The new Microsoft Surface Pro will be released in one week in the UK. Microsoft's tablet/laptop gadget is finally going to be released in the UK on May 23, months after its US release. It is the company's most powerful tablet to-date, boasting 4GB RAM, an Intel Core i5 third-generation processor, and a large HD 10.6in screen. One major boon for this tablet is (unlike most Microsoft tablets), the computers runs a full version of Windows 8 rather than Windows RT. However, the UK retail version does not come included with the iconic keyboard that clips on to the device, rather that is sold separately for an additional £110 (approximately $168). The computer does, however, come with the "pen digitizer and pen" stylus for accurate writing or drawing....

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In the light of yesterday’s well-received unveiling of the new Nokia Lumia 925 flagship phone, we grabbed 15 minutes with Nokia’s VP of European Sales and Marketing, Chris Weber, and asked him where Nokia’s future lies. His response? Unequivocally in “the Windows Phone camp”. But why has the Finnish mobile giant so recklessly thrown all its eggs into a basket lined with the most derided of operating systems when its very survival is in question? Simply it seems because everyone at Nokia, from developers to execs, is convinced the Windows ecosystem offers the most coherent and future proof service for customers....

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It’s not that long since Microsoft and Windows defined all aspects of computing. In the days when every computer was a functional, beige box sitting underneath a bulky monitor, what this Seattle-based company wanted was what consumers and businesses got the world over. When Microsoft decided that the best way to access software was via a mouse, even though they hadn’t invented it, that was what the world got. When the same company decided that a menu called “Start” was the place to go to find anything on your PC, and also, oddly, the place to go to shut down your computer, that was that....

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Lots of rumors and speculation circulating today that Microsoft has a smaller variant of the Surface – let's call it the Surface Mini until further notice – in the pipeline, and there's been a lot of focus on what screen size this mythical device will have. But it's not screen size that will determine whether the Surface Mini sinks or swims. The general chit-chat hints that the Surface Mini will have a screen size of between 7.5- and 8-inches, putting it in the same ball park as Apple's iPad mini, and a smidgen bigger than Google's Nexus 7 and Amazon's Kindle Fire HD....

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