The three key Windows platforms right now are the regular Windows, Windows RT and Windows Phone. But one day, the company hopes, it will be able to unify them into one. Read in details.
Nokia has been working with Microsoft for quite some time, creating flagship Windows Phone handsets for Microsoft’s mobile platform. Recently, Microsoft purchased Nokia’s mobile phone business. This has prompted strikes among Nokia’s workers in China who have accused the company of offering them weaker packages as a result of the deal.
The security of digital communications has increasingly become an important issue for internet users. To placate such concerns, Microsoft has now announced that it will be launching email encryption for Office 365 users come 2014.
It is no secret that Google and Microsoft don’t exactly get along well. In recent months, Microsoft has notched up the rivalry by launching an anti-Google campaign. As part of this campaign, the Redmond-based company has now unveiled a wide range of anti-Google hats, mugs, t-shirts and hoodies at its online store.
Microsoft’s Windows 8.1 update has updated a whole lot of new features to Windows users. But at the same time, the update has arrived with its fair share of problems. For instance, many gamers using Windows 8.1 have decried the mouse lag they’ve been experiencing. Microsoft has now released a patch to take care of this issue.
Microsoft has announced that it will be dishing out a set of patches for Windows 8.1 on Nov 13. The company briefly elaborated on the security vulnerabilities that will be resolved with these patches, citing three such exploits which are deemed critical. However, the company ignored the zero-day vulnerability which has been discovered in Office.
I was completely convinced after watching a video that Microsoft is really about to bring a Windows 95 phone! Will you be convinced too like me?
When Microsoft unveiled its first-generation Surface slates, they comprised of a Windows RT Surface tablet and one running Windows 8. The ‘RT’ branding apparently caused a lot of confusion and Microsoft has now decided to stop using ‘RT’ in the name of any further Surface slates.