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Windows 8 in the pipeline, coming your way in 2012-ish

Windows 8 in the pipeline, coming your way in 2012-ish

Posted on Oct 26, 2010 by MG1

Filed in: Microsoft

Windows XP set the bar quite high when it was released back in August 2001. Barring a few security issues, XP was considered a success and is still the OS of choice for some PC users today. Microsoft ...

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Microsoft Finally Hammers Down Windows 8 Release Date

Microsoft Finally Hammers Down Windows 8 Release Date

Posted on Oct 25, 2010 by MG1

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Windows 8, you say?! Yes! Someone's talking about it, so when is it? About two years from now seems to be the "official" word from the Netherlands, although you'd be somewhat foolish to expect anythin...

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Ballmer: our biggest gamble is the 'next version of Windows'

Ballmer: our biggest gamble is the 'next version of Windows'

Posted on Oct 24, 2010 by MG3

Microsoft chief Steve Ballmer during this week's Gartner Symposium raised curiosity by claiming that Windows 8 would be a major gamble for the company (video below). When asked by analyst John Pescato...

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Windows XP is now Officially off Limits to OEMs

Windows XP is now Officially off Limits to OEMs

Posted on Oct 24, 2010 by MG3

The slow and agonizing death of Windows XP has been blogged about many times here on Maximum PC, but today marks the final milestone for what is still the most popular operating system on the planet. ...

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Windows 7 hits 240 million mark in its first year

Windows 7 hits 240 million mark in its first year

Posted on Oct 22, 2010 by MG1

Microsoft announced it sold over 240 million Windows 7 licenses since the operating system started shipping a year ago. About 93 percent of new consumer PCs were running Windows 7 in September, and th...

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Official Twitter app for Windows Phone 7 goes live \

Official Twitter app for Windows Phone 7 goes live \

Posted on Oct 22, 2010 by MG1

Surprise of surprises! On the day that Europeans finally got to dig into the Windows Phone 7 cake in earnest, Twitter's official app for the hot new platform has also gone live. We've downloaded it t...

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YouTube, Messenger and Adobe PDF Reader hits marketplace

YouTube, Messenger and Adobe PDF Reader hits marketplace

Posted on Oct 21, 2010 by MG1

Unfortunately too late for the reviewers, but in time for actual users, 3 key apps for Windows Phone 7 have just hit marketplace.
The highest profile is of course the YouTube plugin, which allows YouT...

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Windows Phone 7 Connector for Mac demo - SlashGear

Windows Phone 7 Connector for Mac demo - SlashGear

Posted on Oct 21, 2010 by MG1

Microsoft prompted a few sighs of relief from would-be Windows Phone 7 owners using Macs rather than PCs, when the company confirmed earlier this month that it would be releasing a sync tool to easily...

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Microsoft: All 5 major UK wireless providers will carry Windows Phone 7 devices at launch

Microsoft: All 5 major UK wireless providers will carry Windows Phone 7 devices at launch

Posted on Oct 21, 2010 by MG1

Today, Microsoft announced that all five major UK wireless carriers — Orange, O2, T-Mobile, Three, and Vodafone — will be carrying handsets that run the Windows Phone 7 operating system. “It is wonder...

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WP7: What happens when you remove the memory card?

WP7: What happens when you remove the memory card?

Posted on Oct 21, 2010 by MG1

This seems like a stupid question, given that there’s no requirement to have removable/expandable memory, but on some developer devices, the memory cards can be either removed or knocked a little so t...

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Deutsche Telekom’s German Windows Phone 7 launch not until November 11

Deutsche Telekom’s German Windows Phone 7 launch not until November 11

Posted on Oct 20, 2010 by MG1

October 21 2010 may be the official launch day for Windows Phone 7 in Europe – that’s tomorrow, in case you’ve not been keeping up – but it seems not all carriers will be rushing to have devices on th...

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Xbox.com gets overhaul with web WP7 games, avatar editor

Xbox.com gets overhaul with web WP7 games, avatar editor

Posted on Oct 20, 2010 by MG1

Microsoft's Major Nelson sent word that the company would push out a redesigned Xbox.com tomorrow both in the run-up to Kinect and to link it into Windows Phone 7. The refresh will let users play web ...

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Microsoft announces Kinect launch games, 17 available before the holidays

Microsoft announces Kinect launch games, 17 available before the holidays

Posted on Oct 19, 2010 by MG2

If you’re an Xbox fan who’s got the Kinect high-up on their holiday wish-list, listen up. Microsoft has announced seventeen game titles that will be available for their motion-sensing gaming periphera...

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Windows Phone 7 and Kinect to launch alongside $1 billion marketing blitz

Windows Phone 7 and Kinect to launch alongside $1 billion marketing blitz

Posted on Oct 19, 2010 by MG1

Remember that $100 million Verizon Wireless spent to introduce the world to its first Android phone, the Motorola DROID? Bush league. The New York Post reports that Microsoft is preparing to drop a c...

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Orange Windows Phone 7 handset will have HD voice

Orange Windows Phone 7 handset will have HD voice

Posted on Oct 18, 2010 by MG1

If you’re on the fence about getting a Windows Phone 7 device on Orange, you may be happy to hear that the carrier said the Samsung Omnia 7 will offer High-Definition Voice.
HD Voice is a technology o...

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