Category: Microsoft
ASUS Windows Phone 7 Series delayed until 2011?
ASUS looked all set to be the first Windows Phone 7 Series manufacturers. However, unspecified setbacks may well see the new handsets slip from their proposed Christmas 2010 release date to sometime in 2011. Speaking to Microsoft partners about the…
The Apple iPad: Bill Gates gives his two cents, unsurprisingly underwhelmed
You can rest assured that Apple's latest iPad venture will sell well enough to justify itself, but ask almost anyone who's been following the tablet what they think of it and you'll likely get a shrug of the shoulders and…
Microsoft launch kid-friendly "Click-Clever Click Safe" internet browser
Microsoft have launched a new, kid-friendly version of their Internet Explorer 8 browser. Internet Explorer 8 Click Clever, Click Safe will let youngsters report inappropriate sites, unwelcome attention from strangers and cyberbullying with a single click. "It allows people to…
Bill Gates joins Twitter
The world's richest man and founder of Microsoft, Bill Gates has finally joined Twitter. With a nod to his programming roots, he kicked off proceedings with a first tweet of "hello world". There have been plenty of fake accounts set…
Microsoft and HP partnership will help businesses join the cloud
HP and Microsoft are preparing for a three year, $250 million collaboration which aims to prepare small businesses for the shift towards cloud computing. The added investment will not only see the pair work closely together on sales, marketing and…
CES 2010: Final Thoughts
The Consumer Electronics show, the behemoth of tech, the Valhalla of gadgetry, has come and gone for yet another year. But this time, rather than arriving with a bang, it slinked into sight with something more like a whimper. CES…
CES 2010: Day 3 Round-Up
Another day, another Tech Digest CES 2010 round-up. Fancy Tweeting hands-free in your car or controlling your PC by breathing? Check today's top stories below and find out how. Twitter coming to Ford cars The digital equivalent of drink-driving? Motorola…
CES 2010: Day 2 Round-Up
It may have gotten off to a dull start thanks to the lacklustre showing from Microsoft, but CES 2010 today threw up some really nice surprises. Keep an eye out for the Light Blue Optic's Light Touch here in today's…
CES 2010: Microsoft's Ballmer announces the HP Slate
A beacon of hope in an otherwise drab Microsoft keynote at this year's CES, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer unvilied the HP Slate, a touchscreen tablet PC that the two companies have been working closely together on. "It's a beautiful…
CES 2010: Project Natal Xbox 360 motion control coming Christmas
Though Steve Ballmer's Microsoft keynote conference was a little on the dull side, he did reveal a bit of info sure to please gamers the world over. It's official; Project Natal will be hitting your Xbox 360 console by Christmas…