Microsoft announces plans to unleash the Windows 8 Release Preview during the first week of June 2012 via the Building Windows 8 Twitter feed.
Thanks to Facebook, Microsoft will recoup much of its investment in AOL’s patent portfolio, while retaining the right to leverage the patents moving forward.
Unlike previous editions of Windows, with Windows 8 Microsoft has simplified their product stack with only two versions of the new OS for consumer x86 systems and one for ARM-based devices. A third x86 editions will target the enterprise.
The highly acclaimed Nokia Lumia 900 and massive HTC Titan II, which use AT&T’s speedy 4G LTE network, both go on sale across the U.S. on April 8. But will consumers care?
A new post on the building Windows 8 blog details the requirements for touch-enabled Windows 8 devices and explains why limitations on many current Windows 7-based touch systems have forced the company to rethink the Windows touch language.
Microsoft plans to submit a proposal to the IETF dubbed “HTTP Speed+Mobility," prior to the group’s meeting to discuss the forthcoming HTTP 2.0 specification.
Offering a consistent, good user experiences across large desktop monitors and small tablet screens is paramount to Windows 8’s success; in a recent post on the Building Windows 8 blog, Microsoft discusses how they plan to do it.
Microsoft Research’s Applied Science Group has unveiled a high-speed touch recognition test device that reduces input latency to only 1ms, which the company claims makes on-screen virtual objects feel real.
Microsoft’s Chief Research and Strategy Officer Craig Mundie, along with a number of other Microsoft execs, hosted the TechForum event this week at which a number of future technologies were on display.
Microsoft is using Mobile World Congress to show smartphone users that Windows Phone is (supposedly) faster than the competition. The company also unveiled some new hardware and mobile apps at MWC, including a beta version of Skype.
