Saturday, June 16, 2012

Microsoft tablet

  • For decades, Microsoft has made the software that runs a majority of the worlds personal computers, leaving a gang of outside hardware companies to design the machines. Apple, its rival, makes it all.
  • (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)
  • Microsoft has been laying the groundwork for its own tablet computer to compete head-on with Apple's iPad in a move that would mark a historic break with its PC software past, according to people familiar with its plans.
  • (Financial Times)
  • Way back in 1975, Bill Gates and Paul Allen founded Microsoft to sell a version of the BASIC programming language for MITS's Altair microcomputer.
  • (Time)
  • Microsoft has a major announcement planned for Monday when the software maker will announce its own Microsoft-branded Windows tablet, according to online reports.
  • (PC World)
  • In the absence of fact, rumor rushes in. So as we sit here counting down the hours until Microsoft shows us exactly what its "major announcement" is really all about, countless ideas of what it could be have bubbled to the surface.
  • (Mashable)
  • Tech site TheWrap.com says Microsoft has planned a secretive event for Monday, where it will introduce an iPad rival. Details remain vague, and Microsoft has remained mum on the rumors.
  • (The Christian Science Monitor)
  • Computerworld - The All Things D site reported this week that Microsoft on Monday intends to announce its entry into the tablet hardware business.
  • (Computerworld)
  • This week, a big software move for Microsoft — its reported but yet unconfirmed $1 billion purchase of Yammer. Next week: hardware? The company has a special event scheduled for Monday in Los Angeles, and the word is that it will unveil a tablet.
  • (Good Morning Silicon Valley (blog))
  • Microsoft fans are all aflutter at the news that the technology giant has sent a media invitation out touting a big announcement for Monday, June 18.
  • (Washington Post)
  • Microsoft may be on the verge of unveiling plans to develop its own Windows tablet computer, a move that would mark a significant shift in the companys tablet strategy.
  • (CRN)

No comments:

Post a Comment