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1 in 5 PC users still running end of life Windows 7
ASUS giving up on Windows RT tablets
ASUS will no longer be supporting the Windows RT platform, the company has confirmed, following lacklustre interest in the "lite" version of the Microsoft operating system. "It's not only our opinion, the industry sentiment is also that Windows RT has…
Facebook in talks with Apple over Facebook Home for iPhone
Facebook have revealed that they are in talks with Apple to see whether their recently launched Facebook Home software could ever makes its way on to iOS devices. Launching last week on a range of Android handsets, Facebook Home acts…
Key Lime Pie next, NEXT flavour of Android?
We're still awaiting confirmation that the next update of Google's Android OS will be called Jelly Bean, but already we've got a rumoured flavour for the update set to follow that one too. It seems Key Lime Pie will…
Nokia ship 1.5 billionth Symbian Series 40 mobile phone
They may be focussed on plugging their Windows Phone Lumia smartphones at the moment, but Nokia spared some time today to mark a quite staggering milestone for their other OS. The Finnish company announced today that they've now sold 1.5…
Google buy Motorola Mobility: How fighting the patent war could damage Android
Google, in something of a shock move, revealed today that they had bought Motorola Mobility, manufacturer Motorola's mobile arm, for a reported $12.5 billion. For years Google have been rumoured to be entering the hardware manufacturing game, testing the…
Nokia N9 release date set as September 23rd…in Sweden
Nokia's long-awaited first MeeGo OS handset, the N9, is finally getting a release date, but you're going to have to head up to Scandinavia if you want to get your hands on it first for certain. The N9 will launch…
Microsoft boast of 400 million Windows 7 sales, not so good WP7 numbers
Microsoft's annual Worldwide Partner Conference kicks off in Los Angeles today, and keynote-leading CEO Steve Ballmer was both his usual bullish self but also surprisngly frank when it came to discussing his firm's smartphone performance. The success of Windows…
Microsoft urge users to ditch Windows XP
Microsoft are urging PC users to call time on their Windows XP operating system and migrate to Windows 7 or prepare to move to Windows 8, with the company only offering support for the ageing OS for a further 1,000…
Next-gen WP7 phones let users "do things they had never imagined" says Ballmer
Microsoft head honcho Steve Ballmer has been speaking at the 2011 Imagine Cup finals, talking up the "second generation" of his companies Windows Phone 7 handsets. While Windows Phone 7 was a bold move forwards from the Windows Mobile…