Microsoft last night announced the Lumia 640 (pictured above) and the Lumia 640 XL, two new mid-to-low end handsets powered by Windows Phones 8.1. The Lumia 640 is a 5-inch device boasting a 720p screen, a 1.2Ghz quad-core Snapdragon 400 processor, 1GB of RAM, 8GB of expandable storage and a…
Microsoft today announced the Australian availability of the Lumia 435 and Lumia 532, two new entry level Windows Phone 8.1 devices. The Lumia 435 (pictured above) will retail for AUD$129 and is Microsoft‘s cheapest smartphone launched locally to date (excluding sales). The budget handset is a dual-SIM device boasting a…
…targeting Lenovo users is an internet-wide threat. Wood stressed that the Superfish threat is currently active and exploitable. “[Superfish] is exploitable right now, it’s not something that could happen in the future,” said Wood. UPDATE: Microsoft has released an update for Windows Defender that can completely remove Superfish. To ensure…
…are translated from the real world to the game almost perfectly. As you progress, the zombies get faster and there’s more of them; it can get overwhelming fast. To be honest, the gameplay itself isn’t that different from what the Wii or Microsoft‘s Kinect allows, but you actually have to…
Microsoft today announced that its iOS versions of Word, Excel and PowerPoint are now compatible with Apple’s iCloud storage solution. The updated apps enable iPhone and iPad owners to open, edit and save documents to iCloud rather than to OneDrive or Dropbox, which was also recently integrated with the mobile…
…whether it’s your laptop, tablet, smartphone, TV – can be voice controlled. One day it will probably be your fridge and microwave. Samsung has a number of TVs on the market that allow advanced rich, voice control in the same way Apple has with Siri or Microsoft has with Cortana….
Microsoft last night announced that it will be developing a free version of Windows 10 designed to run on the newly announced Raspberry Pi 2, a USD$35 micro-computer built for enthusiasts. The Raspberry Pi 2 is a bare-bones miniature computer (quite literally, it doesn’t even have a case) with a…
…phones running Microsoft‘s operating system fell by 0.6% to a round 3%. In its latest quarterly earnings call, Microsoft reported a phone hardware revenue of USD$2.3 billion, with 10.5 million Lumia devices sold in the three months ending December 31. This growth was spurred on Microsoft‘s lower-end, affordable smartphones. Total…
The Wall Street Journal today reported that Microsoft is looking at investing USD$70 million in rogue Android start-up Cyanogen. Cyanogen is the developer of CyanogenMod, an alternate version of the Android operating system designed to be truly open source. The Wall Street Journal today reported that Microsoft is looking at investing USD$70…
Microsoft last night launched Outlook for iOS and Android, a standalone email client for mobile operating systems. The app itself is a rebranded version of Acompli, a critically acclaimed mobile email client that Microsoft acquired in December of last year. At present, Outlook’s functionality is identical to Acompli; the only…
Microsoft last night announced that the Office suite is now available as a free download for Android tablets. Touch optimised versions of Word, Excel and PowerPoint are all live on the Google Play store and compatible with tablets a screen size between 7 and 10.1-inches. Devices with larger screens require…
…also allow users to stream live TV across their home network to compatible smartphones and tablets running the Xbox One SmartGlass App. The Xbox One Digital TV Tuner is currently available for pre-order via the Microsoft Store for AUD$39.95. It is currently scheduled for release on the 25th of March….