Here’s a shocker. According to a report by Strategy Analytics, Microsoft shipped more Windows-powered tablets in the second quarter than RIM did with its BlackBerry PlayBook. This resulted in Microsoft tablets commanding 4.6 percent of the market while RIM secured just 3.3 percent.
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We’ve got a fair while to wait for Windows 8. Its radical new tablet-friendly interface with titles that tip a wink to Windows Phone 7 isn’t due to make its proper debut until sometime in 2012.
But if you’re growing bored of Windows 7 and want to give it a splash of Windows 8-style pzazz, there’s already a way. Read for the two easy steps it takes to give your desktop that Windows 8 look…
We’ve seen plenty of Kinect hacks using Windows machines, unofficial Kinect Windows 7 drivers and even a Kinect Mac interface for Apple-loving modders to mess around.
Now it seems Microsoft is ready to pull the covers off an official Kinect Windows SDK…
Microsoft has given the world its first official glimpse of Windows 8 tablets and the new touch-enabled take on the OS looks more than a little like Windows Phone 7‘s Metro UI writ large. While Microsoft says Windows 8 will play nicely with a mouse and keyboard, it’s been “designed and optimised for touch” from the start.
Windows 8 has a pretty radical look – check out the tiled start screen in the gallery above – Microsoft plans to mix traditional Windows applications with HTML5 web apps. Read on for a deeper dive into the OS and details on what we can expect from Windows 8 tablets. Is Microsoft finally getting its iPad fightback together?
If you’re an Angry Birds fan who owns a tablet and a smartphone, we’ve got some great news. Rovio Mobile, by way of Twitter, has confirmed it’s working on a solution which will “get all Angry Birds devices in sync”. In the very near future we’ll no longer need to beat the same levels on our tablets, computers and smartphones — we’d call this Angry Birds paradise.
Microsoft’s big problem is an obsession with Windows. So say a raft of insiders and former Microsoft employees who’ve been spilling the beans to Fortune and bashing Steve Ballmer while they’re at it.
In a wide-ranging analysis of how most of Microsoft lost its way (Xbox group, we’re letting you off for that and the Kinect), Ballmer gets a battering, and the company’s continued focus on Windows is highlighted as its biggest problem. Microsoft insiders told Fortune that if you threw Microsoft onto the analyst’s couch you’d find it’s stuck in an unhealthy co-dependent relationship with Windows…
Want to be the first to know the exact moment Angry Birds for Facebook becomes available and gain access to exclusive content? We thought so. According to the official Angry Birds Facebook page, all you need to do is ‘Like’ their page and you’re good to go.