Tag: Microsoft
Can Microsoft turn Windows Phone around?
Later today we're expecting to see Apple's Tim Cook unveil the next generation of the iPad – which is presumably why this morning Nokia thought it was, ummm, a good idea to announce a new tablet and some new phones…
James O'Malley appointed new editor of Tech Digest – welcome aboard
September has been a huge month for the technology industry – in one month Nokia has been eaten up by Microsoft, the Blackberry has started to rot, fingerprints have suddenly become important, and Los Santos has become the number one…
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…
Xbox One release date set for November 8, claims leak
The next-generation Xbox One console from Microsoft will launch on November 8. That's NOT according to Microsoft, who spectacularly failed to give even a whiff of the console's launch date at last week's GamesCom, but instead according to a fresh…
Angry Birds Star Wars trailers at Gamescom 2013 – ahead of 29 October launch
From a galaxy far, far away come Activision's Angry Birds Stars with new multiplayer trailer and screens making their debut at Gamescom 2013 in Cologne, Germany.For the first time in the series, Angry Birds Star Wars introduces new multiplayer modes…
Windows 8.1 confirmed for October 17 release date
Microsoft have confirmed that the Windows 8.1 update (formerly referred to as Windows Blue) will launch on October 17, 2013. Free to existing Windows 8 users, the upgrade will be made available through the Windows Update system, as well as…
Xbox One will enter low-power state to prevent extreme overheating
The Xbox 360's feared Red Ring of Death is set to be a thing of the past come the launch of the console's successor, the Xbox One. While the earlier console suffered greatly from overheating problems, Microsoft's engineering teams have…
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…
Xbox One WILL work without Kinect sensor plugged in
Yet another change in policy for Microsoft's Xbox One console today, as the company has now confirmed the console will indeed work without the new Kinect sensor plugged in, an accessory that until now was reffered to as a mandatory…
ASUS giving up on Windows RT tablets
ASUS will no longer be supporting the Windows RT platform, the company has confirmed, following lacklustre interest in the "lite" version of the Microsoft operating system. "It's not only our opinion, the industry sentiment is also that Windows RT has…
