March 7, 2011
Microsoft’s Windows Phone 7 platform was fashionably late to the smartphone party, but in the slate shindig, Microsoft’s Windows platform is just going to be late. Citing “people with knowledge” of Microsoft’s plans, Bloomberg reports there won’t be a …
Tags: hardware, maximum tech, mobile, News Worthy, operating system, OS, slate, Software, tablet, windows
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January 24, 2011
A New York-based startup, Neverware, hopes to breathe new life into old computers with its Juicebox a100 virtual desktop appliance, which can deliver Windows 7 virtual desktops to one hundred terminals as long as they all meet its lenient hardware requ…
Tags: cloud, hardware, juicebox a100, ncomputing, neverware, News Worthy, virtual desktop, windows, windows 7
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January 16, 2011
The Windows 7 RC has been available since late October, but a leaked copy of the official release has us fairly convinced we can expect to see Windows Update pushing out the final build by the end of the month. Microsoft confirmed on Friday that it co…
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January 6, 2011
It’s the end of Wintel. At least, that’s what you’re likely to read this morning after Microsoft dropped the bomb shell that the next version of Windows will run not just on x86, but also on select ARM chips.
Microsoft CEO made the revelation We…
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January 4, 2011
Most Windows users feel that Windows 7 is what Vista should have been all along. That sentiment is underscored by the fact that just under 21 percent of Windows users are now sitting pretty with Microsoft’s latest and greatest, Arstechnica reports.
Vis…
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December 29, 2010
Private copying levies can have a divisive impact on a room full of people with some sense of technology and law. It is arguably one of the most hotly debated areas of copyright law. In case you need to brush up on your knowledge of copyright …
Tags: android, archos, bill, copyright, france, law, levy, linux, maximum tech, News Worthy, private copying levy, slate, tablet, tax, windows, windows 7
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December 22, 2010
Well here’s an interesting development. According to a Bloomberg report, Microsoft plans to announce a version of Windows that will run on ARM processors for the first time ever.
Assuming Bloomberg’s sources know what they’re talking about, Microsoft w…
Tags: architecture, ARM, CES, hardware, microsoft, News Worthy, operating system, OS, processor, Software, windows, x86
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December 14, 2010
We love this time of the year, not just because of the holidays, but also for the Consumer Electronics Show (CES). From January 6-9, 2011, companies will gather in Las Vegas to show off new and upcoming products, some of which will be in the concept st…
Tags: CES, consumer electronics show, microsoft, News Worthy, operating system, OS, Software, steve ballmer, windows, windows 8
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