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Microsoft wants OEMs to build proper USB Type-C notification support in Windows 11

Usama Jawad — Sat, 30 Aug 2025 04:30:01 +0000

Microsoft wants OEMs to utilize the robust notification mechanism for USB Type-C connectivity in Windows 11, and has some guidance for them. Read more...

Samsung and Apple working on new battery tech to compete with Chinese OEMs

Sagar Naresh Bhavsar — Fri, 03 Jan 2025 14:14:01 +0000

Samsung and Apple are tipped to be developing new battery technologies to enhance their devices' battery capacities, in response to Chinese OEMs. Read more...

System76 launches the Thelio Spark with a limited time $100 off deal

Paul Hill — Thu, 12 Oct 2023 10:52:01 +0000

System76 has unveiled the Thelio Spark desktop. It is the company's cheapest desktop computer at $999. If you buy soon, you can get $100 knocked off whatever variant you decide to buy. Read more...

System76 unveils the Galago Pro ultraportable laptop starting at $999

Paul Hill — Fri, 02 Jun 2023 06:48:01 +0000

System76, the OEM that focuses on open-source computing, has refreshed the Galago Pro with a move to Intel H-class processors. Prices for the laptop start at $999 but customizations will push this up. Read more...

Google loses antitrust appeal in EU court, will have to pay record €4.1 billion fine

Usama Jawad — Wed, 14 Sep 2022 10:26:01 +0000

Google has lost its appeal in the EU General Court for a case that required it to pay a €4.34 billion fine. Although this fine has been slightly reduced now, it is still its biggest penalty in the EU. Read more...

PowerVault ME5 is Dell's new "gold standard" for entry storage, starting at $12,000

Fiza Ali — Wed, 23 Feb 2022 21:12:01 +0000

Dell's latest "gold standard" for entry storage provides enhanced management simplicity over PowerVault ME4. Dell PowerVault ME5 with valid configurations is available starting at $12,000. Read more...

Microsoft's new Windows 11 device portfolio is now available to order, starting at $249

Fiza Ali — Tue, 18 Jan 2022 20:46:01 +0000

The new Windows 11 device portfolio for education includes the Surface Laptop SE, Windows 11 Pro EDU, and Windows 11 SE devices, and is available to order via education channels, starting at $249. Read more...

Intel has started shipping Alder Lake-P to laptop manufacturers

Karthik Mudaliar — Tue, 23 Nov 2021 17:32:01 +0000

Intel has started shipping its upcoming Alder Lake-P processors to OEMs for integrating them into laptops. The company is also expected to officially launch the chip early next year. Read more...

What is Third-Party Maintenance in the Data Center? - Free Article

News Staff — Fri, 14 Aug 2020 20:30:01 +0000

With this free to claim article, you'll learn how third-party maintenance ultimately gives you more control, both over your equipment life cycle and your IT budget. Get now before the offer expires! Read more...

Microsoft advises partners on how to sell Windows 10 S and Pro

Usama Jawad — Thu, 20 Jul 2017 07:02:01 +0000

At an Inspire 2017 session last week, Microsoft provided updated guidance to OEMs, partners, and resellers on how they should sell Windows 10 Pro and S; by 'lighting up' their services. Read more...

Amazon makes Echo reference design available to third-party device makers

Florin Bodnarescu — Thu, 13 Apr 2017 16:22:01 +0000

Amazon has unveiled its Alexa 7-Mic Far-Field Dev Kit, which includes the seven microphone array and voice technology from its Echo smart speaker. It is available to OEMs via an invite-only system. Read more...

OEMs won't be able to sell PCs with Windows 7 or 8.1 starting November

Paul Hill — Sat, 01 Oct 2016 07:36:01 +0000

This November will see big OEMs stop releasing new PCs with Windows 7 or Windows 8.1 pre-installed. There are a few ways to get machines with old versions of Windows though, here's a few. Read more...

HTC might be bringing its Sense skins to all Android phones, with Sense Home 8

Vlad Dudau — Thu, 23 Jun 2016 09:16:01 +0000

HTC's Sense Android skin and features might soon be available on many more Android phones. The company seems to be planning to launch the Sense Home 8 app to everyone on the Google Play store. Read more...

