Category: Microsoft
Could Office for iPad mean the end for Windows on phones and tablets?
At a product briefing yesterday new Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella, to the surprise of nobody unveiled Microsoft Office for iPad. This is a big deal as Office is apparently used by a billion people worldwide – and given the iPad…
Could we see a Dell Xbox?
Microsoft and Dell have announced a fairly dull new agreement on sharing patents – but the weird suggestion in the press release implies that Dell could – if they wanted – make their own Xbox consoles. Essentially, the two companies…
Are Microsoft working on a Kindle rival?
An intriguing rumour courtesy of Liveside suggests that Microsoft might by readying a competitor for Amazon's Kindle. Here's what we know so far. The game appears to have been given away by American booksellers Barnes & Noble who are the…
What's on new Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella to-do list on Day 1?
It has finally been revealed that after a long search Microsoft has found its new CEO… in the office down the corridor. Satya Nadella takes the big desk in the corner office after previously heading up Microsoft's Cloud & Enterprise…
Is the same experience on all devices what we want?
This week saw the UK launch of the Nokia Lumia 2520 tablet – Nokia's first foray into a tablet since they switched allegiances to Windows a couple of years ago. Similarly, it's only been a couple of months since…
Why did Apple make Mavericks and iLife free?
Yesterday's Apple event was interesting for a number of reasons – and not just because they unveiled the iPad Air and new iPad Mini. It seems they've decided to use all of those spare billions in the bank to take…
Steve Ballmer finally admits his Microsoft failed in efforts to become smartphone giants
It's taken years for him to come out and say it, but Steve Ballmer, the outgoing Microsoft CEO, has admitted that the company missed the boat when it came to getting ahead in the smartphone race under his leadership. Speaking…
Microsoft to buy Nokia. Elop to replace Ballmer as CEO?
Microsoft has announced that it is gearing up to purchase Nokia's hardware division, in a deal worth £4.56 billion. A move that has been more or less on the cards since Nokia gambled their smartphone business on Microsoft's Windows Phone…
Windows 8.1 rumoured for mid-October full release
The first major upgrade to Microsoft's Windows 8 operating system, the Windows 8.1 update, is now said to be ready for a mid-October full release, following a period of public preview testing since June. ZDNet's Mary Jo Foley, whose stellar…
Nvidia CEO confirms company is "working really hard" on Surface RT 2
Nvidia CEO Jen-Hsun Huang has confirmed that his graphics chip manufacturing company are hard at work on the development of Microsoft's Surface RT 2 tablet. Speaking to CNET, Huang said that his company were "working really hard" on the second…
