Hot on the heels of the news that Microsoft would be bringing a touch-ready version of Office to iPad at some unspecified time in the near future, the Redmond company has just announced that Remote Desktop is also about to hit the iTunes App Store and the Google Play Store. Unlike Office for iPad, which didn't really get much of an ETA from Steve Ballmer, the software maker has issued an indirect press release on the state of RDP, noting that it will become available to those on iOS and Android by the end of the month.
When Microsoft launched a Web-based recreation of the Hover game that shipped with Windows 95, we felt our nostalgic heart strings being tugged with surprising veracity. The Windows 95 era was a simpler time, pre-social networks and long before smartphones were something we all take for granted.
The announcement of Steve Ballmer's retirement and the multi-billion dollar acquisition of Nokia has managed to keep the roller-coaster ride - that is modern Microsoft - ticking along nicely. Today brings some fresh and positive news regarding the Windows operating system. Microsoft's latest iteration of Windows will be officially launching around the world on October 18th, but customers can make sure they get Windows 8.1 at the earliest opportunity with pre-orders of the OS now available.
There's little doubt that the big topic of discussion surrounding Windows 8's launch last year was the removal of the Start button that we had all grown to love ever since its addition in Windows 95. The cornerstone, and literally living in the corner of Windows ever since, the Start button was unceremoniously removed in Windows 8 as Microsoft tried to push its users towards the Metro/Modern interface that it hoped would replace the old way we navigated our apps, settings and documents.
It's the bane of many a Windows user's life. When you're using it more frequently than your poor digits care to stretch, it's often a tell-tale sign that you're opening too many apps and lagging your PC up, or you have some sort of malware / infectious outbreak on your hands. I am, of course, referring to the famed Ctrl-Alt-Del combination often sought by Windows users as a last resort to the Task Manager as well as a login mechanism, and after umpteen years as an omni-present feature, Microsoft co-founder and Chairman Bill Gates has stepped out and confirmed that it was actually a mistake.
Since Microsoft's Kinect peripheral really brought motion-based interaction to the fore, a bunch of companies have sought to take things a step further, and having already been dazzled by Leap Motion's effort to manipulate Windows by means of air gestures, it would seem that Microsoft is now working on a way to integrate Kinect with its flagship operating system.
Microsoft has finally lifted the lid on the Surface 2 and Surface Pro 2, the latter of which the company is touting as "the most productive, professional tablet in the world." Although the original Surface range may not have made the kind of impression that the software maker had hoped, the Surface Pro proved itself more than worthy of a second shot, and with the Surface Pro 2, the Redmond has certainly not been shy with improvements. Details of both can be found right after the jump!
iOS 7 final for iPhone, iPad and iPod touch and iTunes 11.1 for Windows and OS X wasn’t the only thing that was released yesterday by Apple. In addition to giving the general public access to the latest revision of iOS, Apple has also made some very important changes to their iCloud bookmark synchronization services that will provide additional functionality to those who use a Windows based PC. More details can be found after the jump.
Microsoft has confirmed the pricing structure for its new Windows 8.1 version of its operating system and it's also bringing back the preferred 'full version' release that it killed off with Windows 8.
Microsoft's Surface tablet may still be a relatively new device to market, but already the company is looking ahead to the Surface 2, and with speculation having been on and off for the past couple of months, including a set of leaked Surface Pro 2 specs in the last few days, the company has officially announced an event in New York on 23rd September. Details after the break!
