Microsoft has been fairly aloof from the CES 2013 event in Las Vegas. The company did take an exception though, and didn’t forget to show off its upcoming Surface Pro tablet. The tablet packs a Core i5 processor, runs Windows 8 Pro and so far, has attracted raving reviews at the show.
The use of mobile devices in certain situations, both public and private, can be quite annoying. Microsoft is now trying to patent a method which would let users switch their mobile devices into ‘inconspicuous’ mode. In other words, the method envisions a way to make mobile devices less annoying in the public sphere.
During Samsung’s CES 2013 keynote, Microsoft also took the stage for a while. The company showed up a new display technology which apparently projects images and lights all across a given environment, rather than confining it to a screen. The company has dubbed the technology ‘Illumiroom.’
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Microsoft Surface sleep mode can be quite annoying, because your computer will go to sleep every 2 minutes if you are not using it. This tutorial will show you how to increase that time or disable it completely on your Microsoft Surface.
We all regularly dish out product reviews and they show our opinion as to how good a given product is, in our eyes. However, when a theif breaks into a Microsoft building containinng a whole lot of Microsoft devices, yet makes away with only five Apple iPads, that may also be considered somewhat of an opinion.
Despite a lot of anticipation surrounding the launch of Windows 8, the sales of the new OS don’t seem quite extraordinary. That may be disappointing for Microsoft, who has been hard at work in developing Windows 8. However, a new deal with Department of Defense(DoD) worth $617 million may make things better for the company.
Id8 Group R2 Studios, a startup from the creators of the Slingbox, has always focused on home automation solutions. Apple and Google wanted to buy this R2 Studios. But surprisingly, software giant Microsoft has recently bought it.
The Free Software Foundation recently launched somewhat of a campaign against Microsoft’s intents to make use of UEFI SecureBoot on its Windows 8 PCs. It has now been learned Microsoft indeed has plans of locking down Windows 8 ARM machines so that they won’t be able to run any other OS.