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Windows 10's new features: Cortana, a 'Spartan' browser, Xbox streaming, and more It’s official, folks: Windows 10 is coming to the people. After kicking off Windows 10 with  a bevy of business-friendly features , Microsoft drew back the curtain on the operating system’s new consumer-focused features at an event on Wednesday, while simultaneously driving home a vision of an operating system designed to deliver a singular, cohesive experience across a myriad of device types. And it'll be  a free upgrade for Windows 7 and 8 users , who can snag the operating system for nada in the first year after Windows 10 hits the streets. After Microsoft operating system chief Terry Myerson announced that crucial tidbit, Microsoft’s Joe Belfiore took the stage to run through some features coming to Windows 10 Preview that are designed to make using the operating system a smoother experience. First, Belfiore showed off some helpful tweaks to Windows 10 features that...

List of changes of 8.1

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Microsoft is discharging its as far back as anyone can remember expected Windows 8.1 update as a free download beginning Thursday. It addresses a portion of the fusses individuals have had with Windows 8, the drastically distinctive working framework that endeavors to scaffold the gap between tablets and Pcs. Windows 8.1 still characteristics the double planets that Windows 8 made when it turned out last October. On one hand, it emphasizes a touch-empowered tile interface looking like what's discovered in tablet Pcs. On the other, there's the old desktop mode where the console and rodent still rule. The upgrade includes some new finger- and motion benevolent alternate ways for touch-based applications, while restoring some appreciation for the desktop mode that a billion Pc clients have gotten usual to. The discharge comes as offers of universal desktop and Pcs to decrease on the grounds that customers are using cash rather on the most recent cell phones and tablets. It ...

Microsoft Surface 2 and Surface Pro 2 tablets unveiled

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Microsoft introduced new Surface tablets, including a professional model that allows people to use it more like a laptop or a desktop computer. The Redmond, Wash. company is trying to boost its tablet business as sales of traditional desktop and laptop computers decline. The Surface Pro 2, unveiled at an event in New York, is targeted at professionals who want the full power of a laptop in a tablet-style device. The kickstand built into the device is redesigned to make it easier to use on laps. In the past, it worked best on a flat surface such as a table. Microsoft says the Pro 2 also offers a 75 percent improvement in battery life over the previous model. There's also a new cover accessory that extends battery life even further. An optional docking station allows the Pro 2 to be used like a laptop. A cheaper model, Surface 2, offers a better screen and other improvements over last year's Surface RT. The Surface 2 starts at $449, and the Surface Pro 2 at $899. It is available...

Microsoft now wants your iPhone, Android devices for trade-in program

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Microsoft is getting with the exchange program by tolerating iphone, Android and Blackberry gadgets in return for a blessing card.  This trumps a week ago ipad exchange program additionally by Microsoft in which the organization was putting forth no less than a $200 (about £126, Au$215) Microsoft Store blessing card for Apple tablets.  This new exchange advancement not just widens the extent of cell phones and tablets that might be turned in, it likewise verges on giving buyers true cash by method for a Visa blessing card.  That is considerably more profitable than a Microsoft Store blessing card, and the project is currently open to online trades so you don't need to step foot in one of the organization's few retail areas.  Microsoft's ipad-for-a-Surface exchange program just connected to the U.s., and we're tend to official word from Microsoft if the same tries for this one as well.  Reasonable worth  Microsoft is swearing up and down to up t...

Nokia's Sirius tablet is no joke as it returns in benchmark spill

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Nokia's rumoured RT tablet is grabbing a few genuine energy starting late, with the slate now appearing in a spilled benchmark test. The tablet has clearly been Bluetooth confirmed with the model number RM-114. The benchmark comes about, uncovered by an unnamed tipster to phonearena, likewise repeat that "Sirius" name we've been listening to a great deal of, posting the gadget as "Jinsh Sirius". As per the specs, Nokia's first full tablet will likewise accompany a quad-center Qualcomm Snapdragon 800 processor CPU with Adreno 330 GPU. Why so Sirius? We as of late saw a released render of the tablet demonstrates to itself on the web, with parts asserting the tablet will gloat a 10.1-inch 1920 x 1080 Full HD IPS show, 2gb of RAM, up to 10 hours of electric storage device life, and will accompany 32gb of local space expandable by means of microsd. A 6-megapixel back Polaroid is additionally wanted in addition to a 2-megapixel front-facer. Howeve...

Monster Nokia Lumia 1520 release date pegged for September 26

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We may be treated to the first phablet from the Finnish firm soon after the month is out as expressions of a Nokia Lumia 1520 discharge date gets out. The slip was made through the @evleaks twitter record - a profoundly evaluated wellspring of versatile breaks - with a basic message "Nokia Lumia 1520: launches 9/26." Nokia is yet to uncover whether it is surely finishing up the rumoured 6-inch Lumia 1520, which is thought to have been codenamed Bandit, however that hasn't ceased the rumour plant going into overdrive. We've seen different particulars and pictures asserting to uncover the Lumia 1520 from an assortment of sources and they all appear to be blasting the same drum. Full of firsts It's being proposed that the Lumia 1520 will be the first Windows Phone handset to pack a full HD show, and Nokia could well break into another screen estimate if the 6-inch reports end up being correct. While its name may be comparative to the 41mp toting Lumia 1020, th...