Microsoft showcased on Tuesday a tablet running first generation Windows 8 operating system at Microsoft Worldwide Partner Conference presentation. At the event company showcased the operating system which looks like Microsoft’s current mobile operating system, Windows Phone 7.
Microsoft patent suggests a detachable dual-screened smartphone, if Microsoft ever did release such a phone it would certainly stir the waters and the dual-screen design has echoes of the now-dead Courier project, something that caused quite a commotion when elements of its design leaked. The two screens offer separate functions and one practical implementation of the second screen could be as a remote control for the larger display, the whole package still looks big in comparison to today’s razor-thin smartphones and this Microsoft concept seems much closer to becoming real than before………….
Quietly making headlines today was Steve Ballmer’s keynote address at this years Worldwide Partner Conference (WPC). He gave the “State of the State” address regarding Microsoft’s progress in the last year.
Touch Mouse from Microsoft, Pocket-lint spied a far more interesting product lurking in an unsuspecting corner of the software giant’s London Christmas in July event: The Microsoft Explorer Touch Mouse. Microsoft is much more well known for their Windows operating system, but that doesn’t mean the software giant is not concentrating on other potential revenue streams such as hardware.
Microsoft is gearing up to launch a center of excellence for its Surface platform and along with it will come the SDK 2.0 for Microsoft Surface, to the popular Surface interface will bring with it many new features and also some new hardware. The second SDK for Surface is he Metro design aesthetic and runs on WPF 4.0, XNA 4.0 and Windows 7. The Surface team to release a new visual style that is consistent with other Microsoft Products such as Zune and Windows Phone…………..
Apple’s annual Back to School promotion is off to a strong start and this program offers students a $100 gift card for iTunes stores along with the purchase of a new Mac seems to be going well. Approximately 80% of the incoming students this year are choosing Apple computers over Windows PC’s and Apple Back to School sale off to a strong start beating Microsoft 8 to 2………….
Microsoft’s download center has now been redesigned with Metro’fied and easier to use. The new Metro UI style made famous by Windows Phone continues with the quiet relaunch of the Microsoft Download Center page that has been redesigned to make extensive use of the Metro UI, redesign was to make it easier for people to find the things they want………..
Microsoft determines the support lifecycle of each of its products from the day that they are released and the Vista SP1 losing Microsoft support on July 12. Vista SP1 users can continue receiving support from Microsoft by upgrading to Windows Vista Service Pack 2 and the software giant has a ten year support period for each of its software products………….