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Microsoft details SkyDrive overhaul, Windows 8 app and desktop sync in tow (Update: video)

We heard whispers of SkyDrive desktop applications a few days ago. Today, Microsoft confirmed just that alongside a Metro-style offering for Windows 8 and other improvements to its cloud storage tech. In a post on the Building Windows 8 blog, the outfit discusses file sync via desktop app for easy drag-and-drop use -- much like we've become used to with Dropbox. ...

Posted on February 21, 2012 | Tags: app, application, cloud, Cloud Storage, CloudStorage, desktop application, desktop sync, DesktopApplication, DesktopSync, Internet, metro app, metro ui, MetroApp, MetroUi, Microsoft, microsoft skydrive, MicrosoftSkydrive, skydrive, Storage, video, windows, windows 8, Windows8

Steve Ballmer to deliver CES keynote, Windows 8 will be the real star

It's hard to believe, but with the show still six months away, we're already getting bombarded with CES-related e-mail. We do have one piece of intriguing news to report at this early stage of the game: Steve Ballmer is set to kick off the festivities with the preshow keynote on January 9th and it's a safe bet the presentation will be ...

Posted on July 10, 2011 | Tags: cea, ces, ces keynote, ces preshow keynote, CesKeynote, CesPreshowKeynote, consumer electronics show, ConsumerElectronicsShow, keynote, Microsoft, preshow keynote, PreshowKeynote, rumor, rumors, steve ballmer, SteveBallmer, tablet, tablets, win 8, win8, windows 8, Windows8, windwos 8, Windwos8

Intel Cloverview to hit at same time as Windows 8, Intel vs. ARM matchup coming

It seems like Windows 7 from Microsoft just hit the market and already we are talking about Windows 8. Generally when Microsoft launches a new OS you can count on it being tied firmly to Intel processors and other x86 offerings on the market. With Windows 8, Microsoft is breaking away from its past of putting the bulk of its weight ...

Posted on June 29, 2011 | Tags: Archive, intel, Microsoft, windows 8

PR: Qualcomm Collaborates With Microsoft on Next Version of Windows

- Snapdragon Family of Processors Will Support Next Evolution of Mobile Computing - TAIPEI, Taiwan, June 1, 2011 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Qualcomm Incorporated (NASDAQ: QCOM) announced today that its upcoming award-winning Snapdragonâ„¢ family of smart mobile processors, including the MSM8960â„¢ with integrated 3G/LTE modem, is designed to power devices running the next version of Windows. The companies' collaboration continues to address the converging and fast-changing mobile computing landscape, and Qualcomm's Snapdragon family of dual-core and quad-core processors will enable optimal computing performance, extended ...

Posted on June 02, 2011 | Tags: APQ8064, arm, Microsoft, msm8960, qualcomm, snapdragon, windows 8, windows next, Windows8, WindowsNext

Windows 8 Running on ARM, NVIDIA Kal-El Notebook Demoed

Microsoft just showed Windows 8 running on three different ARM platforms: a single-core 1.2GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon, a dual-core TI OMAP 4430 and a quad-core NVIDIA Kal-El notebook. The same interface we showed you earlier exists on these systems, and the same applications can run across both systems (assuming the apps have been ported to ARM). You get a ...

Posted on June 02, 2011 | Tags: Computex 2011, kal-el, laptop, Microsoft, Mobile, netbook, notebook, NVIDIA, tablet, Trade Show, windows 8

Microsoft unveils Windows 8

Here's a quick look at the new start screen for Windows 8 running on a Dell XPS Development Tablet. The tablet supports both touch and external keyboard interfaces. The UI is ridiculously smooth, it seems even quicker than Windows Phone 7. On tablets Windows 8 will support PlayBook like bezel gestures (the gestures actually take place on the ...