All Entries Tagged With: "microsoft"
No Firefox Or Chrome On WOA Desktop
Mozilla last week made an announcement complaining at technical restrictions Microsoft is imposing on the ARM-version of its new Windows 8 OS. Mozilla claims Microsoft’s rules will prevent Mozilla and other browser vendors from incorporating their browsers in the Windows 8 desktop on ARM devices. It has recently been made known that ARM architecture will [...]
Microsoft Windows 8 – No DVD Support
Microsoft has explained its decision not to incorporate DVD playback support as standard in Windows 8, since the company maintains it would be unfair for people buying ultrabooks or tablets because of the limitations of the licensing framework. Microsoft came in for criticism last week when it was disclosed that Win 8 wouldn’t automatically include [...]
Qualcomm Into Ultraportable Market
Qualcomm is seeking to branch out from the mobile handset market to compete with Intel in the ultraportable market. Of course unless it uses an Intel processor, a device can’t carry the Ultrabook designation, but the San Diego chip manufacturer is fabricating a range of ARM-based CPUs to be used in ultra-thin laptops and tablets [...]
Windows 8 – OS Flavors
Microsoft has published its Windows 8 line-up – for x86 (Intel/AMD) processors – 32- or 64-bit, there’s a choice between Windows 8 and Windows 8 Pro, and a third incarnation, Windows RT, is to be available for ARM CPUs. No it doesn’t stand for ragtag, it’s apparently from the programming term runtime, perhaps reflecting the [...]
Microsoft Lays Down Design Requirements For W8
Everybody’s branching out these days. NVidia, formerly a GPU manufacturer, now makes the most powerful mobile processors on the market. Intel, long-time producer of desktop and laptop CPUs, is now aiming for a piece of the mobile pie with its recently-launched Medfield chips. Not to mention tyrannizing over the ultra-slender, ultra-portable ultrabook sector with a [...]
MS Office iPad Service Goes Legit
We brought you the good news about Microsoft Office functionality being offerd on the iPad thanks to OnLive cloud service, but Microsoft wasn’t so impressed. In return for breaching Microsoft’s licensing agreements, the developers have restructured the service to comply with Microsoft’s guidelines for virtual desktop software. OnLive, primarily a gaming company, was offering users [...]
Mainstream Vista Support Stops
Mainstream support has ended for Windows Vista. Vista was released on Jan 30, 2007. Microsoft’s policy is to support OS for a minimum of five years or for at least two years after the next OS is released. Windows 7, which aimed to address the vast catalog of failings of the Vista OS fiasco, was [...]
Internet Explorer Back On the Up
Internet Explorer has halted its long downwards trajectory, with March browser usage stats showing IE grew in popularity, and especially quickly in the case of IE9. Microsoft remains poorly represented amongst mobile browsers. IE use climbed from 52.8% of worldwide broswer use to 53.8% in March, a considerable leap for a single month. The figures [...]
RIM to adopt Windows Phone OS
RIM has had financial difficulties for a while now. Some say that it was iMessage that drilled a the first hole in RIM’s boat and caused its market share to plummet. It has been reported that Microsoft made its bid to buy RIM. Will RIM fold, sell part of the whole of their business? Or [...]
Microsoft Declares War On Flat Earthers
Internet Explorer is suffering from SUBS – Shrinking User Base Syndrome – partly due to the explosion of Android and iOS devices, and partly because of flat-earthers’ refusal to upgrade to later versions of the Windows browser. Now Microsoft is adopting a more hands-on approach, launching a rare Internet Explorer TV ad campaign singing the [...]
