Apple’s iPad 3 is gearing to be unveiled n March 7, with a possible release soon after. Since the first iPad went on sale in 2010, no other tablet had what it takes to go up against it. Hence, iPad has grown to become the single most popular tablet in the world. Android tablets are there, but despite having the backing of Google, and a host of hardware manufacturers, none have come close in having the kind of success the iPad is experiencing. However, another tablet platform has now reared its ...
MWC 2012 turned out to be the Microsoft show, and there were even a couple of new Windows Phone 7 devices unveiled. Mobile World Congress may be most remembered for not having debuted the iPad 3 or the Samsung Galaxy S3, but for Microsoft fans, it was show they may never forget.
Monster Worldwide Inc Chief Executive Sal Iannuzzi told investors on Thursday that the operator of the job-search website was considering all strategic alternatives, sending the company's shares up more than 17 percent.
Microsoft Wednesday unveiled the Windows 8 Customer Preview during a side event to the Mobile World Congress at the Hotel Miramar in Barcelona and will reportedly be pushing out tablets running on the latest operating system soon.
Apple iPad sales so far have crushed any other tablet thrown against it. Blackberry Playbook is no threat to iPad, even after the Playbook OS 2.0 update. Kindle Fire lacks premium offering. There is no other tablet that has been successful in crushing iPad 2 business, including Samsung’s Galaxy Tab line of tablets. But after MWC 2012, where Microsoft revealed Windows 8 – a universal OS for tablets, laptops and desktops – Windows 8 tablets could pose a serious threat to iPad 3, which is schedule...
Microsoft has just revealed the Consumer Preview of Windows 8 in MWC 2012, and on the first day itself, the new operating system has been downloaded 1 million times as per a Twitter post by Microsoft. The figures are good for an OS in beta version. Windows 8 Consumer Preview is available as a free download from Microsoft Preview Web site. You can grab the early build for free.
The newly launched Microsoft's Windows 8 Consumer Preview sparked up with one million times download in 24 hours after being released.
Nokia 808 PureView with its 41 MP camera is great competition for Lumia 900, another great Nokia smartphone. Check out the features of both Nokia phones and see how they stack up against each other.
At the Mobile World Congress on Wednesday, Microsoft presented the Windows 8 Consumer Preview amid much fanfare. Unlike the Developer Preview that was released in 2011, this beauty of an OS is more fluid and feels like something that could really work. The Tile-based Metro UI, which was first seen on Windows Phone devices, is at the center of attention here, and probably the main aspect of Windows 8, and a huge part of Microsoft’s future.
Microsoft Corp hired as one of its lobbyists a former Federal Trade Commission lawyer who had access to thousands of confidential Google Inc documents, according to a source close to the situation.
Shares of Apple (NYSE: AAPL) spent all of Friday above the $500 billion market capitalization mark as they also set a new record of $545.18.
Two of the biggest names in the technology world, Apple and Microsoft, are cluttering the Internet with hype surrounding their upcoming releases. Apple’s iPad 3 is said to be available on March 7th, and Microsoft’s new operating system Windows 8 just launched their consumer preview yesterday. Although the two manufacturers’ operating systems usually cater to a different crowd, their target audiences may be intertwining.
Microsoft's Azure cloud service has stabilized and is running more smoothly after suffering from a series of outages on Wednesday, PC World reported.
It is no secret anymore - Apple has sent out invitations to its March 7 event where the company is expected to announce the iPad 3. But could Apple go one-step further and announce the new Apple TV too? Possibly. In our previous article where we decoded the Apple invitation letter (http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/307398/20120301/ipad-3-media-invite-decoding-expect.htm), we mentioned that the touchscreen device seen could also be that of the new Apple TV, and we are sticking to our guns on this o...
Cisco Systems Inc's attempt to convince a European court to impose tougher conditions on Microsoft Corp's acquisition of Skype signals that technology companies are gearing up to battle for control of what some say is the next big thing: videoconferencing.
The traditional fight between Mac versus Windows has now expanded to include OS X Mountain Lion and Windows 8. The developer preview of both these operating systems is out and now Microsoft has even raised the curtains to give consumers a glimpse of Windows 8 at MWC 2012.
Tech giant Apple has bypassed $500 billion market cap on February 29, becoming the sixth company in the world to do so. This is another record set by the world’s most valuable company, which has a distinction of releasing products that have grown to set benchmarks in their market segments.
If it were a country, Apple’s market value would put it between oil-rich Iran ($480 billion in gross domestic product) and tech powerhouse Taiwan ($505 billion GDP).
Microsoft announced the Windows 8 Consumer Preview on Wednesday during a side event to the Mobile World Congress, at the Hotel Miramar in Barcelona. Although the Windows 8 beta is quite easy to install, there are some system requirements. Here are the details on how to install it.
Microsoft Corp. on Wednesday unveiled the Windows 8 Consumer Preview at the Mobile World Congress. Check out the best five features that we think will take Windows 8 a long way in coming days.
Apple saw its stock market value close above $500 billion on Wednesday to become the most valuable company in the world at present.
Microsoft's enormous research and development program may not be well known, but that could be about to change. Stunning new research projects recently unveiled at a TechForum event in January show new designs like holographic 3-D displays and see-through monitors. These prototypes may never become consumer products, but they integrate popular functions and help develop other uses and ideas that will show up in gadgets. Take Microsoft Kinect, for example. The sensors used in Kinect have so fa...
