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MacSurfer's Archive: Tuesday, May 7, 2013
 

 

Computer Industry
  • "Microsoft: More than 100 million Windows 8 licenses sold/Summary: Microsoft is continuing to sell Windows 8 licenses at roughly the same clip that it sold Windows 7 ones to its OEM partners and others in the channel, company officials say." ZDNet 5:16 AM
  • "Microsoft sells more than 100M Windows 8 licenses in 6 months: The sales milestone is on par with the number of Windows 7 licenses sold in its first six months on the market." CNET News 5:27 AM
  • "Windows 8 six months in: 100 million licenses sold, 250 million app downloads/There are also six times more apps in the store than at launch." Ars Technica 5:17 AM
  • "Microsoft tops 100 million Windows 8 licenses sold, promises Windows Blue update in 2013" Engadget 5:21 AM
  • "Microsoft Rethinks Windows 8 After Missing Expecations" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 3:21 PM
  • "Microsoft confirms public preview of Windows 8 in late June/Summary: Microsoft Windows engineering chief Julie Larson-Green says a public preview of Windows Blue will be out for all Windows 8 users at the end of June." ZDNet 2:43 PM
  • "Microsoft Promises Windows 8 User Improvements, Support for Smaller Tablets with 'Windows Blue'" ABCNews 5:56 AM
  • "Microsoft's Windows Blue to be available later this year: The update to Windows 8 will be delivered across a variety of form factors and display sizes" Computerworld 5:21 AM
  • "Microsoft puts on a happy face for Windows 8, but retrenches behind the scenes" CITEworld 12:39 PM
  • "Microsoft sings the Blues" BGR 7:48 AM
  • "Amazon leaks evidence of first smaller, cheaper Windows 8 tablet: Acer Iconia, an 8.1-in. tablet running Windows 8, confirms change in Microsoft's strategy, move toward smaller, less-expensive devices" Computerworld US 5:11 AM
  • "Microsoft agrees to extend Yahoo revenue-per-search/Summary: Microsoft and Yahoo are extending the revenue-per-search guarantee piece of their search partnership by another year." ZDNet 2:43 PM
  • "IE8 security bug forces users to move" TG Daily 8:22 AM
  • "Why Nokia's Biggest Problem Is Microsoft" Seeking Alpha 7:53 AM
  • "Nokia CEO says remains focused on Windows Phone software" Reuters 5:39 AM
  • "Intel's New Mobile Processors Could Save The Company" Business Insider 8:33 AM
  • "ARM Vs. Intel: Why It Doesn't End Badly For Either" Seeking Alpha 5:10 AM
  • "Intel Brings Silvermont to Mobile Competition vs. ARM" eWeek 5:24 AM
  • "Intel Silvermont Mobile Processor Architecture Launched, Expected To Rival ARM SOCs: Promises 3X the performance, while consuming 5X less power than current-gen Intel Atom chips." Techtree 5:44 AM
  • "Intel Silvermont promises three-fold boost for tablets" PC Pro [Free Registration Required] 5:44 AM
  • "Intel's big mobile push: Revamps Atom chips with Silvermont architecture" Reuters 5:48 AM
  • "Intel set to triple phones speeds with new Silvermont chips" Crave @ CNET 5:45 AM
  • "Upcoming Intel Ivy Bridge CPUs Exposed by ASUS Support List" Softpedia 5:45 AM
  • "HP's Hinshaw At Center Of 5-Year Turnaround Plan" InformationWeek 12:46 PM
  • "HP ProBook Notebooks Aimed at Small Businesses" eWeek 5:24 AM
  • "Oracle, SAP under attack: How cloud upstarts steal their lunch" The Register 5:49 AM
  • "The Star Trek Fan Art That IBM Scientists Created Out of Atoms" Wired 5:47 AM
  • "Tablet shipments to surpass PCs before year's end, says analyst: By the fourth quarter, tablet shipments will reach nearly 80 million, while those of PCs will drop to 70 to 75 million in one scenario forecast by analyst Sameer Singh." CNET News 7:50 AM