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Samsung Owes Microsoft Over $1 Billion

by Super User

Back in 2010, Microsoft started bringing legal action against Android stakeholders, which resulted in various licensing deals. The company refused to announce what was being licensed to the stakeholders – 25 of them, including …

Microsoft Confident of ‘Real World’ Windows Feedback

by Super User

One million people are testing Windows 10 (Display Monitor Vol 21 No 39), according to Microsoft. About 65% of these have installed the OS on a PC, while 35% have it on a virtual …

Windows 9 Will Ditch Metro

by Super User

Russian tipster Wzor has said that the enterprise version of Windows 9 will be released without the Metro (tile-based) UI. The source also said that Windows 9 would support a 3D mode and Windows …

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960 x 540 is New Nokia Resolution

by Super User

A dual-SIM Windows Phone smartphone from Nokia has passed through the USA’s FCC. The ‘RM-1090’ (or possibly RM-1091) is roughly the size of the Lumia 830, with a 5″ display and 960 x 540 …

Microsoft Denies Overheating Issue

by Super User

Despite some models appearing to show an heat warning, the Surface Pro 3 does not overheat, Microsoft has said. Some of the Core i7 models have been found to show a thermometer icon instead …

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Microsoft Bypasses Text-Entry Problems

by Super User

Microsoft Research is trying to get round the problem of text entry on the tiny touchscreens found on smartwatches. It described the problem by explaining that, on a 1.6″ screen, a keyboard with 10 …

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 …

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 …

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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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