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Windows 10 Receives Native Format Support

by Raverstead

The latest update to the Windows 10 Technical Preview has added native support for advanced video and audio codecs. These include MKV, HEVC and lossless audio format FLAC. Display Daily Comments This may help …

Tags:Codecs| HEVC (H.265)| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 21 - Issue 44| Windows

Mas Continues With Wintel

by Raverstead

Germany’s Mas Elektronik has introduced the ‘big brother’ to its Xoro Pad 8W2 tablet. The Xoro Pad 10W4 is one of the growing number of Intel tablets, running Windows 8.1 on a quad-core 1.8GHz …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| tablets| Vol 21 - Issue 49| Windows

Toshiba Bundles Microsoft Products

by Raverstead

The WT10-A-106 is a second-generation Encore tablet from Toshiba. A ‘Windows 8.1 with Bing’ model, the slate is bundled with a one-year Office 365 licence, 60 Skype Free Minutes every month and 1TB of …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| tablets| toshiba| Vol 21 - Issue 48| Windows

Alienware Alpha Heralds ‘New Era of Gaming’

by Raverstead

The Alienware Alpha PC gaming console (Display Monitor Vol 21 No 32) is now available in the USA, starting at $550. Although technically a Steam Machine, the device runs Windows 8.1 natively and boots …

Tags:Game Playing| Large Display Monitor| Steam Consoles| USA| Vol 21 - Issue 47| Windows

Enterprise Clients Fall Slightly After Year of Growth

by Raverstead

Following four consecutive quarters of growth, worldwide shipments of thin and terminal clients were down 1.8% YoY in Q3’14, according to IDC. Shipments totalled 1.35 million units, significantly lower than the forecast 5% growth, …

Tags:IDC| Large Display Monitor| PC Market (Personal Computers - PCs)| Thin Clients| Vol 21 - Issue 49| Windows

Intel Mini-PC Details are Leaked

by Raverstead

Website Myce.com has leaked details of Intel’s future Quark processor family – a step towards a smaller PC, like the Raspberry Pi. Two 289ets, Liffy Island and Seal Beach, are named in the leak. …

Tags:Chips| CPUs| GPUs| Intel| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 21 - Issue 47| Windows

Huawei Hits Out at Windows Phone – Again

by Raverstead

Earlier this year (Display Monitor Vol 21 No 34), Huawei said that it had not made any profit on its Windows Phone venture. Now Joe Kelly, head of international media affairs, has gone a …

Tags:Huawei| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphones| Vol 21 - Issue 48| Windows

Windows 10 On Track for Autumn

by Raverstead

Microsoft COO Kevin Turner told The Nikkei newspaper that Windows 10 will be released in autumn 2015. The new OS is considered a “complete reboot” of the software, and will include a personal assistant …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 21 - Issue 49| Windows

Cruise Company Commits to Windows

by Super User

Cruise company Royal Caribbean will equip all crew members with a Windows tablet in the near future. The company will begin the roll-out of 40,000 Hexa tablets in October.

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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 …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Microsoft| Vol 21 - Issue 34| Volume 21| Windows

Microsoft Competes With Chromecast

by Super User

Windows Phone Daily has uncovered an FCC filing detailing a Chromecast-like dongle for Windows Phone smartphones. The ‘Microsoft HD-10’ possesses WiFi, HDMI and USB connectivity. It also supports Miracast (used for Windows Phone 8.1’s …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Smartphones| Streaming Dongles| Vol 21 - Issue 34| Volume 21| Windows

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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