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Windows 8 發售至今好評不少,但是罵得狗血淋頭的差評更出彩。微軟對此表示公司很關注,也十分努力聽取用戶的建議,同時希望 6 月份推出最新的 Windows 8.1 公共預覽版可以來一次 180 度的大逆轉。此時有不少傳聞稱,“開始”按鈕將在 Windows Blue 版本滿血復活,同時微軟還添加了一個允許開機直接登陸到桌面的選項,至於其他所有 Metro 介面的功能也會修改得更加人性化,讓用戶使用起來更...阅读全文
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5月9日消息,據國外科技網站TechCrunch報導,微軟試圖以10億美元,收購巴諾書店的Nook電子書和電子閱讀器業務。
TechCrunch獲得了一份所謂“機密”檔,其內容顯示,微軟希望能夠買下巴諾子公司Nook Media LLC的Nook業務,包括Nook電子閱讀器和平板電腦。
檔內容透露,由於Nook平板電腦市場反應不佳,Nook Media計畫2014財年底終止Nook HD之類的Android平板計畫,並將工作重心轉移至與“協力廠...阅读全文
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儘管微軟沒有公佈Surface平板電腦銷量的官方資料,但研究公司IDC報導稱“微軟Surface在2013年第一季度的出貨量僅為900,000台”。在接受CNBC採訪時,微軟董事長比爾·蓋茨為微軟在平板電腦市場所作出的努力進行了辯護。
與比爾·蓋茨一同接受美國商業新聞頻道CNBC的採訪還有伯克希爾•哈撒韋公司的CEO沃倫·巴菲特(Warren Buffet)。
當被問及平板電腦和PC在未來的競爭時,蓋茨表示Win8就是為平...阅读全文
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微軟向媒體發出產品發佈邀請函。邀請函稱:“新一代產品發佈,微軟交互娛樂部門(Interactive Entertainment Business)總裁唐·馬特裡克(Don Mattrick)及Xbox團隊誠邀您參加Xbox特別發佈會。”
微軟計畫在Xbox及Spike TV上直播發佈會盛況。
本月初,微軟博客Paul Thurrott在接受視頻博客“What the Tech”採訪時披露了下一代Xbox的發佈時間。
兩年多來,Xbox一直是美國遊戲機之王,其銷量超過任...阅读全文
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現在熱銷的Microsoft Surface平板
4月12日淩晨消息,據路透社報導,有熟知內情的消息人士透露,微軟正在開發新的Surface系列平板電腦,其中包括一款7英寸Surface,預計將在今年晚些時候投入量產。
消息人士稱,微軟高管認為,該公司需要跟上小尺寸平板電腦的流行趨勢。目前,市場上已有穀歌7英寸Nexus、亞馬遜Amazon Kindle Fire、三星Galaxy Tab 2和蘋果7.9英寸iPad Mini等小尺寸平板電腦...阅读全文
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Today, Microsoft officially released Windows 7 version of the Internet Explorer 10, support for Windows 7 SP1 32-bit and 64-bit, and Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 64-bit operating system, and provided 95 languages.
Compared to the previous IE9, IE10 on hardware acceleration, data processing speed, website open speed has improved, also improved on the page proces...阅读全文
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In an interview with CBS This Morning, Microsoft chairman Bill Gates has admitted that the software giant didn’t nail the mobile market when it had the opportunity. “There’s a lot of things like cellphones where we didn’t get out in the lead early,” says Gates. “We didn’t miss cellphones, but the way that we went abou...阅读全文
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Someone asked a question on Quora “Why isn’t Microsoft ‘Cool’?“,Former Microsoft engineer Balaji Viswanathan’s answer is quite interesting.
Is GE cool? Is Exxon-Mobil cool? Is Wal-mart cool? Is IBM cool? Public will say they are not, but does it matter?
Rovio/Angry Birds is cool and we all love it. But, the amount it...阅读全文
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Shortly after releasing its surprisingly uplifting “Child of the 90s” campaign, Microsoft is back yet again to preach its progress with Internet Explorer.
This time, the company is speaking directly to developers with the launch of Modern.IE: a collection of free tools aimed at helping Web developers spend “more time innovating, and less time testing.”
It mai...阅读全文
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Global tablet shipments soared during Q4 last year, bolstered by a stronger-than-expected holiday retail season. That’s according to the latest report from research firm IDC, which found that worldwide shipments reached a record 52.5 million units last quarter — a 74 percent increase over the previous quarter, and 75 percent jump over Q4 2011.
The iPad,...阅读全文