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Sharp’s Windows 8.1 tablet has serious specs: LTE, WQXGA
The Meibus Pad boasts a 300 PPI display and Sharp's in-house IGZO tech. (Credit: Sharp) Sharp is upping the ante in the 10.1-inch Windows 8.1 tablet space with a WQXGA tablet packing 4GB of memory and...
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Xbox Video, Xbox Music Preview land on Windows Phone
Xbox Video for Windows Phone (Credit: Microsoft) Two new Xbox media apps hit the Windows Phone store today: Xbox Video and Xbox Music Preview. The apps let you stream movies, TV shows, and music right...
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Micropayments, mega angst, and the future of console games
(Credit: Nintendo) It’s not the most fearsome name for an ominous, lurking force in video games, but it still has many console gamers up in arms and on the defensive: microtransactions. With...
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Microsoft ‘Project Siena’ points to DIY Windows 8 apps
Now in beta, the Project Siena technology from Microsoft lets users create their own Windows 8 apps such as product catalogs. (Credit: Microsoft) Microsoft made available on December 19 yet another...
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Bill Gates plays Secret Santa to Reddit user
Microsoft Chairman and Secret Santa Bill Gates. (Credit: CBS) Bill Gates as Santa Claus? That’s the role he played to one girl on Reddit. Excited and shocked when she learned the source behind her...
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Intel reportedly eyes future 18-core ‘Broadwell’ chip
(Credit: Intel) A high-performance version of Intel’s future Broadwell chip will squeeze in 18 cores — Intel’s highest core count to date — according to a report. Meanwhile, another report points to...
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Microsoft swears that Bing’s no money pit
Bing's home page. (Credit: Microsoft) Like clockwork, every time Microsoft has released its quarterly earnings for the past few years, the stories about Bing being an endless money pit have appeared....
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iPad, Surface, Kindle owners reveal their top gripes
(Credit: FixYa) Got a beef about your iPad, Surface, or Kindle tablet? Join the club. The new holiday report from Q&A site FixYa sifted through thousands of problems reported by its Web site users...
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Microsoft-Intel 2-in-1 tablets have legs but still wobbly
Surface Pro 2 with Type Cover keyboard. (Credit: Sarah Tew/CNET) Microsoft and Intel want you to buy 2-in-1 devices in 2014. I’m still uncertain about the category, though. As I said last week, I’ve...
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Wispy designs from Microsoft partners breeze past Apple
HP Spectre 13 has a Retina-class touch screen. (Credit: Hewlett-Packard) commentary Psst…Microsoft laptop partners are ahead of Apple on critical design metrics like weight. So, how will that play out...
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