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Windows RT 8.1 Upgrade Is Returned To The Windows Store
After pulling the Windows RT 8.1 upgrade from the Windows Store 3 days ago Microsoft has now reinstated the upgrade to the Windows Store for Windows (8) RT OS users to access for free. Microsoft’s Support branch made the announcement on Twitter so we can only assume this means they…
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Microsoft Says Its Surface Brand Is Confusing Customers
To our average reader I’d expect the difference between the Surface Pro and the Surface RT is pretty obvious – one runs Windows 8 RT and the other runs full Windows 8, one has an Nvidia Tegra 3 ARM processor and the other an Intel Core i5 processor. The differences…
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Microsoft Has 4.5% Tablet Market Share For Q2 2013
Strategy Analytics reports that Microsoft has managed to attain only 4.5% of the tablet market for the period Q2 (April-June) of 2013. This means Windows still trails significantly behind both Android and iOS in the tablet market. Apparently consumers have stated that a lack of applications for Windows RT is…
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Microsoft’s Surface Mini Costs $299, Will Be Released In Q4
Microsoft’s Surface Mini is a much needed addition to the Microsoft tablet portfolio to help capture that lower market price point. According to a Focus Taiwan report we should expect to see Microsoft’s new Surface Mini tablet arrive in Q4 (October-December) of this year. Additionally the expected price point of…
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Samsung Reaffirms Anti-Windows RT Position
A recent report suggested that there is much growing discontent with Microsoft’s Windows RT operating system to the point where Microsoft might be considering its retirement. Samsung are one of the most high profile dissenters and recently, speaking with Forbes magazine, Samsung stated that they would not be producing any more…
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Windows 8.1 Preview System Requirements Revealed
The Windows 8.1 Preview is arriving on June 26th and will be unveiled at an event in San Francisco known as the Microsoft Build Developer Conference. This event will last from June 26th to June 28th and Microsoft are expected to unveil some interesting things there. According to a leak…
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Microsoft Making Controversial Anti-iPad Adverts To Market Windows 8 Tablets
Microsoft has launched a couple of short adverts on its Windows YouTube channel recently that directly attack the iPad. Microsoft does an iPad 4 vs ASUS VivoTab series comparison to show off the functionality of Windows 8 and the design features which they are implementing. The main focus of these…
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