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Microsoft ‘Solves’ Cloud Latency for Gaming

by Super User

A white paper by Microsoft Research details a way to lower latency in cloud gaming, using a project called Delorean. In cloud gaming, very little processing is done on the user’s device. Instead, a …

Tags:Cloud Computing| Game Playing| Large Display Monitor| Microsoft| Vol 21 - Issue 34| Volume 21

Windows 10 Makes Multi-Display Easier

by Super User

A new build of Microsoft’s Windows 10 Technical Preview has added several new features, including a notification-like Action Centre and an animation for toggling virtual desktops. Perhaps the most interesting addition, though, is a …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Microsoft| Vol 21 - Issue 42| Volume 21| Windows

Microsoft Close to Producing Large Touch Displays

by Super User

Microsoft’s EVP of Devices Stephen Elop has said that the company is getting close to mass production of large-screen touch displays, using technology it gained through its acquisition of Perceptive Pixel (PPI) two years …

Tags:Camera-based Touch| Large Display Monitor| Microsoft| Touch Displays| Vol 21 - Issue 35| Volume 21

Microsoft Germany Names New CEO

by Super User

Microsoft has named Alastair Bruce as the new CEO of Microsoft Germany. Bruce replaces Thomas Schroder, who is leaving the company to join mobile operator Vodafone.

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Microsoft| Mobile Display Monitor| People| Recruitment & Appointments| Vol 21 - Issue 42| Volume 21

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, …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Microsoft| Vol 21 - Issue 37| Volume 21| Windows

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 …

Tags:Microsoft| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartwatches| Vol 21 - Issue 42| Volume 21

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 …

Tags:Microsoft| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 21 - Issue 37| Volume 21| Windows

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.

Tags:Financial Data| Large Display Monitor| Microsoft| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 21 - Issue 43| Volume 21

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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