Tagged: Operating Systems & News
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Microsoft confirms ‘Windows Blue’ will be officially called Windows 8.1 News
14.05.2013 Microsoft has confirmed that Windows 8.1 will be the official name for the impending update to its latest operating system, previously know by the code name Windows Blue. A... -
Global tablet computer sales surge 142.4pc – Android has 56pc of market News
02.05.2013 The tablet computer segment of the technology industry is continuing to enjoy exponential growth, with IDC reporting 142.4pc growth in the first quarter, with 49.2m devices... -
PC sales plummet worldwide as tablets and smartphones roar ahead News
04.04.2013 As a possible indication of the declining fortunes of the personal computer as we know it, Gartner has grouped PCs in with tablets, smartphones and other connected devices to...Categories: Wireless Communications, Phones, Operating Systems, Multimedia, Mobility, Mobile, Hardware, Games/Entertainment, Digital Media, Consumer Tech, Computers, AppsTags: App, Tablet Computers, Windows 8, Smartphones, Mobile Phones, PCs, Mac OS X, iOS, Apple, Android, Google, Operating Systems -
Google: ‘We’re focused on enabling the next 1bn computer users’ News
20.03.2013 The democratising effect of technology that is seeing billions of people around the world join the internet revolution as they switch on their first mobile phones and computers...Tags: Operating Systems, Android, Smartphones, Mac, Windows, Personal Computers, Acer, Samsung, Chrome, Google -
Firefox OS: walled gardens between web and apps to be demolished News
25.02.2013 In what might yet rank as one of the historical moments in the evolution of smartphones as we know them, major manufacturers, including LG, Huawei, Alcatel and ZTE, set forth on...Categories: Software & Web Development, Software, Phones, Operating Systems, Mobility, Mobile, Hardware, Apps -
Review: Microsoft Surface RT tablet PC (video) News
22.02.2013 The Surface Windows RT is Microsoft’s first foray into actually making a personal computer. John Kennedy puts the device through its paces and discovers the software giant kind...Tags: Tablet Computers, Operating Systems, Chrome OS, Google, Apple, Apps, Surface, Windows 8, Windows RT, Microsoft -
UK will be the first country to get the new BlackBerry Z10 smartphone tomorrow News
30.01.2013 BlackBerry has revealed that the UK will be the first country in the world to get its latest smartphones built around the new BlackBerry 10 operating system. Smartphone buyers...Tags: iPhone, Android, Apple, Microsoft, Nokia, Windows Phone, BlackBerry 10, Operating Systems, Smartphones, RIM, BlackBerry -
Nokia confirms 808 PureView is its last Symbian phone News
24.01.2013 Nokia has confirmed in its Q4 financial results that the 808 PureView smartphone will be the last Symbian device it will ever produce.Categories: Wireless Communications, Software, Phones, Operating Systems, Multimedia, Mobility, Mobile, Hardware, Consumer Tech -
Microsoft reveals Surface Windows RT will arrive in Ireland 14 February News
23.01.2013 Microsoft’s own-branded Surface tablet computers based on Windows RT will arrive in its online store for 13 European markets, including Ireland, on 14 February. The tablet...Categories: Wireless Communications, Multimedia, Mobility, Mobile, Hardware, Digital Media, Consumer Tech, Computers -
Microsoft accuses Google of blocking a quality YouTube app for Windows Phone News
03.01.2013 One of Microsoft’s senior legal guns has alleged that Google is preventing the software giant from creating a fully-featured YouTube app for Windows Phone devices. -
250m Android products are activated every year (infographic) News
21.12.2012 In just seven years the Android operating system has moved from being a start-up’s product acquired by Google to now some 250m Android products are being activated every year,...Tags: Android, Google, Microsoft, Apple, iOS, Licensing, HTC, Mobile Devices, Operating Systems, Smartphones, Tablet Computers -
Mainstream Renewables to roll out Windows 8 across global operations News
05.12.2012 Renewable energy firm Mainstream Renewables, which has thousands of megawatts of wind and solar power projects going into construction in Ireland, South Africa, Chile and...Categories: Software, Operating Systems, Mobility, Mobile, Investments, Hardware, Green Computing, Green, CIO -
Windows 8 not selling as fast as Windows 7 at launch, StatCounter claims News
30.11.2012 Windows 8 is slower out of the traps than its predecessor Windows 7 one month after launch, according to internet usage data compiled by StatCounter. By 26 November, Windows 8...Categories: Web, Software & Web Development, Software, Operating Systems, Internet, Digital Media, Analysis -
First Firefox OS smartphones to arrive in 2013 – Alcatel and ZTE to make first devices News
20.11.2012 The first Firefox OS-powered smartphones are expected to arrive in 2013 and telecoms equipment makers Alcatel-Lucent and ZTE are the first manufacturers signed up to make the...Categories: Wireless Communications, Software & Web Development, Software, Phones, Operating Systems, Multimedia, Mobility, Mobile, Hardware, Development, Design, Apps -
Major leadership reshuffle at Microsoft – Sinofsky to leave company News
13.11.2012 Within weeks of launching Windows 8, Microsoft has revealed that the man who masterminded the new operating system’s delivery, Steven Sinofsky, is to leave the company. Julie... -
Three out of every four smartphones shipped worldwide in Q3 was an Android News
05.11.2012 Google’s Android operating system dominates the global smartphone market with 75pc of phones shipped in the third quarter carrying the operating system, according to IDC....Tags: IDC, Operating Systems, Firefox, Sony, Sharp, Fujitsu , Samsung, Siri, iPhone, Smartphones, Symbian, BlackBerry, Linux, Windows Phone, Android, iOS -
Microsoft sued over use of Live Tiles in Windows 8 and Windows Phone 8 News
31.10.2012 A company in Oregon called Surfcast is suing software giant Microsoft, alleging Microsoft has infringed its patents by using Live Tiles in Windows 8 and in Windows Phone 8.Categories: Software & Web Development, Software, Operating Systems, Legal, Intellectual Property, Apps -
First look at Windows 8, Microsoft’s latest operating system (video) News
25.10.2012 Ahead of the launch of Windows 8 at midnight tonight, Microsoft’s Windows lead in Ireland Patrick Ward dropped by with a convertible machine to give us a hint of what consumers... -
Windows 8 the inflection point for Microsoft’s reinvention – Jean-Philippe Courtois (exclusive) News
25.10.2012 Windows 8 represents the inflection point in terms of Microsoft’s ongoing reinvention as a company from a pure software giant to a cloud and devices player, Microsoft’s... -
PC World will be first retailer to offer Windows 8 in Ireland with midnight opening News
25.10.2012 From tomorrow, Windows 8 will be available worldwide and at midnight tonight PC World in Carrickmines, Dublin 18, will be the first retailer selling the brand new operating...