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Windows 8 tablets are bad business

, Aug 9th 2012 Discuss [0]

Microsoft’s Surface Pro has company, with Lenovo revealing its own Windows 8 slate, the ThinkPad Tablet 2, targeting the all-important enterprise segment. Like the higher-spec Surface, Lenovo’s new tablet has content-creation features like a digital pen and all the remote management your IT team demands; it also has the more flexible full version of Windows 8, rather than Windows RT. And, like Microsoft, Lenovo is playing pricing cards close to its chest. One thing is already becoming clear, however: Windows 8 may well struggle to compete in business markets.

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SlashGear Evening Wrap-Up: August 7, 2012

, Aug 7th 2012 Discuss [0]

Welcome to Tuesday evening, folks. Apple and Samsung's patent suit is still going on, but today we didn't get too much news about it. Samsung said that the high return rates of the Galaxy Tab had to with the devices malfunctioning, and not because customers were confusing it for the iPad like Apple claimed Apple's expert witness, Peter Bressler, said today that the iPhone brought on a "crisis of design" over at Samsung headquarters, and we found out just how much Mr. Bressler is getting paid to sit on the stand and testify for Apple. Spoiler alert: it's a lot of money, and now we're on the lookout for "expert witness" job openings. Read The Full Story

Microsoft already hiring for next generation Surface

, Aug 7th 2012 Discuss [0]

Microsoft Surface won't be launching until October, but the company is wasting no time in getting the ball rolling on the next generation of Surface devices. A dozen Microsoft job ads have been discovered by TechRadar, and they're all related in one way or another to future iterations of Surface. Microsoft, for its part, maintains that the only Surface devices are the two tablets that have been announced, but that doesn't mean it isn't planning for the future. Read The Full Story

Acer CEO slaps Surface: “Think twice” Microsoft warns Wang

, Aug 7th 2012 Discuss [0]

Acer has publicly criticized Microsoft's Surface tablet project, with CEO JT Wang describing the own-brand tablet as likely to "create a huge negative impact" for the Windows 8 and tablet ecosystems. "We have said [to Microsoft] think it over ... Think twice" Wang told the FT, citing Microsoft's poor track record in balancing its own hardware and software as the key reason. "It is not something you are good at" Wang warned Microsoft, "so please think twice." Read The Full Story

SlashGear Evening Wrap-Up: July 30, 2012

, Jul 30th 2012 Discuss [0]

Well folks, another Monday is in the bag. We must say that for an otherwise ordinary Monday at the end of July, this one was pretty eventful as far as news stories go. Most importantly, today marked the beginning of the patent trail between Samsung and Apple. This morning we took a closer look at the trial and the arguments being made by both sides, while later on in the day we received word that a key witness in the case won't be showing up to testify. Apple's courtroom woes don't end at its trial with Samsung, however, as the company is also being sued over its Siri technology by a university in Taiwan. Read The Full Story

Microsoft admits that Surface may hurt partner relations

, Jul 27th 2012 Discuss [0]

Microsoft is taking quite a risk by producing and releasing its own Windows 8-based tablet. While the company maintains that it isn’t trying to compete with its OEM partners, Acer has been vocal about the move, with reports also indicating that manufacturers weren’t exactly thrilled with the Surface announcement. In a new document submitted to the US Securities and Exchange Commission discovered by the New York Times, Microsoft admitted that the releases of its own tablet could weaken support among its Windows partners. Read The Full Story

Rumor points to cheapest Microsoft Surface tablet starting at $1000 [Update: Phew, nope!]

, Jul 26th 2012 Discuss [0]

If you're a fan of Microsoft and are looking forward to the company's Surface line of tablets launching so you can get your hands on one, a new rumor has surfaced that may make you wince. According to this new rumor, the Surface tablets are going to be insanely expensive. A website from Sweden posted all four Surface tablet models along with pricing. Read The Full Story

OneNote MX should be Microsoft’s Windows 8 content creation hub

, Jul 17th 2012 Discuss [0]

The importance of Office 2013 to Microsoft’s bottom line can’t be understated, and yet the company faces no small amount of ridicule amid questions of whether the productivity suite is “relevant” any longer. With Windows 8 fast approaching, and long-standing arguments over whether tablets are for content creation or merely consumption, Office or its Metro-styled MX variant for Windows RT slates hasn’t necessarily proved the selling point Microsoft may have hoped it might. The company already has that wildcard, though, and it’s been fermenting away under Microsoft’s nose for a decade.

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OneNote MX preview hits Windows Store with Metro UI

, Jul 17th 2012 Discuss [0]

Microsoft's first Windows 8 Metro style Office app, the tablet-centric OneNote MX digital note-taking software, has shown up as a preview release in the Windows Store. Among the tidbits seen officially for the first time is the new radial touch menu, with easy navigation buttons along with quick access to font formatting, copy, bullets, and undo. The app will work on all Windows 8 PCs, but will be particularly useful on tablets like Microsoft's own Surface. Read The Full Story

Microsoft Halo 4 will work on Surface

, Jul 10th 2012 Discuss [0]

If we said just several months ago that Halo 4 would be playable on a device other than the Xbox 360 or a Windows PC, you probably would have thought we were crazy. But that would have been before Microsoft announced its impending Surface tablet platform. In an effort to make the tablet a success right out of the gate, Surface will be able to play Halo 4. Read The Full Story

Steve Wozniak speaks: Megaupload frustrations, Microsoft praise and Google Glass lust

, Jul 10th 2012 Discuss [0]

Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak has spoken out on his frustrations around the Megaupload case, as well as praising Microsoft's visual design as something Steve Jobs would be proud of. The outspoken exec voiced his dissatisfaction with the Kim Dotcom case while at the Entel Summit in Chile, FayerWayer reports, refusing to comment on whether he believes high-ranking politicians had a hand in the investigation, but expressing dismay at some of the techniques used to bring Dotcom to trial. Read The Full Story

Ballmer: Microsoft will leave “no space uncovered that is Apple’s”

, Jul 10th 2012 Discuss [0]

Microsoft will challenge Apple in every aspect of software and hardware innovation, CEO Steve Ballmer has warned his Cupertino rivals, promising that “we are not going to leave any space uncovered to Apple.” The rambunctious chief exec insisted Microsoft would not sit back on its enterprise range and cede the consumer segment to Apple, telling CRN that “we are not going to let any piece of this [go uncontested] … not the consumer cloud. Not hardware software innovation.”

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