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Microsoft, Intel at odds over Windows 8

Microsoft and Intel have appeared in public as partners until recently, when Microsoft rebutted comments made by a top Intel executive regarding Windows 8. There are few details surrounding the next installment of Microsoft’s operating system. But Intel senior vice president Renee James hinted on Tuesday that there will be four versions of Windows 8 running on the ARM processor. These versions, she said, will not support legacy software and applications.
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Dell Profit View Raised At Barclays

Barclays Capital has increased its profit forecast for PC maker Dell, given prospects for higher gross margins, partially offset by lower revenues.

Windows 8 has no room for ARM legacy apps, says Intel

Intel’s general manager of software and service Renee James is not worried at the fact that Windows 8 will be available for ARM-based PC because it will not run legacy applications. Windows 8 for Intel’s x86 will.

Nokia ties up with Microsoft, set to embrace Bing

Finnish mobile maker Nokia will introduce a new ‘Search’ feature on its mobile phones which will allow users to locate a particular place at just a click, a report in the Nokia official blog said.
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Fable III PC version released by Lionhead

Lionhead Studios released the much-awaited PC version of Fable III on Tuesday, which is the third game in the Fable series of action role-playing game. The game has been published by Microsoft Game Studios for Microsoft Windows and Xbox 360 platforms. The PC version, for the first time, will come with a Hardcore mode and 3D functionality which is not found in the Xbox 360 version.
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Social network Viadeo shelves IPO plan

Viadeo, the world's second-biggest social network for professionals behind LinkedIn, is deferring a plan for an initial public offering , preferring instead to focus on growth in emerging markets, its chief executive said.

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