Microsoft sued over Windows 8 live tiles

There are suing news - not only by Apple against Samsung, but this time its against Microsoft by Surfcast Inc over the Windows 8 titles, which has barely been launched by Microsoft Corp.

Live tiles, which display notifications and updates in real time, are a major feature of Windows 8 and Windows Phone 8, which were launched in late October.

Surfcast Inc. filed the complaint for patent infringement before the US District Court in Maine last Oct. 30.

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"We developed the concept of Tiles in the 1990s, which was ahead of its time. Microsoft’s Live Tiles are the centerpiece of Microsoft’s new Operating Systems and are covered by our patent," SurfCast CEO Ovid Santoro said.

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Windows 8 Final Release Date Officially Announced By Microsoft

Wahaab JB at Chip Hazard has reported that Microsoft has officially announced the release date of their next OS Windows 8 set for October 26th this year 2012.

The announcement was made by Steven Sinofsky at Microsoft’s annual sales meeting, and the confirmation was almost instantaneously shared via the Windows Team Blog. It’s yet to be confirmed that the Surface tablets will be available for sale the same day, although it’s widely expected that they and other touchy feel new PC hybrids will be.

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Microsoft unveils Surface Windows 8 tablets

In our post on 16th June, quoting Daily Mail we announced that speculation was rising that Microsoft would formally introduce the Windows Tablet next Monday - with the tech giant holding a mysterious event in San Francisco.

Now that big announcement has come: Microsoft has unveiled Surface - its own-brand family of tablets.

The touchscreen computers will be powered by its upcoming Windows 8 system and contain a choice of an Intel or ARM-based processor.

It allows the firm to challenge Apple's bestselling iPad with a device that can run standard applications such as its own Office programs and Photoshop.

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MICROSOFT: Steven Sinofsky Is The Heir Apparent

News is that Steve Ballmer had just promoted Sinofsky to President — a title that Ballmer himself held for three years before becoming CEO. 

Unless Windows 8 is a failure, Steven Sinofsky will be the next CEO of the company.

Microsoft's first consumer preview of Windows 8, something Steven Sinofsky has worked hard to produce, will give everybody a chance to see how it looks and works. Based on early demonstrations so far, it will be exactly what was promised — a completely different and much more approachable version of Windows. And it will come out exactly on time, later this year. 

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Windows 8 Consumer Preview Event Set for Feb. 29

Microsoft chose a special day — Leap Day — for its special event: the official unveiling of the Windows 8 Consumer Preview. 

There were virtually no details beyond the invite, but it’s expected Microsoft will open Windows 8 downloads to consumers who will be able to install and preview the new OS on current hardware.

"The event is scheduled to last two hours, which means we should get a complete rundown of all the differences between the Developer and Consumer builds, the ecosystem Microsoft wants to build around the Metro interface platform and, finally, see some new hardware running Windows 8", reports Mashable

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Microsoft Confirms Windows 8 Public Beta Release Date

[ Chip Hazard ] 7 Dec

Microsoft today in San Francisco has finally confirmed the release date of Windows 8 Public Beta for Late February 2012.

There had been previously many rumors around the web and now those rumors came out to be true. Although the Windows 8 Developer  Beta has already reached over three million downloads, the Public beta is a whole different thing as the Public Beta is considered to be very close to the final version of the OS.

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Microsoft’s IE10 preview offers peak at Internet Explorer in Windows 8

The Telegraph 1 Dec

Microsoft has released its latest preview of Internet Explorer, showing IE10’s new features in Windows 8. The new software will provide software developers with the tools to build web applications that will shape the future of the internet, Microsoft claims.

In a blog post by Rob Mauceri, program manager of the IE group, Microsoft said that the new software would offer improved support for files and other raw data, via JavaScript typed arrays, and better HTML5 video features. This would allow developers to link to specific points in videos, for instance.

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