Article From Cnet: Intel announced earnings Wednesday that were in line with expectations, but the chipmaker is facing a daunting future as mobile devices further erode the PC business and its Atom chip vies for customers. “With its new, low-end Atom processor, Bay Trail, the company is gaining traction in cheap notebooks and tablets, but […]
Since the release of Windows 8 last year Microsoft has had to face very mixed reviews by users, many of them frustrated the new touchscreen focussed UI. This has led to overall negative opinion of the new O/S not seen since the release of Vista. Many Windows 8 users have clamoured for a return of the […]
Microsoft’s long time popular instant messaging client, Windows Live Messenger is going to be retired/killed off in favour of recently aquired Skype. Microsoft has officially confirmed that the company will discontinue Windows Live Messenger in 2013, moving all users over to Skype early in the new year. This move will include migrating Messenger’s existing 100 […]
For the first time since launched in 2004 Google’s Gmail has finally overtaken Microsoft’s Hotmail to be the top e-mail service worldwide, according to ComScore which tracks Web site traffic. Data from October 2012 shows Gmail had 287.9 million unique worldwide visitors during the period, narrowly edging out Microsoft’s Hotmail which finished with 286.2 million […]
Article from ZDnet: The armada of hardware designed to popularize Windows 8 is starting to surface and one thing is certain: Form factors are going to be critical for Microsoft’s latest operating system and the upgrade cadence. As most tech watchers know, Microsoft launches Windows 8 on Oct. 26. The ambitious effort is Microsoft’s attempt […]
Article from Nasdaq: After 11 years of growth, sales of PCs – including notebooks, netbooks and desktops — are expected to decline. This revelation comes from three different researchers. In a report by IHS iSuppli, the researcher showed that worldwide PC shipments will contract this year by 1.2 percent to 348.7 million units. In 2011, 352.8 […]
Microsoft is all set to release the latest version of Windows, named as Windows 8 on October 26th. The final version of Windows 8 is already available to OEM partners and Technet/MSDN subscribers of the company. A free public preview version of Windows 8 is currently available to download, experience and test for free. Much of […]