Microsoft
Microsoft has confirmed that the company will discontinue selling PC accessories under the Microsoft brand, narrowing the firm's focus to premium-priced peripherals sold under the Surface brand. The decision marks a major fork in the road for Microsoft-badged keyboards and mice, an era that started in 1983. And while the company isn't going to cease the production of PC accessories entirely, the shift to Surface represents a much smaller scope in products going forward. This change, in turn, calls into question the future of ergonomic peripherals at Microsoft, a traditional niche for the company that has resulted in some of their best-known (and most beloved) PC accessories. "Going forward, we are focusing on our Windows PC accessories portfolio under the Surface brand," Dan Laycock, senior...
Microsoft Integrating Hyper-V Into Windows 8 Client
Microsoft is beefing up virtualization support in Windows 8 with Hyper-V, writes Microsoft's Mathew John on the Building Windows 8 blog. Hyper-V was previously available in Windows Server 2008...
9 by Andrew Cunningham on 9/7/2011
Microsoft Explains Relationship Between Windows 8 User Interfaces
Today's Building Windows 8 blog post, written by Steven Sinofsky, isn't really about a new Windows 8 feature or tweak, but rather about how the new-style Metro tablet UI...
21 by Andrew Cunningham on 8/31/2011
Microsoft Opens Windows 8 Development Blog
It seems like not all that long ago we were talking about the launch of Windows 7, but 2012 is right around the corner, and it's bringing Windows 8...
16 by Andrew Cunningham on 8/15/2011
Xbox Live Arcade Favorite Bastion Coming to PC Aug. 16
Supergiant Games’ Bastion, which kicked off Microsoft’s exclusive Summer of Arcade promotion on July 20th, will get its PC release on August 16th. It will cost $14.99 and is...
7 by Craig Getting on 8/9/2011
Windows 8: IE10, Touchscreen Keyboards and File System Access
Microsoft showed us IE10 on Windows 8, which honestly has a very iOS-like feel to it. You get smooth scrolling and panning, with a PlayBook style support for tabs...
52 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 6/2/2011
Windows 8 Running on ARM, NVIDIA Kal-El Notebook Demoed
Microsoft just showed Windows 8 running on three different ARM platforms: a single-core 1.2GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon, a dual-core TI OMAP 4430 and a quad-core NVIDIA Kal-El notebook. The same interface...
20 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 6/1/2011
This is the Windows 8 Tablet & PC Interface
Here's a quick look at the new start screen for Windows 8 running on a Dell XPS Development Tablet. The tablet supports both touch and external keyboard interfaces. The...
36 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 6/1/2011
Windows 8 on AMD, Intel, NVIDIA, Qualcomm & TI: Let the Race Begin
I'm in the audience of Microsoft's Partner Preview for Computex 2011, basically an event to give a sneak peak of the future of Windows to press and MS partners...
32 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 6/1/2011
Windows Thin PC: Windows, Slimmed Down
Last month, Microsoft released a Community Technology Preview (CTP, in essence a public beta) of something called Windows Thin PC. This business-oriented operating system’s given purpose is both to...
47 by Andrew Cunningham on 4/28/2011
Nokia and Microsoft Announce Strategic Partnership
Today Nokia and Microsoft have announced partnership that will collectively leverage Microsoft and Nokia's strengths and resources. Although the fruit of this long-term partnership will primarily affect Windows Phone...
66 by Mithun Chandrasekhar on 2/11/2011
CES 2011: Microsoft Keynote
When Microsoft wrapped up its CES keynote on Wednesday night, they added fuel to a news-packed couple of days leading up to the start of CES. The software giant...
9 by Vivek Gowri & Ganesh T S on 1/10/2011
Microsoft Kinect: The AnandTech Review
For better or worse, new user interfaces are all the rage right now in the console gaming scene. Nintendo was first to the block in 2006 with 3D motion-controlled...
73 by Brian Klug on 12/9/2010
The Windows Phone 7 Review
It took Microsoft a long time, but it’s finally here - Windows Phone 7 (now sans the ‘Series’). It’s the software giant’s spiritual successor to Windows Mobile, its answer...
127 by Anand Lal Shimpi & Brian Klug on 10/20/2010
Microsoft's KIN: A Eulogy
After being on the market a short six weeks, Microsoft announced that it was scrapping the launch of KIN devices in European markets, and with it, further development of...
60 by Brian Klug on 7/13/2010
New Xbox 360 Slim Does Have an IR Receiver
I've gotten this question a few times already so I thought I'd just answer it once publicly. The new Xbox 360 Slim we tore down yesterday does in fact...
16 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 6/18/2010
Welcome to Valhalla: Inside the New 250GB Xbox 360 Slim
Five years ago we dissected the original Xbox 360. Today we're back with the new, slim Xbox 360 and have put together a similar guide to disassembling the console...
109 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 6/18/2010
The Xbox 360 Slim (Valhalla): Dissection Galleries Up
Today UPS dropped off my Xbox 360 Slim (codename Valhalla) and I did exactly what you'd expect me to: run power numbers on it and take the whole thing...
27 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 6/17/2010
Facebook
Twitter
RSS
