Microsoft Officially Launches Windows 8, Store Kicks Off At Midnight
Microsoft has officially launched Windows 8 on Thursday at an event in NYC. Windows 8 will be available to the public from 12:01 am Friday.
Microsoft has officially launched Windows 8 on Thursday at an event in NYC. Windows 8 will be available to the public from 12:01 am Friday.
It has been reported that Microsoft is rolling out an update to the Office 2013 RT Preview. The update essentially upgrades the software from its preview mode to a full version and removes the ‘Preview’ branding from it.
The Singapore bank has deployed 5 multi-touch tabletops powered by Microsoft’s Pixelsense technology at one of its branches for enhancing customer interactivity and efficiency. The PixelSense technology allows the screen to detect up to 256 unique “symbols”, which would then retrieve relevant information associated with each symbol.
More than 22 million students are currently using Microsoft’s Office 365 for Education online services, but Microsoft wants to take this service one more step ahead. On October 19, the company has announced a new version of Office 365 for students. This special edition, Office 365 University will cost just $79.99 for a four-year and two computer license. Get the details inside.
Microsoft has been hunting after large botnet networks, together with security firms such as Kaspersky, for quite some time. Last year, Microsoft was able to disrupt the Kelihos botnet and filed a formal case against at least two miscreants over it. Now, the case has been settled with one of them.
Steven Sinofsky, Chief of Microsoft’s Windows division, posted a photograph to Twitter of him skating inside of a local mall. No, he wasn’t skating on your typical wood skateboard — Sinofsky attached four wheels to a Surface tablet and stepped right on.
We already know that Microsoft is going to launch its flagship Windows 8 operating system and Surface tablets on October 26. Pricing details have long been in public. But Microsoft was playing hide and seek with Surface tablet pricing. Now, the prices of Surface are out in the open. And, Microsoft is taking pre-order of Surface tablet now.
When Microsoft first announced that it was launching an ‘Xbox Music’ service later this year, it felt somewhat confusing. Was the company trying to built up a rival to Apple’s iTunes or was it going to be a different service, it was wondered. But now that we are on the very brink of the actual launch of the service, Microsoft promises that it packs much, much more.