Google once again tries to put pressure on OEMs and carriers to update Android phones

Vlad Dudau — Wed, 25 May 2016 13:36:01 +0000

Google is once again trying to put pressure on OEMs and carriers to make sure users get the latest Android updates. But its efforts may be in vain thanks to fundamentally opposite business models. Read more...

Microsoft apps now preloaded on 74 Android OEMs, with Acer signing new agreement

John Devon — Thu, 11 Feb 2016 08:10:01 +0000

Microsoft continues its quest to leverage its patent position, with Acer joining Samsung, ASUS, Dell and Sony in preloading Skype, OneDrive and the Office suite on Android. Read more...

Microsoft tells OEMs to stop offering Windows 7/8.1 devices by Oct 31 next year

Muhammad Jarir Kanji — Tue, 03 Nov 2015 12:26:01 +0000

Microsoft has updated its Windows Lifecycle Fact Sheet to indicate that OEMs have only a year more left before they starting clearing inventory of machines with Windows 7/8.1 pre-installed. Read more...

Apple reportedly places record breaking order for iPhone 6s

Shreyas Gandhe — Thu, 09 Jul 2015 23:42:01 +0000

Apple is expected to launch the iPhone 6s in September and a report has revealed that the company is anticipating a very high demand for these devices and has placed a record order with manufacturers. Read more...

Windows 10 will be completed this week

Brad Sams — Mon, 06 Jul 2015 11:37:36 +0000

Microsoft is in the final stages of completing Windows 10 and it is expected that this week, the company will sign off the OS and begin shipping the bits to retail partners. Read more...

Microsoft shows OEMs how to market Windows 10; talks features and SKUs

Vlad Dudau — Wed, 10 Jun 2015 10:06:01 +0000

Microsoft is talking to partners, touting the benefits of Windows 10 and showing the operating system's defining features and selling points for regular users, small business and the enterprise. Read more...

Acer returns to the Windows Phone fray with an entry-level device

Usama Jawad — Sun, 01 Mar 2015 11:08:46 +0000

At Mobile World Congress 2015 today, Acer has finally revealed its first Windows Phone device in four years. Running Windows Phone 8.1, the Liquid M220 is also upgradable to Windows 10 for Phones. Read more...

Microsoft finally offers Windows 7 ISO downloads

Vlad Dudau — Thu, 26 Feb 2015 13:08:01 +0000

After many years since it originally launched, Microsoft is finally offering users a way to legally download a digital copy of the Windows 7 install disc. Of course, users will still need a license. Read more...

Microsoft Windows 8.1 OEM pricing revealed by partner site

Adrian Potoroaca — Tue, 20 Jan 2015 02:36:01 +0000

Microsoft has been very quiet about the pricing of Windows 10, but a recent document published on a partner site reveals how much money the Redmond giant makes from licensing Windows 8.1 to OEMs. Read more...

The clock on most Windows 7 OEM sales runs out this week, HP and Dell still pushing it

Brad Sams — Mon, 27 Oct 2014 14:58:01 +0000

At the end of this month, manufacturers will no longer be able to buy licenses from Microsoft for Windows 7 which means that the OS will start to disappear quickly from their websites. Read more...

Microsoft: Free Windows licensing brought 50 new phone and tablet partners

Vlad Dudau — Wed, 01 Oct 2014 11:46:09 +0000

Talking about the new licensing model Microsoft has implemented, Terry Myerson explained that it has been a success with 50 new partners signing up to build tablets and Windows Phone devices. Read more...

Sony estimates $2.14bn loss for smartphone business

Vlad Dudau — Wed, 17 Sep 2014 08:05:34 +0000

Sony is struggling with its smartphone business thanks to stiff competition from Apple and Samsung, and plans to focus on its higher-end devices, while reducing its mid-range line-up. Read more...

Huawei drops Windows Phone citing lack of profit

Vlad Dudau — Tue, 26 Aug 2014 11:21:01 +0000

Huawei has dropped support for Windows Phone. The company cites profitability as the main issue, but this comes amid continued tensions between Microsoft and the Chinese government. Read more...

Microsoft unveils new Windows devices

Vlad Dudau — Wed, 04 Jun 2014 08:38:06 +0000

On stage at Computex, Microsoft showed off a number of recently launched Windows devices as well as some we hadn't seen before. Among these a HP 2-in-1 device and a 7-inch tablet from Toshiba. Read more...

