Microsoft's Surface Tablet Could Repel OEMs

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Microsoft may be jumping the gun, though. If they are planning to beat out the iPad, apps are going to be essential. And according to the report they filed, they’re currently an area the company struggles in.

Microsoft still has a little over two months until the Surface tablet hits shelves, so hopefully it’ll be able to work on attracting developers and making sure all signs point to a successful launch.

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Friday Recap: Apple Staff Get Mountain Lion, Acorn Going Retina, Surface Wi-Fi

Just because Apple blessed us with a Retina Display-enhanced MacBook Pro this month, that doesn't mean every Mac is going to get them right away. That's the word on the street for this lazy Friday in late June, with a week left to go before the clock turns to July and we begin the wait for OS X Mountain Lion. In the meantime, take in some tech news for this fine Friday, June 22, 2012.

Apple Enlists Retail Staff for Final OS X Mountain Lion Beta Testing

It's been quite a week for Apple retail employees, with reports surfacing of pay raises, the company's new discount program and now this: According to 9to5Mac, Apple Genius Bar and Creatives have been given access to a near-final build of OS X Mountain Lion as part of the AppleSeed testing program in an effort to put the software through its paces and squash any remaining bugs ahead of the release next month. It's a great move for Apple, who will no doubt again have plenty of customers with slow internet connections at home bringing their Macs into the store to download the operating system update, much as they did last year with OS X Lion -- and now staff members will be ready and waiting with hours of use already under their belts.

Acorn Developer Teases "Retina Canvas" for Upcoming Version 3.3

Now that the MacBook Pro with Retina Display has ushered in a new era of high definition for Mac users, the floodgates should soon open and send forth a wave of Retina-enabled apps. One of them will be Flying Meat's Acorn image editor, which developer Gus Mueller is currently "Retinafying" with version 3.3, introducing what he calls Retina Canvas. "A Retina Canvas is when one pixel equals one physical dot on your hardware display, even though all the other UI elements in Acorn are redrawn

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