http://www.gizmodo.co.uk Wed, 22 May 2013 12:15:44 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/04/windows-8-tablets-now-own-7-4-per-cent-of-the-tab-market/ http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/04/windows-8-tablets-now-own-7-4-per-cent-of-the-tab-market/#comments Fri, 26 Apr 2013 12:15:11 +0000 Gary Cutlack http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/?p=161267 Microsoft’s Windows 8 and RT tablets have seemingly got off to a bit of a flyer, with number crunchers estimating Windows is now the OS on 7.4 per cent of all portable tabs. Not a bad beginning given the fashionable and cheap Apple and Android onslaught. The data, released by Strategy Analytics, claims Microsoft has gone [...]]]> http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/04/windows-8-tablets-now-own-7-4-per-cent-of-the-tab-market/feed/ 6 http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/04/wsj-microsoft-is-working-on-a-7-inch-surface/ http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/04/wsj-microsoft-is-working-on-a-7-inch-surface/#comments Thu, 11 Apr 2013 08:00:07 +0000 Jamie Condliffe http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/?p=157031 The Wall Street Journal is reporting that Microsoft is currently developing a new line of Surface tablets, including a 7-inch version, which should go into mass production later this year. According to ”people familiar with the company’s plans”, a seven-incher wasn’t originally part of Microsoft’s scheming, but the rise of the Nexus 7 and iPad Mini have, [...]]]> http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/04/wsj-microsoft-is-working-on-a-7-inch-surface/feed/ 10 http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/03/the-surface-pro-is-coming-to-the-uk-soon-probably/ http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/03/the-surface-pro-is-coming-to-the-uk-soon-probably/#comments Fri, 01 Mar 2013 11:15:41 +0000 Sam Gibbs http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/?p=146939 For those of you waiting to get your grubby mitts on the full-blooded Windows 8 version of Microsoft’s tablet revolution, we have good news. The Surface Pro is coming to the UK soon, possibly even by the end of March, maybe. Thanks Microsoft, but it’d be nice to have a firm date, you know, so [...]]]> http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/03/the-surface-pro-is-coming-to-the-uk-soon-probably/feed/ 9 http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/02/the-microsoft-surface-pro-running-os-x-must-have-steve-jobs-turning-in-his-grave/ http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/02/the-microsoft-surface-pro-running-os-x-must-have-steve-jobs-turning-in-his-grave/#comments Tue, 19 Feb 2013 09:30:21 +0000 Sam Gibbs http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/?p=144157 It’s just a more-or-less just a standard PC in a tablet frame, so of course the Surface Pro can probably run OS X — almost any modern X86-based PC can these days. But should you run OS X on the Microsoft Surface Pro? One intrepid hackintosher seemingly decided to give it a whirl. Now, this [...]]]> http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/02/the-microsoft-surface-pro-running-os-x-must-have-steve-jobs-turning-in-his-grave/feed/ 11 http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/02/microsoft-should-have-made-a-laptop/ http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/02/microsoft-should-have-made-a-laptop/#comments Thu, 07 Feb 2013 09:00:50 +0000 Kyle Wagner http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/?p=141283 Whatever you think about Microsoft’s Surface Pro, it’s impossible to deny its beautiful design, and the quality of the the tech behind it. It’s a siren, luring you into an oddly metaphored whirlpool of unsure typing. I’ve been using it for close to two weeks now, and the entire time I couldn’t escape one feeling: [...]]]> http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/02/microsoft-should-have-made-a-laptop/feed/ 21 http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/02/microsoft-surface-pro-review-too-much-future/ http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/02/microsoft-surface-pro-review-too-much-future/#comments Wed, 06 Feb 2013 09:30:59 +0000 Kyle Wagner http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/?p=141022 The Microsoft Surface was the biggest new tech of 2012. Its first iteration — Surface RT, a confusingly named and marketed tablet-with-a-keyboard — bombed. Pretty hard. So why believe in the full-powered Surface Pro? Simple. It’s a braver and more divergent take on the laptop-tablet convergence than anyone else has risked so far. But while [...]]]> http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/02/microsoft-surface-pro-review-too-much-future/feed/ 29 http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/01/128gb-surface-pro-only-offers-83gb-of-usable-space/ http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/01/128gb-surface-pro-only-offers-83gb-of-usable-space/#comments Tue, 29 Jan 2013 11:30:05 +0000 Gary Cutlack http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/?p=139037 The standard Windows 8 Surface tablets came in for some stick, thanks to the Windows files eating up 13GB of hard drive space. That’s nothing compared to Windows 8 Pro, which requires an astonishing 45GB of the Surface Pro’s disk space for its files. The numbers, obtained from Microsoft by Softpedia, would make an absolute [...]]]