Want to buy Windows 8 PC and Get a $400 Gift, then dump your Macbook at Staples

Staples is one of Microsoft’s partners in the U.S. that is selling Microsoft Surface Tablets (running Windows RT and Windows 8 Pro) has started a very crazy promotion.In this promo Staples, one of the most important Microsoft partners in the U.S. will offer it's customers up to $400 discount, for purchasing a Surface RT or Surface Pro tablet, in exchange for their Macbook.

Microsoft Surface with Windows RT on sale from October 26

October 26, 2012 will be a key date for Microsoft, with the debut of Windows 8 and probable conjunction in a single event that could also include the Windows Phone 8 OS too. A date which will, according to the latest rumors from the net, will be start of the sales of the the first Microsoft Surface carrying RT Windows and ARM chipset (Nvidia).

Rumor - Microsoft Tablet developed with Barnes & Noble? There may also be Xbox Live Video Streaming

There are growing rumors and rumors on the news that Microsoft is preparing to show the world. As we know, the basis should be a tablet, possibly a new device with ARM processor and Windows RT. The more plausible the idea that everyone has agreed initially, but the words 'major announcement' and the chosen location (Los Angeles) are thinking about doing something more original and unpublished.

Windows Tablet 8 from $ 300? Intel and Microsoft plot to reduce the iPad shares below 50%

Microsoft and Intel are engaged in defining strategies for the market debut of the first tablet with Windows 8, which will take place only in September with the release of version dedicated to models with x86 and the next release RT for ARM devices. The goal is obviously to grab a major slice of the market at the expense of Android and especially Apple. The two multinationals seem to have it placed the target of an increasing market share of filings today for the iPad with the hope that we can drop below 50% within one year.

According to the latest rumors are as many as 32 ​​of the tablet with Windows 8, which will arrive by the end of 2012 , with all the major manufacturers like HP, Dell, Lenovo, Acer, Asus and Toshiba launch involved in the operation of the new OS. In particular, Acer and Lenovo seems eager to produce different models with entry-level devices that will cost only $ 300.

Intel is focusing on the Chinese manufacturer, among the few who has registered strong growth data in 2011 and holds a major market share in the vast basin Asia, the key to why there will be a global success of the Tablet PC.

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Microsoft is testing Windows Phone apps on Windows 8?

Microsoft would be trying the applications developed for Windows Phone on desktop / tablet Windows 8 platform.This at least according to statistics released by the Windows Phone "I'ma WP7."

The application that allows you to find out the percentage use of the app in different versions of Windows Phone, now also shows the desktop version of Microsoft's operating system. As we can clearly see from above 1% of users using the app used Windows 8 operating system, namely the build 6.2.8283.0.

This survey has been able to think that Windows 8 can start the applications developed for Windows Phone in order to have more than 70,000 touch-friendly applications to launch.

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Windows 8 interface arrives on jailbroken iPhone (VIDEO)

Windows 8 is definitely a highly anticipated operating system: it promises many new features, starting from the interface that now amplifies the experience of the Metro UI devices introduced by Windows Phone.


The work done by the developer of the theme is nothing short of remarkable. The user interface of Windows 8, with the known organization of the home in "tiles", has been replicated in a very faithful. There is a bar located at the bottom of the screen that allows you to access applications and mode of rotation of the display, not missing a widget that shows the date and lockscreen time and renewed in style UI meters.