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I've mentioned that with the Kinect for Windows v2 SDK you can now create Windows Store apps, Kinect to Windows Store App development. Recently the Kinect Team highlighted three real world examples of this... Link Removed In case you hadn't noticed, the Windows Store added something really...

Since the iPad Mini 3 was released late last year, consumers didn’t expect a new iPad Mini so soon. However, that may change. According to the Christian Post, we could see the new iPad Mini in the next month or so. The site uses other sources to conclude that we could see an unveiling of iPad...

I’m thrilled to announce our partnership with Election Systems & Software (ES&S). ES&S has chosen Windows tablets to power a new and innovative fleet of industry-leading electronic poll books! We are so proud to be the technology of choice for a company doing such important work and on such a...

Uncertainty could turn Windows 8 into the next Vista Sales of Windows 8 PCs are well below Microsoft’s internal projections and have been described inside the company as disappointing. But here’s the catch: The software giant blames the slow start on lackluster PC maker designs and...

Can Dell sell lots of Windows 8 Pro tablets to businesses? It will have to go up against market standard-bearer Apple iPad. Originally posted at News - Microsoft Source: Yahoo! News

Microsoft's Surface tablet, which was unveiled earlier this year, h... Watch Now Today’s widely dispersed workforces can make it difficult to ... Watch Now Source: Yahoo! News

*ZDnet : Microsoft, as it did with Vista, is giving Linux another chance to make the gains in the PC market with Windows 8, but can Linux take advantage of this opportunity? Link Removed

POST = Power On Self Test, right? Apparently not any longer. The word is now being used to describe the future of computing, as in POST PC World. Which sounds to me like Microsoft intends to leave we desktop users and apparently some of if not most of its' long time valued partners to our own...

It seems that Microsoft wants to have their cake and eat it too. Who wouldn't, after all what good is having cake if you can't eat it. On the one hand they have this new OS (Windows 8) which is likely to RTM in August (some suggest as early as July) and become GA (Generally Available) in...

$200 and $399 is the sweet-spot. Source: Yahoo! News

Windows has traditionally been one of the largest revenue generators for Microsoft and accounts for more than 25% of the total $28 Trefis price estimate for Microsoft. Source: Yahoo! News

We actually like Windows tablets and see plenty of real world reasons to use one. From graphics arts to vertical market use, to just plain old liking the comfort of a slate tablet while needing the power of the ... More...

Microsoft?s Windows 8 could be single most important factor to the company?s revenues next year. This division has been flagging lately and posted a 2% decline in the recent earnings announcement while the rest of its businesses including the Business division and its Server & Tools and the...

We live in a time when the costs of things like gas and gold have soared, just as a laundry list of everyday expenses such as coffee, rent, health care, used cars, and bacon are approaching or have already reached all-time high prices. But not everything’s getting more expensive. Here are 10...

Last year at this time, Apple had a 94.3 percent share of the worldwide tablet market, an analysis firm says. But, by the end of last month, that chunk had fallen to 61.3 percent of tablets shipped. Tablets running Google’s Android mobile operating system are taking a bite out of the iPad...

Along with a pair of Android 3.1-based tablets , Lenovo has unveiled its plans to release the 10.1-inch Lenovo IdeaPad Tablet P1, powered by the 1.5GHz Intel Atom CPU and running the Windows 7 OS. Despite the fact that this system is not as tablet-tailored as Android Honeycomb, and Windows 8 has...

Microsoft's new ARM-enabled operating system is expected to create a new kind of low-cost laptop based on ARM processors. Low-end Intel- and AMD-based laptops may see serious market erosion. Source: Yahoo! News

In the second day of its Worldwide Partner Conference, Microsoft reveals new “Mango” handsets from Samsung and others. And new details about Windows 8 could raise excitement about Microsoft’s presence in the tablet market. Source: Yahoo! News

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It’s fair to say that Windows 7 continues to sell like hotcakes all over the world. The previously announced pace of 7 copies per second back in June of 2010 shows no signs of slowing, with Microsoft now trumpeting another significant milestone. More than 400 million Windows 7 licenses have have...