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Acer, Starbreeze, Microsoft and IMAX Discuss VR/AR/MR

by Matthew Brennesholtz

On Thursday April 27thAcer had its annual Next@Acer product introduction and technology event at the IMax theater on Broadway at 67th Street in New York. This theater has the largest screen of any IMax …

New Windows 10 is for Schools

by Bob Raikes

Microsoft has revealed a new version of Windows 10 that is intended for schools and to compete with Google’s Chromebook (although this was not said at the launch event in New York). Although Microsoft …

ARM-Powered Windows 10 PCs to be Launched by Year End

by Alan Spencer

Following the speculation that Microsoft is to run Windows 10 on Qualcomm, it has now been confirmed by the chip-maker and ARM licensee, Qualcomm, that the first ARM-powered Windows 10 PCs will arrive before …

Ingram Micro Launches Surface-as-a-Service Offer

by Isaac Oburu

Ingram Micro has launched its own Surface-as-a-Service offer in France based on the Microsoft product.

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Xbox ‘Scorpio’ Supports VRR & HDR

by Bob Raikes

Microsoft has announced the specifications for its next XBox version which will support UltraHD game play with high frame rates. While the XBox One has 12 compute cores in the GPU and around 12 …

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Microsoft & Casio Join for Wearables

by Bob Raikes

Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC has signed a deal with Casio for ‘broad coverage’ of smartwatch technologies. Analyst Comment Given that Microsoft spends a lot on R&D and dropped out of supplying its own Microsoft …

Microsoft Ranks Highest in JD Power Tablet Satisfaction Survey

by Alan Spencer

In the JD Power US tablet satisfaction survey for this year, Microsoft comes out top for the first time ever. Its overall satisfaction score was 855 on a 1,000-point scale, and was mainly due …

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Microsoft Ranks Highest in Tablet Satisfaction as Features, Design Shine

by Isaac Oburu

Microsoft ranks highest in overall satisfaction in the J.D. Power 2017 U.S. Tablet Satisfaction Study,SM doing so for the first time since the study’s inception. With an overall satisfaction score among tablet owners of …

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Laval Virtual 2017 Round-Up

by Bob Raikes

3DRudder’s Motion controller. Image:Meko 3D Rudder has developed a foot pad that can be used to control movement in VR games. Tipping the board moves in the appropriate direction and the board can also …

Next Microsoft Surface Book to be Clamshell?

by Bob Raikes

Microsoft has cut the price of its Surface Book and Surface Pro 4 in some countries as it seems to be clearing its inventory before the arrival of the next Surface Book version. There …

Microsoft Shows Acer HMD Development Kit

by Bob Raikes

Acer has shown a ‘Mixed Reality Development Edition’ headset based on technology from Microsoft and designed for Windows 10. Acer said at IFA that it would be one of the companies developing the Microsoft …

Porsche Develops Designer Notebook

by Bob Raikes

Porsche Design has developed a new convertible notebook, the Book One, working with Microsoft and OEM maker, Quanta Computers. The unit is a convertible PC using a 7th-generation Intel Core i7-7500U processor and 16GB …