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Could The Start Button Return?

The Huffington Post UK | Posted 17.04.2013 | UK Tech

Windows 8's eradication of the humble Start button prompted an outpouring of computing grief not seen since the demise of the floppy disk - but it may...

Microsoft: Windows Phone 8 Support Ends In 2014

Huffington Post UK | Michael Rundle | Posted 18.03.2013 | UK Tech

Microsoft has announced that it will end support for Windows Phone 8 devices in 2014 - just six months after the mobile OS was launched. The first ...

Gates Admits 'Mistake' Left Microsoft Behind On Mobile Phones

Huffington Post UK | Michael Rundle | Posted 19.02.2013 | UK Tech

Bill Gates has admitted Microsoft's "mistakes" have left it behind on mobile phones. In an interview with CBS the Microsoft founder and current cha...

The Mystery of the Ringing Labrador

Windows Magazine | Posted 30.03.2013 | UK Tech
Windows Magazine

As we reach the car my wife tells me she's forgotten her phone. This is serious... She'd no sooner go outside without it than she'd take a walk without bringing her legs.

Windows 8 Sales 'Weaker Than Expected'

Huffington Post UK | Michael Rundle | Posted 20.01.2013 | UK Tech

New data suggests that the launch of Windows 8 might have been even weaker than previously thought. Microsoft launched Windows 8 last month with a ...

Microsoft Windows Chief Steven Sinofsky In Shock Departure

Huffington Post UK | Michael Rundle | Posted 12.01.2013 | UK Tech

Steven Sinofsky, Microsoft's head of Windows, has left Microsoft the company said. He will leave "with immediate effect" just weeks after the launc...

Michael Rundle

Windows Phone 8 Review: What's New? (PHOTOS) (VIDEO)

HuffingtonPost.com | Michael Rundle | Posted 29.10.2012 | UK Tech

Microsoft has officially launched Windows Phone 8 - its next-generation mobile operating system. (Except for that other one). So what's new? To ...

Michael Rundle

Windows Phone 8 Review: Impressions

HuffingtonPost.com | Michael Rundle | Posted 29.10.2012 | UK Tech

If phones really do reflect their users, then Windows Phone 8 is the person I would be if I was a better human being. To explain, let's imagine an ...

Michael Rundle

Windows Phone 8: HTC 8X Review

HuffingtonPost.com | Michael Rundle | Posted 29.10.2012 | UK Tech

The HTC 8X is this year's 'flagship' Windows Phone 8 device, and it's as bright, colourful and flawed as the OS itself. It is just over a centimetr...

Yes, People Queued In London For Windows 8's Midnight Release

Huffington Post UK | Michael Rundle | Posted 26.12.2012 | UK Tech

At midnight this morning Microsoft released Windows 8, its radical re-imagining of its flagship desktop (and now tablet) operating system. And yes,...

Windows 8 Reviews: What's The Verdict On Microsoft's New OS?

Huffington Post UK | Michael Rundle | Posted 25.12.2012 | UK Tech

Microsoft releases its brand new operating system on Friday - Windows 8. And this time it really is different. If you haven't been following the lo...

It's Not Brad Pitt's Fault

Ronnie Joice | Posted 21.12.2012 | UK Comedy
Ronnie Joice

We've all seen the latest Chanel advert starring Brad Pitt, as he waffles about love and fate whilst taking home $7 million. The internet is awash wit...

Microsoft Profits Fall Ahead Of Windows 8 Launch

Huffington Post UK | Michael Rundle | Posted 18.12.2012 | UK Tech

Google is not the only tech company whose stocks plummeted on Thursday. Microsoft also suffered big losses - though they did at least release their...

Why Windows 8 Will Change the Way You Use Your PC

Endeavour Press | Posted 03.12.2012 | UK Tech
Endeavour Press

It may not have escaped your attention that there's a new and very different version of Windows due out in October. Whilst Vista was XP in smart suit and Windows 7 was Vista that worked properly they didn't make major changes to the day-to-day experience. Windows 8 does, and how.

Is This Nokia's New Flagship Phone?

Huffington Post UK | Michael Rundle | Posted 31.10.2012 | UK Tech

Two images purporting to show the next generation of Nokia's flagship Lumia phones have been leaked. The images, published on Twitter, have not bee...

Xbox Coming To Windows (Or Is It The Other Way Around?)

Huffington Post UK | Michael Rundle | Posted 07.10.2012 | UK Tech

Microsoft is bringing Xbox to Windows. Via Minesweeper. An Xbox gaming blog found references to the console brand in Windows 8, the upcoming re...

Nokia's Last Throw Of The Dice?

Huffington Post UK | Michael Rundle | Posted 23.07.2012 | UK Tech

Nokia is said to be considering exclusivity deals with select networks over the release of its Windows 8 phones in the autumn. Traditionally Nokia ...

Microsoft Planning To Launch iPad-Rivalling Tablet?

Huffington Post UK | Michael Rundle | Posted 14.08.2012 | UK Tech

Rumours that Microsoft is to launch a tablet to compete with the iPad have sprung up online. According to The Wrap, primarily an entertainment sit...

Microsoft Suing Comet in UK for Allegedly Selling Counterfeit Windows Recovery CDs

Andrew Edney | Posted 04.03.2012 | UK Tech
Andrew Edney

Microsoft today started legal action against the Comet Group here in the UK for allegedly selling counterfeit Windows Recovery CDs.

CES 2012 to be Microsoft's Last One

Andrew Edney | Posted 20.02.2012 | UK Tech
Andrew Edney

Each year at CES, Microsoft kick off proceedings with the keynote address, and then they have one of the largest areas at the event itself. Well, all that will change after next year. Here is what Microsoft said today...