates…

Apple’s new iPad could dramatically alter the Windows PC upgrade cycle

Thursday, March 8, 2012 1:33 pmThursday, March 8, 201235 Comments

Today, tablets are everywhere and Apple controls the market…

The Guardian: Microsoft’s Windows 8 is confusing as hell; an appalling user experience

Monday, March 5, 2012 12:32 pmMonday, March 5, 201263 Comments

‘Bastardisation’ implies a slapping together of mismatched features to achieve a level of supreme clunkiness…

How to, uh, turn off Microsoft’s Windows 8

Friday, March 2, 2012 6:06 pmFriday, March 2, 2012107 Comments

Shutting off Windows used to be a simple matter of clicking the Start button…

Net Applications: Apple’s Mac OS X posts record gain as Windows XP continues to slide

Friday, March 2, 2012 11:36 amFriday, March 2, 201237 Comments

On the heels of yesterday’s launch of Windows 8’s preview…

The 9 versions of Windows 8 show one of the key differences between Microsoft and Apple

Friday, March 2, 2012 11:23 amFriday, March 2, 201248 Comments

Windows 8 will be available in nine separate editions, but Apple puts all their goodies in one basket…

Windows 8 tablet vs. Apple iPad running iOS 5: feature by feature (with video)

Thursday, March 1, 2012 12:22 pmThursday, March 1, 201254 Comments

Microsoft’s Windows 8 Consumer Preview was made available to download yesterday…

Microsoft sees future in Windows 8 amid Mac and iPad rise

Tuesday, February 28, 2012 4:12 pmTuesday, February 28, 201224 Comments

Microsoft is scrambling to preserve what’s left of its kingdom…

OS X Mountain Lion: Some developers are way behind the curve

Tuesday, February 21, 2012 5:00 pmTuesday, February 21, 201222 Comments

When it comes to such companies as Adobe and Microsoft…

Microsoft Office for iPad coming soon; no Android version planned

Tuesday, February 21, 2012 11:10 am42 Comments

Back in November, The Daily initially uncovered the existence of an iPad version…

The new Microsoft and Apple OS wars – game on

Tuesday, February 21, 2012 9:31 amTuesday, February 21, 201230 Comments

Apple’s lead with iOS and OS X, along with their stellar offering of products…

Apple’s Phil Schiller talks rapid speed of OS X Mountain Lion release; mere 7 months after Lion

Thursday, February 16, 2012 11:47 am20 Comments

Apple Inc. will release an upgrade to its Mac operating system later this year…

The PC is dying. The iPad and Mac are not

Thursday, January 26, 2012 3:03 pmThursday, January 26, 201223 Comments

The PC is dying. You don’t have to be a rocket scientist to see what’s coming…

Windows 8 tablet requirements exposed; Ctrl-Alt-Del replaced

Tuesday, January 17, 2012 6:58 pm23 Comments

A scouring of Microsoft’s Windows 8 hardware requirements document…

Microsoft exec hints at Windows 8 release in October 2012

Thursday, January 12, 2012 8:39 am33 Comments

Over in Vegas at CES, Pocket-lint has been given its strongest indication yet…

Dell plots iPad killer for late-2012 launch

Wednesday, January 11, 2012 8:45 amWednesday, January 11, 201252 Comments

Dell Inc intends to launch its first consumer tablet computer in late 2012…

InfoWorld: Microsoft’s Windows 8 bogged down by legacy baggage

Thursday, January 5, 2012 4:01 pmThursday, January 5, 201223 Comments

Microsoft chose to build its new tablet OS on top of its old desktop OS…

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