[Article] Ubuntu 12.04 VS Windows 8 - windows rt arm - order by pertinence

Windows 8 to be launched on the 26th of October 2012

The exact commercial launch date of the Windows 8 operating system has been now listed as the 26th of October 2012.

News published on the July 19th, 2012 - 7:08 AM ET

Microsoft Surface RT : prices and preorders

The prices of the Surface tablets in the ARM/Windows RT configurations have been displayed on Microsoft’s official site.

News published on the October 17th, 2012 - 7:10 AM ET

Windows 8: Release Preview in June

A Windows 8 Release Preview has been announced for the first week of June 2012.

News published on the April 24th, 2012 - 12:15 PM ET

Are Windows 8’s sales disappointing for Microsoft?

Initial sales of Windows 8 seem to be below that hoped for by Microsoft.

News published on the November 19th, 2012 - 9:10 AM ET

TeamViewer® Launches TeamViewer Touch App for Windows 8

App Preview is now available in the Windows 8 Store.

Press published on the October 29th, 2012 - 10:03 AM ET

Xbox Music: music streaming for Windows 8, Phone 8 and Xbox 360

Microsoft is marrying their Windows and Xbox services together through the Xbox Music service. With the advertising model, free music streaming will be offered to Windows 8 computers and tablets.

News published on the October 15th, 2012 - 9:10 AM ET

Windows Store: bigger than the Mac App Store but less profitable

According to a study by Distimo, Microsoft’ Windows Store has seen a promising beginning. While being bigger than Apple’s Mac Store, it is less profitable.

News published on the November 29th, 2012 - 4:20 PM ET

[Article] Ubuntu 12.04 VS Windows 8

http://www.zdnet.com/blog/open-source/ubuntu-1204-vs-windows-8-five-points-of-comparison/10900 Ubuntu 12.04 vs. Windows 8: Five points of comparison By Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols | May 7, 2012, 9:28am PDT Summary: The leading Linux desktop and the ...

Message posted on the May 8th, 2012 - 10:09 PM ET

HP Kills ARM-based Windows Tablet

<quote> That didn't take long. HP has publicly confirmed that it has cancelled plans to bring a Windows RT (aka Windows on ARM) tablet to market in time for the Windows 8 debut. The company has decided to focus on its x86 customer base ...

Message posted on the June 29th, 2012 - 5:06 PM ET

New tool jailbreaks Microsoft Surface slabs in 20 SECONDS

<http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/01/11/windows_rt_jail_break_tool/> <quote> Microsoft was quick to brush off the debugging hack that allows locked-down Windows RT Surface slabs to run unauthorised desktop software. But now the exploit ...

Message posted on the January 11th, 2013 - 7:59 AM ET

Microsoft is doomed!

More than 1 billion Windows users worldwide. Windows boss Steven Sinofsky said that "the company is looking forward to the next billion" ;-) 670 million licenses of Windows 7 since the OS was released in 2009, while the fastest adoption in ...

Message posted on the October 25th, 2012 - 4:47 PM ET

HP said to dump Microsoft over Surface

http://semiaccurate.com/2012/06/29/hp-said-to-dump-microsoft-over-surface/#.URjTIuk-k7w With Microsoft mandated awful designs and a $90 OS tax that Microsoft doesn’t have to pay, that would be about 15% of the rumored $600 MSRP, OEMs ...

Message posted on the February 11th, 2013 - 6:20 AM ET

Troll-Free COLA Stats: Saturday the 27th of October, 2012.

ngstats.pl version 1.38 Written by Roy Culley. Contributions from Mark Kent. Modifications by Homer, 2007 - 2012. Published under the authority of 7, President of COLA. All Hail the President! This report covers 291 articles received by this ...

Message posted on the October 27th, 2012 - 4:00 AM ET

[PATCH 00/16] Series short description

Hi all, Please find attached the latest version for CFS load-tracking. It implements load-tracking on a per-sched_entity (currently SCHED_NORMAL, but could be extended to RT as well) basis. This results in a bottom-up load-computation in which ...

Message posted on the June 27th, 2012 - 11:00 PM ET