We have already revealed some of the features that users can expect from Windows 8 including My PC My Way, that improves user interaction aond comfort with sensors, and My PC Knows Me, that makes use of facial recognition to identify users. Those features are on the other hand just the tip of the iceberg. [...]
Everybody’s got a wish list for what they want Windows to be. As a technical beta-tester for Microsoft and the author of the Windows 7 Power Users Guide, I’ve had a great insight over the last few years into what Windows could have been, having tested features that were later dropped from betas, and I’ve [...]
The reinvention of the tablet PC by Apple this week could have significant ramifications for Microsoft during the development of Windows 8, and impact the look and feel of their next OS considerably. I think it’s brilliant that we’re now looking at a very near future where I can lounge around on the sofa with [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Who could have imagined over even the last ten years that the PC, a business device, would be welcomed with such open arms into the home. That huge sections of our living rooms and spare bedrooms would be devoted to huge beige, then black, boxes. Windows 8 is due in beta 2011 for release in 2012. [...]
Recently there have been rumours that the next version of Windows will move the whole platform completely over to 128-bit architecture, dumping 32 and 64-bit compatibility completely. This first came about because of a news story broken by Microsoft Kitchen a few days ago in which Robert Morgan, a senior research and development officer at [...]
Windows 8′s name was chosen because it will be the 8th version of Windows. Double-checking this isn’t as easy as you may think and trips up many people. Here are the Windows versions that preceded Windows 8: Windows 1.0 Windows 2.0 Windows 3.0 Windows 95 (Windows 4.0) Windows 2000 (Windows 5.0) Windows Vista (Windows 6.0) [...]
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