Tag: Microsoft
Internet Explorer 10 finally hits Windows 7
Windows 7 users, Microsoft has not abandoned you! Though most of the Redmond company's attention of late has been on Windows 8, Windows 7 users today get the latest version of Internet Explorer, IE10. In order to get Internet Explorer…
Hotmail ready to be put to pasture as Outlook leaves "preview" stage
Hotmail is finally ready to be killed off in favour of Microsoft's new-look Outlook.com webmail service, with Outlook leaving its "preview" period ready for Hotmail users to migrate to. It should be a painless process for existing Hotmail users, who…
7-inch Surface tablet on the way? Microsoft hint at future slates
They've done the whole 10-inch tablet thing with the Surface RT and the recently released Surface Pro, and it looks as though Microsoft are now ready to test the waters in the 7-inch slate market. Speaking at a Q&A session…
Microsoft Office 2013 365 Home Premium launches: Cloud syncing subscription service revealed
Microsoft have today revealed Office 2013 with 365 Home Premium, the latest evolution of the company's massively popular application suite. Office 2013 and the 365 Home Premium options looks set to be one of the most different instalments of the…
Microsoft's next-gen console to be called just "Xbox", not Xbox 720, will feature 7-inch X-Surface *UPDATE – It's a hoax!*
Update It's been revealed that today's X-Surface Xbox 720 news is in fact a hoax. The tip given to Pocket-Lint was a ruse by someone now going by the name 'X-Surface', outlining his reasoning in this Tumblr post. Indeed, while…
Sony Xperia Tablet Z gets official: Quad-core and 10.1-inches at full HD
The Sony Xperia Tablet Z that we've heard so much about in the last couple of weeks has finally been made official. If the Sony Xperia Z handset wowing the crowds at CES 2013 was lacking a few inches and…
Xbox Live Arcade games headed to Windows 8 PC, phone and tablet devices
Microsoft have announced the launch of Play for Windows 8, a new initiative that looks to put Xbox Live Arcade games from the Xbox 360 console onto computers, smartphones and tablets running their latest operating system. Promoting the cross-device smarts…
Sony Xperia Tablet Z specs leak – 10-inch full HD device to ride wave of enthusiasm for smartphone sibling
Sony's Xperia Z handset made waves at this month's CES 2013 event in Las Vegas, appearing to be the most appealing, feature rich smartphone of the event and out of Sony's stable for quite some time. It now appears that…
Smart glasses like Google Glass and wearable fitness devices to hit 70 million sales by 2017, devices from Apple and Microsoft on the way, suggests new report
Smart glasses such as Google's Project Glass and other wearable smart devices including health and fitness trackers could hit 70 million sales by 2017, a new report by Juniper Research has found. Referring to the period between 2013 and 2017,…
Limited Edition Tomb Raider Xbox 360 controller looks like it's been attacked by a T-Rex
Microsoft have partnered with Square Enix and Crystal Dynamics to reveal a new limited edition Xbox 360 controller to tie in with the launch of this year's Tomb Raider reboot. Rather than the glamour of the Lara Croft of old,…
