Tag: Microsoft
Microsoft bouncers manhandle granny at Chinese Surface launch
Microsoft, this is how NOT to endear your customers to your new product. At last night's Surface tablet launch event in Beijing, China, Microsoft threw a bit of a party with dancers and noisy dance music, kicking off at midnight…
Xbox SmartGlass lands October 26, but wait for iPhone and Android apps stretches to 2013
Microsoft's SmartGlass second-screen solution for the Xbox 360 gaming console will launch on October 26 alongside Windows 8. The app will let tablets and smartphones interact with the Xbox 360 console, acting as companion devices to the action onscreen, letting…
70 million Xbox 360 consoles sold, but sales slow as many wait for the Xbox 720
Microsoft have revealed that their Xbox 360 console has now overtaken the 70 million sales mark. Revealing the news as part of their first quarter earnings report, Microsoft however admitted that sales have begun to slow as consumers hunker down…
Surface vs iPad: Microsoft claim Windows 8 tablet's screen offers more detail than Retina Display
Microsoft's Stevie Bathiche, the "co-inventor" of the Surface RT Windows 8 tablet, has taken a Reddit Q and A session to defend the Surface tablet's low-resolution screen, claiming that it in fact offers more detail than the high-resolution Retina display…
Microsoft Surface UK price confirmed: £399 entry level
Microsoft have finally revealed UK pricing information for their Surface RT tablet, set to land on 26 October. In the UK, the Surface pricing starts at £399 for the 32GB version. The Touch Cover (available in black, white, magenta, cyan…
You can now pre-order Windows 8 and PCs with Microsoft's new OS
It's nearly here; Microsoft's long-awaited Windows 8 operating system lands on 26 October, and with that launch date now only a matter of weeks away, pre-orders for the OS and systems running it have now opened. Boxed copies of Windows…
Xbox Music to offer free song streaming, launching this month?
Hot on the heels of rumours surrounding a planned BBC music streaming service, whispers are now circulating that Microsoft's own Xbox Music streaming platform could be landing this month, on 26 October to be exact. Following the business model set…
Pogoplug offering 100GB of cloud storage to UK users for just £19.99 a year
Remember Pogoplug, the company who built pink personal "cloud engines" that offered networked storage inside your house, accessible from anywhere around the world? Stateside, Pogoplug have been building a more familiar cloud storage solution, and they've now announced that they're…
HTC 8X and HTC 8S Windows Phone 8 handsets UK pricing revealed
Looking to get hold of one of HTC's newly-announced Windows Phone 8 flagship handsets? Then we've got some freshly revealed official UK pricing for the HTC 8X and HTC 8S just for you! Unlocked Mobiles have had their pricing schemes…
GALLERY: Windows Phone 8 "Kanavos" concept handset is a thing of Mondrian beauty
Mobile phones meet art in this wonderful concept piece from designer Alexandros Stasinopoulos. Called "Kanavos", it takes the standard Windows Phone 8 template, and extends the operating systems Tile UI design over into the chassis of the phone itself, for…
