By Jacob Kleinman |
Outlook 2013 RT for Windows tablets will be available for free as part of the upcoming Windows 8.1 update, Microsoft Windows CFO and CMO Tami Reller announced earlier today at the Computex 2013 trade show in Taipei. Anyone with a Microsoft Surface RT or any…
By Todd Haselton |
Earlier this month we covered a rumor that suggested Microsoft’s new and smaller Surface tablet will launch in June with a display that measures between 7-inches and 8-inches. Now, DigiTimes says that it has confirmed with supply chain makers that the new device will have an…
By Sean P. Aune |
Jon R is back to tackle the biggest tech rumors of this week! In this episode of Rumor Roundup, Jon talks about Google’s newest update to Android starting to show up in web traffic reports, Sharp beginning to make Retina Displays for the upcoming Apple…
By Todd Haselton |
HTC may quietly be working on two Windows RT tablets, according to a new rumor that was published by PhoneArena on Tuesday. Apparently the names actually have meaning: the number may represent the screen size, a 7-inch and a 12-inch tablet, and the R may stand…
By Todd Haselton |
The PC industry recently experienced the largest drop in quarterly sales ever, a decline that was blamed largely on Windows 8 and an increased interest in tablets and smartphones. One of the issues with Windows 8 is that Microsoft released a watered-down version of the…
By Todd Haselton |
What is Microsoft’s Project Blue? The company recently confirmed that it’s working on a secret project under that name, and other reports suggest that it will eventually launch as Windows 8.1 and Windows 8.1 RT. We have also heard that Project Blue will involve Windows…
By Todd Haselton |
Nokia’s Music application, which originally launched on Windows Phone, is now available for download on Windows 8 and Windows RT devices. The application allows you to create your own custom mixes, save tracks of offline listening, listen to your own library of MP3s, read lyrics…
By Adriana Lee |
Sometimes, the thing holding a user back from trying out a platform isn’t the native operating system or the hardware — it’s the apps. After all, what good is all that if you can’t get the programs you need to make use of the darn thing?…
By Todd Haselton |
Remember the Microsoft Zune? It was a media player that was ultimately launched to compete with the iPod and has since been retired. Then Microsoft tried a bizarre mobile experiment with the Kin One and Kine Two phones, two devices that hardly ever spent time…
By Todd Haselton |
Microsoft announced Monday that it will automatically enable Adobe Flash content inside of its Internet Explorer 10 browsers on Windows RT and Windows 8 machines beginning tomorrow, March 12. The company suggested that there was a compatibility issue before now that prevented it from wanting…
By Todd Haselton |
Microsoft’s Surface RT and Surface with Windows 8 Pro tablets currently have 10.6-inch displays, but that doesn’t mean Microsoft isn’t interested in going smaller. The company’s chief financial officer Peter Klein said that it’s actually very possible for Microsoft to release smaller Windows Surface tablets,…
By Todd Haselton |
Nokia has been hinting that it’s interested in developing a tablet for over a year now (the company even confirmed it at one point) and the company’s CEO just gave yet another reminder that such a move is on the company’s radar. Speaking with AFR recently,…
By Ron Duwell |
Costco may soon join Best Buy and Staples as a primary retailer of Microsoft’s Surface RT tablet, according to a leaked shot of the retailer’s inventory system. The device is still expected to sell for $499.99 without a Touch Cover, although Costco will apply a…
By Adriana Lee |
Microsoft has finally pulled the trigger and announced availability of its Surface Windows 8 Pro, the big brother to the previously released Surface RT tablet. Beginning February 9, Microsoft will sell the Pro (starting at $899) in its retail outposts, online at MicrosoftStore.com, and via…
By Adriana Lee |
A leading name in technology puts out an operating system that draws a lot of attention. It soon discovers, however, that people are jailbreaking its OS. The revelation brings scrutiny by its security team, and paves the way for users to load unsigned apps acquired apart…
By Maximum PC |
After Android success, NVIDIA now hopes its TegraZone app will make a splash on Windows RT Having its Tegra 3 SoC chosen for two platform-defining tablets, the Google Nexus 7 and the Microsoft Surface RT, has got to be one of the highlights of NVIDIA‘s year. However,…
By Todd Haselton |
Remember the HTC HD2 Windows Mobile phone? Hackers have basically put everything on it from Android to Windows Phone 8. Now, however, the three-year old phone has been tweaked to run Windows RT. Yes, the operating system that’s currently powering Microsoft’s entry-level Surface RT tablet.…
By Todd Haselton |
HTC is reportedly working to build 12-inch and 7-inch Windows-based tablets. Several of Microsoft’s partners have already released similar devices, although HTC was apparently left out of the circle when Microsoft began approaching its partners earlier this year. Bloomberg said the new tablets will launch in…
By Todd Haselton |
Nokia is allegedly building its own Windows RT-powered tablet and is working with Qualcomm, Microsoft and Compal Electronics on the product. We already know Nokia and Microsoft have a close relationship, especially on the Windows Phone front, so this doesn’t necessarily come as a surprise.…
By Todd Haselton |
If you live in the U.K. and want a Microsoft Surface RT, chances are you have only been able to purchase the device online. That’s no longer the case, however, as the tablet is now popping up in retail stores. Slashgear recently noticed that local retailer John…
By Brandon Russell |
Microsoft on Tuesday announced that it’s expanding retail distribution of is Surface RT tablet. In the trenches of the holiday season, and the new year only a few weeks away, it’s about time. The company must have realized that such limited availability wasn’t so good…
By Killian Bell |
When Microsoft announced its new Surface RT and Surface Pro tablets, they were seen as a potentially damaging move to third-party PC makers, whose own Windows-powered tablets may not fare so well against first-party hardware. However, Hewlett-Packard’s Head of PC, Todd Bradley, isn’t worried about…
By Killian Bell |
Barnes & Noble made its Nook application available to Windows 8 and Windows RT users on Wednesday morning by releasing it to the Windows Store. The application comes just over a month after Microsoft invested $300 million into Barnes & Noble for a 17.6% stake…
By Sean P. Aune |
According to a new interview with Steve Ballmer, Microsoft’s approach to the Surface with Windows RT has been “modest.” Since the introduction of the first Surface tablet, Microsoft has been pretty quiet about the device. Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer broke that silence this weekend in French…
