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Start Menu Makes Reappearance in Threshold Video

by Super User

Screenshots and video has appeared that purport to show the Windows 9 technical preview. In a video (http://tinyurl.com/q3fnasy), German website Winfuture demonstrates the new Start menu, which incorporates both the traditional programme list and, …

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Microsoft Smartwatch Expected ‘Within Weeks’

by Super User

Forbes claims that Microsoft is preparing to launch a smartwatch, which could be available ‘within the next few weeks’. Sources close to the project have told Forbes that the watch will track heartrate and …

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Microsoft Makes Wireless Charging ‘Affordable’

by Super User

Microsoft’s newest Nokia smartphones, running Windows Phone 8.1, are the Lumia 830, Lumia 735 and Lumia 730 Dual SIM, all of which are described as affordable. The flagship Lumia 830 features wireless charging and …

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Microsoft Result 29/10/2014

by Super User

Microsoft Corporation’s first quarter net profit fell 13.4% to $4.5 billion from $5.2 billion in Q1 of the previous year, though turnover increased 25.2% to $23.2 billion from $18.5 billion.

Microsoft Signs IoT MoU With LG

by Super User

While attending the TechDays 2014 forum in Korea recently, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella signed a memorandum of understanding with LG Electronics. The two companies have agreed to work together to expand their Internet of …

Tracking Deformation for Tablet Input

by Super User

Microsoft Research has developed a transparent sensor surface for tablet PCs, called FlexSense. The work was performed in partnership with the Institute of Surface Technologies and Photonics of Joanneum Research and the University of …

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Microsoft Works With Miracast

by Super User

Earlier this year (Display Monitor Vol 21 No 34), a Chromecast-like dongle called the HD-10, for Windows Phone devices, was leaked by Windows Phone Daily. Microsoft is now going further down that road with …

Will Windows 10 Fix The Errors of Windows 8?

by Super User

Microsoft eschewed the conventional wisdom of linear numbers with its announcement of Windows 10 recently, completely bypassing Windows 9. The name signals that the OS is not an incremental update. As predicted, the Start …

Chaebols in the Matrix

by Raverstead

Looking back on the year, the big trend has been the increasing dominance of the 2 x 2 matrix of Apple and Samsung, phones and tablets. If you don’t fit one of the four …

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