June 25, 2010
Some confidential Miicrosoft documents have been leaked online which give some clues as to what Windows 8 might include when it is released. The information appears to have been presented at a Microsoft ‘Ecosystem Forum’ conference back in April. Details that I have managed to glean about Windows 8 from the documents include: Adding GPS [...]
December 9, 2009
In tandem with our sister site Windows 7 News, we’ve been giving away over $9000 worth of software and hardware this month. So far we’ve had some amazing prizes, and on Day 9 of our $9k Christmas Giveaway we are giving away one of our best prizes. Today the lucky winner of our main reverse [...]
December 7, 2009
Several sites have been keeping a close eye on the job postings at Microsoft Careers, to see if there are any indicators on there as to what direction Windows 8 may go in. In total in November they spotted seven job postings for Windows 8 and windows server 2008 R2. One interesting job posting was [...]
December 3, 2009
In tandem with our sister site Windows 7 News & Tips we are giving away over $9000 this December. Yes, everyday between Dec 1st and Dec 24th we are giving away prizes worth over $300!! Entry is free and you can enter as many times as you want. All you have to do is visit our Christmas [...]
November 27, 2009
Last month a number of sites, including this one, picked up on rumours that Windows 8 would support 128-bit processors. The main ‘source’ of the rumours was a Robert Morgan who was a “senior member of Microsoft’s R&D team” who leaked information about Windows 8′s 128 bit capabilities on his LinkedIn profile. However, it looks [...]
November 20, 2009
More and more evidence is emerging that Windows 8 will be released in 2012. At this years Professional Developer’s Conference (PDC 2009), budding attendees managed to get their hands on two Windows roadmap slides that show ‘Windows 8′ launching in 2012: Now these slides don’t really provide any information that we didn’t know; Microsoft typically [...]
November 16, 2009
Resident editor Mike Halsey has just published on Windows 7 News, the latest post in his series ‘Looking Forward To Windows 8, What Microsoft Missed In Windows‘. In part 5, he covers improvements he would like to see to Windows 7′s libraries and search in Windows 8: I’ve spoken before about Libraries being an excellent [...]
November 14, 2009
The dust hasn’t yet settled on the launch of Windows 7 and I’m fairly certain that in the new year, Microsoft will not only release Windows 7 SP1 but also (finally) some details of Windows 8. Windows 7 is a brilliant OS, but there is still room for improvement. What features would you add to [...]
October 22, 2009
Long after Donald Rumsfeld has died, he will be known (sic) for one of the worst quotes ever: There are known knowns. These are things we know that we know. There are known unknowns. That is to say, there are things that we know we don’t know. But there are also unknown unknowns. There are [...]