TechSpot: AMD Beema and Mullins Low-Power APU Preview

Julio Franco — Tue, 29 Apr 2014 07:44:07 +0000

Low power computing is an extremely important market for chipset and device manufacturers alike. ARM has already established itself in this area and their products and derivatives from manufacturers like Qualcomm are nearly universally found... Read more...

Windows Phone 'glitch' allows you to uninstall OEM apps

Brad Sams — Mon, 28 Apr 2014 16:35:52 +0000

If you have a Windows Phone device and want to uninstall an OEM app, follow the directions in this post and you will be prompted to remove the app that otherwise you couldn't uninstall. Read more...

Microsoft launches Windows Phone OEM portal to help expand hardware partners

John Callaham — Tue, 15 Apr 2014 20:33:35 +0000

Microsoft has launched a new Windows Phone OEM portal website, designed to help companies who might be interested in building and selling their own devies with the mobile OS. Read more...

Confirmed: Microsoft to cut the cost of Windows 8.1 for low-end devices

Brad Sams — Sun, 23 Feb 2014 16:17:11 +0000

Microsoft, if you read between the lines, has confirmed that they will be cutting the cost of Windows 8.1 for lower end devices which will help lower the floor on tablet pricing. Read more...

Microsoft slashes Windows 8.1 pricing 70% to make way for cheaper devices

Brad Sams — Sat, 22 Feb 2014 01:35:32 +0000

Microsoft has reportedly slashed the pricing of Windows 8.1 devices for products under the $250 price point to make way for even cheaper devices for OEMs which is a massive cut in the price. Read more...

Report: Android is open source but Google's apps have to be licensed

John Callaham — Thu, 13 Feb 2014 17:50:51 +0000

A recently revealed document showing the Android OEM agreements show that while the OS itself is open sourced, Google licenses its apps like Google Maps, Google Play and more to device makers. Read more...

Microsoft's Windows OEM revenues dropped 7 percent, but that's good news

John Callaham — Fri, 25 Oct 2013 07:22:25 +0000

Microsoft said that Windows revenues from its OEM partners went down by 7 percent in its last quarter, but that number is actually better than expected thanks to higher PC sales for businesses. Read more...

OEMs to receive another Windows 8.1 build this week

Brad Sams — Wed, 21 Aug 2013 13:20:50 +0000

OEMs will be receiving another build from Microsoft this week that will be the last of the pre-RTM bits to be sent outside the walls of Microsoft and could be the next build to leak. Read more...

Rumor: Windows 8.1 gone RTM with hand over to OEMs on August 16th

John Callaham — Thu, 18 Jul 2013 15:59:27 +0000

A rumor "from Russia with love" claims that Microsoft has now signed off on the final RTM version of Windows 8.1 and plans to offer the OS update to its many OEM partners on August 16th. Read more...

The new Windows Phone 8 manufacturer... that you've probably never heard of

Andy Weir — Tue, 09 Jul 2013 16:23:02 +0000

A new company is soon to join the (pretty exclusive) club of manufacturers building Windows Phone 8 devices - but in most parts of the world, there's a good chance you'll never have heard of Micromax. Read more...

Microsoft cuts Windows licensing costs for OEMs

Tim Schiesser — Thu, 06 Jun 2013 02:20:16 +0000

At Computex 2013, Nick Parker of Microsoft's OEM division has confirmed that the licensing costs for Windows 8 and Windows RT have been cut for hardware partners building smaller (7-to-9-inch) tablets Read more...

Windows 8.1 build 9391 Developer Preview reportedly being distributed to OEMs

Max Slater-Robins — Fri, 10 May 2013 18:09:42 +0000

Windows 8.1 build 9391 has reportedly shipped to OEMs ahead of a public preview at Build 2013 conference. Little is known about build 9391, except that it may be the version that is unveiled in June. Read more...

Microsoft will make $3.4 billion from Android in 2013

Max Slater-Robins — Thu, 09 May 2013 20:40:59 +0000

Through a royalties deal with Samsung, HTC, LG and more, Microsoft are making an estimated $8 from every Android device sold, putting revenue in 2013 at $3.4b. This could increase to $9b in 2017. Read more...