Microsoft, SpaceX, LG Nexus, and more - 90 Seconds on The Verge: Wednesday, October 10, 2012
Microsoft, SpaceX, LG Nexus, and more - 90 Seconds on The Verge: Wednesday, October 10, 2012
2012-10-10
Wednesday October 10 2012 I'm adi
robertson and you're about to be
captured and docked for 90 seconds on
the verge Lenovo's super flexible
ideapad yoga will launch october 26th
alongside windows 8 the 13 inch premium
ultrabook is just 17 millimeters thick
and starts at around eleven hundred
dollars an 11 inch version using Windows
RT will launch in December starting at
seven hundred ninety nine dollars the
SpaceX Dragon has successfully docked at
the International Space Station this
backs the first-ever resupply mission by
a private company and follows the
dragons first is s test mission earlier
this year as part of space exes contract
with NASA at least 11 more flights a
plan Microsoft is long flirted with
making hardware but now it's official
the company's future will be in both
services and devices in a letter to
shareholders CEO Steve Ballmer said that
the company would continue to build
quote specific devices for specific
purposes that so far includes the Xbox
console and new surface tablet launching
later this month Ballmer reaffirmed that
Microsoft would continue to work with
its partners on PCs tablets and phones
because this the company's new era
sources tell the verge that a surface
phone has also been considered but
wouldn't debut until next year at the
earliest a new google nexus handset from
LG could be announced on october 29
that's according to French newspaper Le
Figaro numerous reports have suggested
the device will be based on the Optimus
G and would launch later this year
October 29th is also when Microsoft is
planning a windows phone 8 event it's
going to be one hell of a busy day and
that's it for today's top stories tune
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