> http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/01/128gb-surface-pro-only-offers-83gb-of-usable-space/feed/ 35 http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/01/microsofts-got-a-fix-coming-for-borked-surface-rts-but-not-till-february/ http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/01/microsofts-got-a-fix-coming-for-borked-surface-rts-but-not-till-february/#comments Thu, 24 Jan 2013 13:15:22 +0000 Sam Gibbs http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/?p=137984 Microsoft has acknowledged that it’s managed to screw up a Windows RT update right-royally on the Surface RT, and it promises it’s going to fix it, as you’d expect. Thing is, you’ll have to hold out till February and update via the, errr, broken Windows Update. Hmm, this might be tricky. [ZDnet] Image credit: Error from Shutterstock]]> http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/01/microsofts-got-a-fix-coming-for-borked-surface-rts-but-not-till-february/feed/ 2 http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/01/microsofts-new-xbox-will-be-accompanied-by-x-surface-gaming-tablet/ http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/01/microsofts-new-xbox-will-be-accompanied-by-x-surface-gaming-tablet/#comments Wed, 23 Jan 2013 12:15:15 +0000 Gary Cutlack http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/?p=137563 Two rather large new rumours have popped out concerning Microsoft’s next-gen home console. The first concerns the machine’s name, which is apparently going to be just “Xbox” — akin to Apple’s “new iPad” naming move. The other rumour is significantly more bonkers, suggesting a standalone gaming tablet known as X-Surface will accompany the home console. [...]]]> http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/01/microsofts-new-xbox-will-be-accompanied-by-x-surface-gaming-tablet/feed/ 38 http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/01/how-much-would-you-actually-pay-for-microsofts-surface-pro/ http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/01/how-much-would-you-actually-pay-for-microsofts-surface-pro/#comments Wed, 23 Jan 2013 09:45:57 +0000 Sam Gibbs http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/?p=137533 Microsoft’s finally announced release dates and prices for the Surface Pro with full-blown Windows 8 for the US and Canada. Sadly, the UK’s fat out of luck for the time being, and the prices? Well, let’s just say it’s not going to come cheap. But how much is too much, for an all-singing, all-dancing Microsoft-made [...]]]> http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/01/how-much-would-you-actually-pay-for-microsofts-surface-pro/feed/ 59 http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/01/is-your-microsoft-surface-rt-borked-a-little-since-the-last-update/ http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/01/is-your-microsoft-surface-rt-borked-a-little-since-the-last-update/#comments Tue, 22 Jan 2013 11:00:58 +0000 Sam Gibbs http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/?p=137243 It seems despite knowing precisely what hardware Microsoft’s got to install its stuff on, it’s still not managed to iron out its notoriously buggy Windows update. Surface RT users are complaining the last Windows update has borked their tablets. Any Surface owners having issues? Basically, quite a few people have been complaining that not only [...]]]> http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/01/is-your-microsoft-surface-rt-borked-a-little-since-the-last-update/feed/ 15 http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/01/microsoft-sticking-xbox-live-arcade-games-on-windows-8/ http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/01/microsoft-sticking-xbox-live-arcade-games-on-windows-8/#comments Wed, 16 Jan 2013 15:15:29 +0000 Gary Cutlack http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/?p=135781 Microsoft’s gaming studio has implemented one of our wildest, most futuristic and joined-up tech dreams, by bringing a select few Xbox Live Arcade games to Windows 8 as part of its PLAY conversion attempt. The current list of compatible titles is a bit poor, with only 15 games currently down as Windows 8 ready, and [...]]]> http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/01/microsoft-sticking-xbox-live-arcade-games-on-windows-8/feed/ 5 http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/01/surface-rt-jailbreak-gets-the-thumbs-up-from-microsoft/ http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/01/surface-rt-jailbreak-gets-the-thumbs-up-from-microsoft/#comments Mon, 14 Jan 2013 16:45:42 +0000 Sam Gibbs http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/?p=135094 Way to go Microsoft; this is the way to keep hackers onside. It’s looked at the Surface jailbreak for Windows RT that lets you run unsigned, homebrew apps, and has declared it safe. Windows RT homebrew is go. In fact, Microsoft went as far to say that: “We continue to appreciate the work of researchers” [...]]]