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Microsoft’s New Resolution Requirements Will Allow For 7-inch Windows 8 Devices

Microsoft’s New Resolution Requirements Will Allow For 7-inch Windows 8 Devices

Microsoft has quietly made a change to the resolution requirements for Windows 8 devices which is quite significant as it will enable hardware manufacturers to put Windows 8 mobile OS on smaller 7-inch tablets, enabling Windows 8 to take on devices running Android and iOS. Microsoft earlier required that all tablets running Windows 8 must have a minimum display resolution of 1366×768, the new [...]
Nokia To Get Into Tablets Running Windows 8

Nokia To Get Into Tablets Running Windows 8

Nokia’s preference and love for Microsoft’s Mobile OSes is evident with most of its flagship phones running on the OS,  it’s not surprising when the Finland based company hinted that Windows 8 running tablets might be announced in the future according to Nokia chief executive Stephen Elop. Speaking to reporters in Sydney, Mr Elop said the company was not yet announcing anything, [...]
Microsoft’s next operating system, Windows 8 will arrive on October 26th

Microsoft’s next operating system, Windows 8 will arrive on October 26th

October 26th, 2012 is the date for Windows 8 launch according to a post on the official Windows Team Blog.Microsoft had previously announced that an upgrade from Windows XP, Windows Vista, or Windows 7 will cost US $40 for a download. Windows 8 is one of the most anticipated and ambitious overhauls of Windows Operating System in years, most of the previous version of the OS variant including the Mobile [...]
Internet Explorer 9 Beta will launch today

Internet Explorer 9 Beta will launch today

IE 9 Microsoft’s is all geared up  to release Internet Explorer 9, the new version of Internet Explorer browser to all and sundry  today. IE9 Beta is reported to be a beta that’s technically complete, so we shouldn’t have much to fear when the download is available later today. We are waiting to see how it will stand up to Firefox 4.0 which is also in beta. “Web browsing [...]
Windows Phone 7 may have YouTube and other popular Apps

Windows Phone 7 may have YouTube and other popular Apps

source : JustinAngel Twitpic According to a tweet image by Justin Angel who is  former Microsoft program manager with access to the Windows Phone 7 Marketplace, Microsoft has already started to populated the yet unreleased Windows Phone 7 Marketplace with a couple of third party applications along with in house apps. The images reveals  that there are at least placeholders for a variety of games [...]
Google Pays $75 in Gift checks to test new Blogger Features

Google Pays $75 in Gift checks to test new Blogger Features

Google is inviting users aged over 18 to participate in their 60 minutes research.  If you have an hour to spare and a machine running Windows, Google has a proposition for you. The company is conducting a usability study for Blogger and it’s offering to make up for the ‘inconvenience’ with $75 in American Express gift checks. Image via CrunchBase // // “We’re working hard to [...]
Dell Inspiron 17 – Pentium Dual-Core / 2GB RAM / 250GB HDD / Vista Premium + Windows 7 £329

Dell Inspiron 17 – Pentium Dual-Core / 2GB RAM / 250GB HDD / Vista Premium + Windows 7 £329

Image via Wikipedia This is an amazing deal for a Dell Inspiron 17! This portable PC is packed with a lot of features and is also powered by Windows Vista Premium and Windows 7. It features a powerful Pentium Dual-Core processor (2Ghz T4200) and a wonderful 17.3-inch widescreen. The hard disk has room for 250 GB of data. In addition, the Dell Inspiron 17 has 2 GB of RAM memory, as well as Bluetooth [...]
Boost your PC hardware with Microsoft Windows 7

Boost your PC hardware with Microsoft Windows 7

Image by nick see via Flickr It looks like Microsoft are preparing some goodies for its users. The next Windows operating system will not only boost users’ overall experience, but also hardware performance. This sounds like good news for all Windows users! It looks like chipsets from Intel, Nvidia, and Advanced Micro Devices will perform better with MS Windows 7. For now, Microsoft is working [...]
Microsoft profits down by 32%

Microsoft profits down by 32%

Image by michperu via Flickr The largest company in the world, Microsoft, reported disastrous results for the April to June quarter. Their profits went down by almost a third. The group is also expecting financial difficulties in the following months. “It looked like a pretty tough quarter for Microsoft. The top line was very weak,” – Toan Tran from Morningstar. It looks like [...]
Windows 7 Release date Announced

Windows 7 Release date Announced

Microsoft have announced, they will be releasing the much anticipated new operating system on October 22nd, Windows 7 is going to be available to all new computers from launch and on a cd for other pcs. It’s been alleged that free upgrades to windows 7 will be available to pc buyers before launch, which could be as early as August. This news comes a day after Microsoft unveiled their new gaming control [...]
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