Metro-Style windows Live Profile Screenshots Emerge - Softpedia
28 May 2012, 7:54 am
windows Live, Microsoft’s online set of services, is getting through a major makeover, aimed at bringing it in line with the upcoming windows 8 platform. Microsoft has been already rumored to plan slapping windows Live with the Metro UI found in windows ...

windows 8 or windows RT? How do you decide which tablet to pick? - MoneyControl.com
28 May 2012, 4:12 am
A couple of days back; we got our first glimpse of an actual retail tablet from Dell that will feature Intel’s upcoming Clover Trail SoC and windows 8. The tablet comes from their Latitude series, which means it’s geared more towards ...

windows XP support 5 times pricier than windows 7 - MoneyControl.com
28 May 2012, 2:17 am
Microsoft has been in discussion with companies, convincing them to upgrade from windows XP. Microsoft maintains that companies will be paying upto five times more, if they refuse to upgrade from windows XP. Moreover, the longer one waits, the ...

Is Microsoft the biggest barrier to windows 8 Tablet success? - PC Authority
27 May 2012, 8:12 pm
An OEM windows 8 pricetag of US $90-$100 means that tablets will be more expensive than their iOS and Android competitors. When it comes to technology perception is everything. One can attribute part of the success of the smartphone to the fact most lack ...

Ars gear: the old windows PC resurrected with Ubuntu - Ars Technica
27 May 2012, 10:54 am
I love buying gadgets, and I'm not one to deprive myself. My house has just about every piece of equipment I've ever lusted after, from a Mac Mini hooked up to an Apple Cinema Display to a Sony Bravia 3D TV connected to my PS3. I have a MacBook ...

Looking to Cut Costs? Ditch XP for windows 7 - PC Magazine
27 May 2012, 10:40 am
Microsoft this week continued to push for the demise of windows XP, arguing that it is more expensive for businesses to remain on the aging OS than it is to upgrade to windows 7. Pointing to a report it commissioned from IDC, Microsoft's Erwin Visser wrote ...

windows 8 tablets release date, specs and prices - Techradar.com
25 May 2012, 10:28 am
Microsoft's been pushing tablet computers for the best part of a decade, so you can imagine how happy the iPad's success makes them. But Microsoft doesn't give up easily, and windows 8 tablets will be with us later in the year. One such example, that we ...

Aged windows XP costs 5x more to manage than windows 7 - Computerworld
25 May 2012, 9:23 am
Computerworld - Microsoft yesterday added ammunition to its increasingly aggressive battle to get users off the nearly-11-year-old windows XP by citing a company-sponsored report that claims annual support costs for the older OS are more than five times ...

windows 8 Update: Steve Ballmer's 80-inch windows 8 tablet - Network World Fusion
25 May 2012, 8:26 am
While it lacks the mobility usually associated with this class of device, there's an 80-inch tablet serving the head of Microsoft as a wallboard and as a substitute for other work-related gear. "Steve Ballmer has an 80-inch windows 8 tablet in his office.

windows 8 to Run Adobe Flash Only on Some Websites - PC World
24 May 2012, 9:39 am
The touch-centric Metro version of Internet Explorer 10 in windows 8 is plug-in free, but the browser may still be able to run Adobe Flash video, according to an online report. Microsoft is reportedly taking the Google Chrome approach with IE10 and ...