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Wednesday on Twitter, Frank Shaw, lead of corporate communications at Microsoft tamped down expectations concerning the potential 2013 release of Office for iOS and Android devices. Here is his tweet in full: “The information shared by our Czech Republic subsidiary is not accurate. We have nothing further to share.” As TNW reported earlier, rumors sparked Continue Reading →

Often discussed but never confirmed, Microsoft’s Office suite could become available not only on Apple’s iOS platform but also Android in March 2013, if Microsoft product manager Petr Bobek and a Czech press release from the company are to be believed. The Verge reports (via IHNED) that Bobek confirmed his employer would release native mobile Continue Reading →

In his annual letter to shareholders, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer spells out the future of Microsoft, as well as the “fundamental shift” taking place in its business. The letter is an extension of what Ballmer has been hinting at for the last few months: Microsoft is changing and the way it views its business is Continue Reading →

Lenovo is the latest of the PC manufacturers to announce details about its upcoming Windows 8 machines. Like manufacturers we’ve seen at CES, Computex, and IFA this year, Lenovo is betting big on hybrid systems to drive its Windows 8 sales. The IdeaPad Yoga 11 and 13 both have flexible screens that allow their bases Continue Reading →

Dropbox has just updated its mobile site to improve the way users view images on the go, following similar changes made to the startup’s Android app, iPhone / iPad apps and desktop site. This decision makes the startup’s gallery-styled image viewer available to anyone with a mobile device, including Windows Phone users, where an official Continue Reading →

AT&T has the Nokia Lumia 820 and T-Mobile announced on Monday it will offer the Lumia 810. But what Windows Phone 8 devices will Verizon Wireless carry? If leaks on evleaks‘ Twitter account can be trusted, Verizon will get its own variant of the new Lumia series called the Lumia 822, code-named “Atlas.” If it’s Continue Reading →

Four Windows 8 television advertisements have leaked online, ahead of the operating system’s launch later this month. The advertisements, which first appeared on Israeli technology site TechIt, show off some of the main features of the operating system, but focus on the learning experience for new and existing Windows users. A number of early adopters Continue Reading →

Microsoft’s Surface tablet has been a contentious subject for many PC makers, but don’t count Lenovo as one of them. “Surface is a tablet, but it’s purely a tablet. Our products are very distinguishable, so I don’t see that there’s any conflict there at all,” Lenovo product president Peter Hortensius told VentureBeat during the launch Continue Reading →

Microsoft this week announced the release the 13th volume of its bi-annual Security Intelligence Report (SIRv13). The 146-page document looks at malware (and general security) trends for the first half of 2012. One of the biggest shifts, according to Microsoft, has been the growth of key generators and its link with the spread of malware. Continue Reading →

Huzzah! Fine denizens of New York and the City Of Saint Francis, Microsoft beseeches you to untether your computing devices and connect to their ethereal Internet for the lofty sum of zero! Beginning today, the so called “Wi-Fidelity” service will be available in various “hot-spots” around both cities including the Wharf of the Fisherman and Continue Reading →