Nokia last week began rolling out a Windows Phone 7.8 updated for its Lumia smartphones. The mobile phone manufacturer is gradually releasing Windows …
Smartphones, tablets top electronics sales for DSF 2013
Jumbo Electronics announced on Sunday that it had seen a 50% growth in the sale of smartphones and tablets during …
Microsoft sells just 900K Surface RT tablets
IDC said on Friday that Microsoft shipped an estimated 900,000 Surface RT tablets last quarter, barely missing the top five …
Chromebook sales please Acer as Windows 8 still lags
Acer’s still hoping for Windows 8 sales to take off, but in the meantime, the company has been pleasantly surprised …
Experts slam Oracle over Java
Oracle must dramatically step up its security game, security experts said this week, following the release of a number of …
UNB upgrades to Windows 8
Microsoft Gulf and Union National Bank (UNB) on Monday announced a partnership that will see UNB upgrade parts of its …
Windows 8 now five times more expensive
Microsoft on Friday announced that Windows 8 will be as much as 400% more expensive to buy after February 1, …
IE10 for Windows 7 nears public release
According to a report published on Friday, Microsoft is almost ready to release Internet Explorer 10 (IE10) for Windows 7, …
Review: Acer Aspire M Touch with Windows 8
Every now and then a piece of technology comes along that you just can’t put down – this was one …
Microsoft sells 1m Suface RTs in Q4
Sales of Microsoft’s Surface RT tablet failed to meet expectations in the fourth quarter of 2012, selling just 1 million …
IDC: PC sales slump blame lies with Windows 8
According to IDC, Windows 8 should shoulder part of the blame for a worse-than-expected dip in Q4 PC sales because it …
Windows 8 shifts 60m licenses
Microsoft has sold more than 60 million Windows 8 licenses so far, a number that is “roughly” in line with …
Windows 8 Dropbox arrives missing key features
The official Dropbox app has arrived for Windows 8. It’s been close to two months since Microsoft announced at the Build …
AMD shows off Windows 8 tablet with upcoming Tamesh chip
Advanced Micro Devices showed off a Windows 8 tablet running the company’s upcoming tablet chip code-named Temash, which the company …
Nokia rolls out Windows Phone 7.8 but no sign of existing model upgrade
Windows Phone 7.8 is available on Nokia’s new Lumia 510, but the company still won’t say when existing phones will …
Huawei invests €70M in R&D for smartphones
Huawei Technologies will invest €70 million (US$90.6 million) over a five-year period to establish a research and development centre in …
Windows 8 tablets not expected to be major player until 2016
The worldwide tablet market is exploding with demand as people jettison laptops for smaller, touch-based devices. But even as tablets …
5 ways the iPad beats the Surface RT
This isn’t the first year that tablets are a hot gift item, but it is the first holiday season that …
Microsoft Surface and Amazon smartphones on horizon
Microsoft and Amazon will launch own-brand smartphones mid-2013, including a Windows Phone 8 Surface. iPhone maker Foxconn has apparently received orders from Microsoft and …
Microsoft commit to fix Windows Phone 8 issues
Microsoft plans to issue an over-the-air fix next month for a problem that has caused some Windows Phone 8 handsets …