Blogs Posts in Windows category; 116 blog posts

Microsoft, Windows Phone 8 hardware must keep up with the ti...

This is a question that I never thought I'd ask -- Is the hardware leaving Windows Phone 8 behind its fierce competition? In September last year, I asserted that "Windows Phone 8 is the best idea Microsoft has had in phone tech&q [...]

Posted On : Apr, 30 2013 | Comments : 0

Microsoft readies Windows 8 patch

Microsoft is preparing major patches for its newest operating system Windows 8 this coming Tuesday, a tech site reported over the weekend. The patches address bugs in Internet Explorer 10, the browser used in Microsoft's Windows [...]

Posted On : Apr, 08 2013 | Comments : 0

Microsoft Windows RT price cuts don’t stop the death spiral

SemiAccurate went in to detail about why Microsoft’s Surface could not compete against real tablets, and the new price cuts are not going to help. Windows RT and Surface RT have absolutely no chance of surviving much less thriving i [...]

Posted On : Apr, 07 2013 | Comments : 0

Microsoft’s Windows Store reaches 50,000 apps milestone

Microsoft has finally has over 50,000 apps in its Windows Store. According to MetroStore Scanner, there are currently 50,304 apps available from the Windows Store as of today. There have been an average of about 279 apps developed daily i [...]

Posted On : Mar, 24 2013 | Comments : 0

Microsoft Surface Pro tablet labelled a ‘tweener’

US tech writers have given Microsoft's Surface Pro tablet largely negative reviews, casting a shadow over the software group's hopes to take a bite out of sales of Apple's iPad and MacBook Air. The "Surface with Wind [...]

Posted On : Feb, 07 2013 | Comments : 0

Microsoft Outlook For Windows RT Currently Being Tested

Microsoft Windows RT users may soon have access to a native version of MS Outlook. When first released, Microsoft chose to skip over a functional email client for its lower powered tablet OS release. The software giant is already believed [...]

Posted On : Jan, 28 2013 | Comments : 0

Microsoft Launches “Next App Star” Competition For Windows P...

You know a mobile app store is still young and needs more content when the company behind it still writes its own blog posts when interesting new apps appear in it. With 150,000 apps, the Windows Phone store isn’t actually quite as [...]

Posted On : Jan, 15 2013 | Comments : 0

How to 'downgrade' to Windows 7

I'm being bombarded with questions from people who received Windows 8 computers over the holidays. Their No. 1 question has nothing to do with managing the old-fashioned desktop or optimizing the Metro "Modern UI" Start scre [...]

Posted On : Jan, 12 2013 | Comments : 0

Microsoft pats self on back over Windows 8 sales

Analysis Think Windows 8 isn't performing as well as Microsoft expected? Think again! The software giant says sales of its new OS are chugging along quite nicely, thank you very much, in much the same fashion as Windows 7 before it. [...]

Posted On : Jan, 09 2013 | Comments : 0

Microsoft lashes out at Google’s decision to spurn Windows P...

Dave Heiner, vice president and deputy general counsel for Microsoft (MSFT), took aim at Google (GOOG) and the company’s unwillingness to develop for Windows Phone 8 in a blog post on Wednesday. Heiner claims that, “Google con [...]

Posted On : Jan, 03 2013 | Comments : 0

Microsoft Windows 8 Apps Hit 35,000; PC Sales Slow

Microsoft's (MSFT) new apps-based operating system Windows 8 is now gaining apps at a rate of 415 a day, an increased pace. Apps tracker MetroStore Scanner says Windows 8 now has 35,629 apps, having surpassed 35,000 on Thursday, as Th [...]

Posted On : Dec, 29 2012 | Comments : 0

Microsoft Windows 8 Off to Slow Start?

Sales of Microsoft's (NASDAQ: MSFT ) Windows 8 appear to be off to a slow start, according to a report from The New York Times . The paper cited Acer's President of the Americas division, Emmanuel Fromont, who told The New York [...]

Posted On : Dec, 26 2012 | Comments : 0

As Windows 8 Hits...HTC's Surprise Lift

The phone maker, who is the No. 2 Android phone in OZ, said unaudited revenue for November was NT$21.2bn – a 23% jump on October's figure. However, it marked a -31% slump compared to same time 2011. The good news comes as HTC [...]

Posted On : Dec, 10 2012 | Comments : 0

Microsoft Disappointed by Windows 8 Sales, Public Disappoint...

Microsoft had pretty high hopes for Windows 8 when it was released last month. Although the stated number of 40 million licenses sold sounds impressive, it reportedly falls below what Microsoft was projecting. They’re putting on a b [...]