> http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/01/surface-rt-jailbreak-gets-the-thumbs-up-from-microsoft/feed/ 11 http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/01/speed-up-the-microsoft-surface-rt-with-one-tiny-hack/ http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/01/speed-up-the-microsoft-surface-rt-with-one-tiny-hack/#comments Mon, 14 Jan 2013 10:15:18 +0000 Sam Gibbs http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/?p=134897 Now that hackers have sunk their teeth well and truly into the Microsoft Surface RT, loads of things are being probed, including lag. Apparently, with a tiny registry edit, you can speed up the Surface RT no end and eliminate touch lag. Here’s how. Simply put, for some reason Microsoft’s built in some lag or [...]]]> http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/01/speed-up-the-microsoft-surface-rt-with-one-tiny-hack/feed/ 5 http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/01/microsoft-surface-gets-jailbroken-only-to-run-mac-os/ http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/01/microsoft-surface-gets-jailbroken-only-to-run-mac-os/#comments Fri, 11 Jan 2013 16:45:25 +0000 Sam Gibbs http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/?p=134555 Microsoft’s iron grip over what can and can’t run on the Surface RT has been broken. Now you can turn the Surface into the iPad we’ve always wanted, running full-blown Mac OS. Well, that’s technically an experimental version of Mac OS called Rhapsody, which was pushed out way back in 1997, running in an emulator. But hell, [...]]]> http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/01/microsoft-surface-gets-jailbroken-only-to-run-mac-os/feed/ 11 http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/01/microsoft-surface-pro-hands-on-this-is-what-it-should-have-been-all-along/ http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/01/microsoft-surface-pro-hands-on-this-is-what-it-should-have-been-all-along/#comments Thu, 10 Jan 2013 01:30:45 +0000 Sam Biddle http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/?p=134028 Surface RT was an enormous letdown—not because it was bad, but because it could have been so, so good. But Microsoft brought the Pro version to Vegas and let us play—and I couldn’t be happier. To be blunt, Surface Pro makes RT look like a mistake. Surface RT was a mistake—but fortunately for Microsoft (and [...]]]> http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/01/microsoft-surface-pro-hands-on-this-is-what-it-should-have-been-all-along/feed/ 50 http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/01/dropbox-is-finally-on-windows-8-modern-ui/ http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/01/dropbox-is-finally-on-windows-8-modern-ui/#comments Mon, 07 Jan 2013 10:15:18 +0000 Sam Gibbs http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/?p=132812 Hooray, the Microsoft Surface just got slightly more useful. A Dropbox app for Windows 8′s Metro modern UI is finally available. If you’ve got true Win 8 on your machine, I’m guessing you’ve already got the x86 Windows Dropbox app, but now you can have two. Awesome? [Windows Store]]]> http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/01/dropbox-is-finally-on-windows-8-modern-ui/feed/ 4 http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/01/rumour-the-surface-pro-will-arrive-on-january-29th/ http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/01/rumour-the-surface-pro-will-arrive-on-january-29th/#comments Fri, 04 Jan 2013 11:45:08 +0000 Sam Gibbs http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/?p=132205 Those waiting to see if the Surface Pro is any better than the Surface RT won’t have long to wait. According to ‘sources close to Redmond’, it should show its head on January 29th and be on sale before February. Shame the Touch Cover will still be an extra 100 smackers. [Softpedia via Neowin]]]> http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/01/rumour-the-surface-pro-will-arrive-on-january-29th/feed/ 1 http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/01/the-biggest-tech-disappointments-of-2012/ http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/01/the-biggest-tech-disappointments-of-2012/#comments Wed, 02 Jan 2013 15:00:48 +0000 Sam Biddle http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/?p=129431 Lots of fun, good, and exciting things happened in our world this year. But there were still so many things that could’ve been truly great, but flopped. Broken promises. Awful gadgets. Here’s what broke Giz’s heart in 2012. Microsoft Surface RT Surface is a bundle of terrific, brave ideas about what a computer should be, [...]]]> http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/01/the-biggest-tech-disappointments-of-2012/feed/ 31 http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2012/12/report-nokias-windows-rt-tablet-will-have-a-surface-like-keyboard-cover/ http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2012/12/report-nokias-windows-rt-tablet-will-have-a-surface-like-keyboard-cover/#comments Mon, 24 Dec 2012 15:45:07 +0000 Brian Barrett http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/?p=130356 According to a report from The Verge, Nokia’s going to out its own Windows RT tablet early next year. That’s fine; it would be weirder if it didn’t. But what’s a little less expected is that the company’s elves are hard at work on creating a keyboard cover of their very own. Rather than clopping [...]]]> http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2012/12/report-nokias-windows-rt-tablet-will-have-a-surface-like-keyboard-cover/feed/ 0