The low-power ARM server concept recently got several big boosts as ARM Holdings, Calxeda and Hewlett-Packard announced individual and collaborative efforts.
Mary Jo Foley explains why Microsoft's Windows 8 strategy looks like a faulty one to her -- especially when it comes to tablets.
- By Mary Jo Foley
- 11/02/2011
Microsoft released two Solution Accelerator tools for IT pros late last month.
The Linux Foundation, along with Red Hat and Canonical, has staked out positions on the secure boot procedure.
Hewlett-Packard Co. will keep its PC business after all, the company's newly appointed executive announced today.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- 10/27/2011
The Nokia Lumia 800 and the Nokia Lumia 710, the first two devices running Microsoft's mobile OS, were introduced today.
- By Scott Bekker
- 10/26/2011
Microsoft announced today that the "Mango" Windows Phone 7.5 update is now being delivered to most subscribers.
Microsoft indicated this month that it will no longer make standalone Zune hardware devices.
Amazon announced today in New York that its Kindle Fire tablet will ship Nov. 15 for $199.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- 09/28/2011
Microsoft addressed a claim that Windows 8 will not allow Linux operating systems to coexist in a dual-boot configuration on PCs.
Carriers and manufacturers may start rolling out the first batch of Windows Phone 7.5 "Mango" updates next week, according to Microsoft.
- By Kathleen Richards
- 09/22/2011
According to Connected Intelligence, a New York-based analytic group that studies the consumer handheld market, 44 percent of current smartphone users are considering buying a Windows Phone 7 device in the future.
Google's Android and Apple's iOS will be the dominant tablet operating systems in the market through 2015, with Microsoft's Windows 8 OS trailing at a distant third, according to the latest Gartner projections.
IT professionals wondering what x86 applications "Windows 8" will support in the near future probably will have to wait.
Microsoft described improvements in its next-generation server technology, code-named "Windows Server 8," at its Build conference for developers today.
Microsoft handed out 5,000 Windows 8 tablets to developers today during its Build conference, currently being held in Anaheim, Calif.
An eight-core AMD FX CPU achieved a Guinness World Record by hitting 8.429 GHz in an extreme overclocking test.
- By Kevin McCaney
- 09/13/2011
PC shipments for the last quarter were lower than expected, according to market researcher group IDC.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- 09/12/2011
Worldwide access to the Internet will hit 40 percent by 2015, with the manner in which it is accessed shifting drastically, particularly in the United States.