Its hard to not know about Xbox but one thing you may not know about it is that you can use your Xbox Controller with Windows PCs (if you have a wireless controller you will need one of the Windows PC wireless receivers). What makes this even better is you arn’t limited to using it with Windows 8 but also… Read more
Tag: Microsoft Surface
Microsoft Surface RT – Drive Encryption
Encryption still seems to be a bit of a dirty word in the world of IT – all to often we hear about a notebook PC being stolen and that it had unencrypted data on it. Luckily the Microsoft Surface RT comes with encryption built in right out of the box and to make things even better it Uses the… Read more
Microsoft Surface RT – Printing
Lets all face it we don’t live in the paperless office…yet…and from time to time you will find a need to print something. With most modern tablets printing maybe an issue, maybe you will be lucky have you have the latest HP printer next to you with Apple AirPrint (to see the rather short list click here) but if you are… Read more
Microsoft Surface RT – PowerPoint
In this video I look at how you can run a full PowerPoint presentation from your Microsoft Surface RT tablet PC. The key thing about Windows RT over other mobile operating systems is the inclusion of a full version of Office 2013 which includes Word, Excel and PowerPoint. This means if you go to present a PowerPoint that you made… Read more
Microsoft Surface RT – Intro
As you may have taken from the photo above I did indeed get a Microsoft Surface RT in the end! That’s my surface and I sitting in Heathrow T5 waiting to head out for the weekend, this is also me using the tethering on my Windows Phone 7 to get to the internet to type up the post I am… Read more
The one possible failing of Surface – No 3G or 4G (as far as we know)
Please Note – Microsoft have now confirmed that there will not be 3G/4G in the Surface through the complete specs which can be seen here. As the momentum builds for a midnight release of the Microsoft Surface (thanks to the Reg) Microsoft are still keeping very quiet about a lot of key things – most notably will it have a 3G/4G connectivity. Even… Read more
Microsoft Surface (Windows 8 Tablets) First Impressions
Unless you have had your head buried in the sand for the past few days you will know that Microsoft has showcased their take on Windows 8 tablet PCs. Dubbed Microsoft Surface (the big table surface has been renamed PixelSense) this new family of tablets comes in a ARM processor based version (aimed at the day to day consumer) and… Read more