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China has initiated a policy shift to eliminate American processors from government computers and servers, reports Financial Times. The decision is aimed to gradually eliminate processors from AMD and Intel from system used by China's government agencies, which will mean lower sales for U.S.-based chipmakers and higher sales of China's own CPUs. The new procurement guidelines, introduced quietly at the end of 2023, mandates government entities to prioritize 'safe and reliable' processors and operating systems in their purchases. This directive is part of a concerted effort to bolster domestic technology and parallels a similar push within state-owned enterprises to embrace technology designed in China. The list of approved processors and operating systems, published by China's Information Technology Security Evaluation Center, exclusively features Chinese companies. There are...
Microsoft Announces New Surface RT SKU: 64GB Without Touch Cover
When Microsoft launched Surface RT, you could only buy the 64GB SKU with a bundled black touch cover. Although Microsoft's custom keyboard covers are an integral part of Surface's...
18 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 1/22/2013
Rounding Out the Surface Announcements: New Markets and New Touch Covers
Along with the 64GB $599 Surface RT and Surface Pro availability announcements, Microsoft is also announcing three new limited edition touch covers, expanded availability in 13 new markets and...
4 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 1/22/2013
Microsoft Announces Surface Pro Pricing and Availability: 17W IVB Starting at $899 in January 2013
Last month I reviewed Microsoft's Surface RT tablet, and came away generally impressed. The form factor and attention to detail were both much better than expected from Microsoft. The...
93 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 11/29/2012
Microsoft Releases Windows 8 & Windows RT
Just over a year after first introducing Windows 8 and Windows RT to the press at their BUILD conference, the run-up to the launch of Windows 8 and Windows...
63 by Ryan Smith on 10/26/2012
The Windows RT Review
Meet Windows RT. It’s Microsoft’s first major foray into the modern tablet market, the shipping version of Windows-on-ARM, and it’s one of Microsoft’s most important product launches ever. Windows...
233 by Vivek Gowri & Anand Lal Shimpi on 10/25/2012
Microsoft Surface Review
A week ago, I sat in an auditorium and listened to Steve Sinofsky talk about the tablet market. He talked about how the iPad was a great device, and...
235 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 10/23/2012
Inside Microsoft's Surface RT Tablet
Along with the first pricing and availability details, Microsoft gave us some additional insight into Surface in a tour of the design and engineering facility where the project was...
73 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 10/16/2012
Microsoft Surface RT Starting at $499, Available 10/26, Preorder Today
Earlier this summer Microsoft did the somewhat unexpected and announced first party Windows RT and Windows 8 tablet hardware under the Surface brand. Microsoft wanted to have flagship devices...
68 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 10/16/2012
Windows 8 Pre-Orders Start; $39.99 Download Option on October 26th
With Windows 8 officially launching in under two weeks, Microsoft and its retail partners have finally begun taking pre-orders for Windows 8. As with prior Windows pre-order promotions, several...
76 by Ryan Smith on 10/15/2012
Office for Mac 2011 Gets Retina Display Support
Since the launch of the MacBook Pro with Retina display in June, Microsoft had announced full compatibility of Office for Mac 2011 with Mountain Lion, but had neither confirmed...
11 by Saumitra Bhagwat on 9/19/2012
The Windows Phone 8X and 8S by HTC
Check out our hands on with the devices here. At an event today in NYC, HTC unveiled its first two Windows Phone 8 devices: the Windows Phone 8X and 8S...
37 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 9/19/2012
Nokia Announces Lumia 920 & 820 Running Windows Phone 8
Nokia just announced its next-generation Windows Phone 8 devices: the Lumia 920 and Lumia 820. Both are pentaband devices (available in both LTE and HSPA+ versions later this year...
42 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 9/5/2012
Live from the Nokia/Microsoft Windows Phone 8 Press Conference
We just got seated for the Microsoft/Nokia Windows Phone 8 press conference in NYC. This is the first of many press events happening this week. There's a Motorola event...
49 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 9/5/2012
Microsoft Reveals First Battery Life Specs for Windows RT Tablets
Yesterday Microsoft announced the final roster for ARM based Windows RT tablets expected to launch this year. We'll see Windows RT tablets from ASUS, Dell, Lenovo and Samsung, as...
18 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 8/14/2012
Windows 8 Released To Manufacturing
Right on schedule, Microsoft has announced that Windows 8 has been released to manufacturing on the first day of the first week of August. Microsoft has put out a full...
57 by Ryan Smith on 8/1/2012
Windows 8 Gets A Launch Date: October 26th
After previously announcing that Windows 8 would have a retail launch sometime in late October, Microsoft has nailed down a final date: Friday, October 26th. The launch on a...
39 by Ryan Smith on 7/19/2012
Windows 8 To RTM In August, Retail In October
On the heels of last week’s announcement of Microsoft’s promotional Windows 8 upgrade pricing, Microsoft has announced a tentative delivery schedule for Windows 8 today at their Worldwide Partner...
19 by Ryan Smith on 7/9/2012Windows 8 Upgrade Will Cost Just $39.99
It's a move that the team from Cupertino has been using for the last several years, and it looks like Microsoft is going to give it a shot. In...
91 by Jason Inofuentes on 7/2/2012
Microsoft's Windows Phone Summit in San Francisco - We're There
We're inside the venue at Microsoft's Windows Phone developer summit in San Francisco. From the look of the posters we're in for some new features, including some facial recognition...
19 by Brian Klug on 6/20/2012
Microsoft Surface - We Go Hands On [UPDATE: Detailed Impressions]
Post-announcement, Microsoft took us to a backroom in Milk Studios to give us hands on experience with the Surface. They weren't lying, even the preproduction units feel awesome in...
161 by Vivek Gowri on 6/18/2012
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