Sunday, October 28, 2012

Windows 8

  • Windows 8 surfaces without me

    A product like Windows 8 only comes along once every 15 years or so--Windows 95 was the last such product--and it's disappointing to think that the whole thing left me a little underwhelmed.

    www.zdnet.com

  • Windows 8: A quick-start guide for potential early adopters

    Windows 8 also brings some welcome (if more pedestrian) improvements to Windows, including power-user tools such as an overhauled Windows Explorer, better peripheral discovery, and easier back-up and restore features.

    www.pcworld.com

  • In The Enterprise, Windows 8 Tablets May Zoom Past PCs

    With Windows 8 in enterprises, it's increasingly looking like a Tale of Two Versions. Despite having an entrenched user base of hundreds of millions of potentially-upgradeable PCs, CIOs and other IT leaders are showing more interest in Windows 8 on ...

    www.zdnet.com

  • Dept of Agriculture preparing ground for Windows 8

    "I think Windows 8 is better. It offers the ability to have a better mobile solution for people [out] in the field. The Windows 8 tablet offers the boot off a [USB] stick solution," he said. "Rather than having a bulky laptop, you can have a fairly ...

    www.zdnet.com

  • Windows 8 review: Good for tablets, not for PCs

    But you don't just lose actual windows with Windows 8's Metro interface. You also typically lose the standard menu bar long used to interact with and control Windows applications.

    www.omaha.com

  • Windows 8 for the win

    Windows 8 will revolutionise the way we use devices and consume media. In the last fortnight, I have been lucky enough to catch a glimpse of what manufacturers such as HP, Sony, Samsung and Dell will be bringing to the table for Microsoft's Windows 8 OS.

    www.todayonline.com

  • How the AP-GfK poll on Windows 8 was conducted

    The Associated Press-GfK poll on Windows 8 was conducted by GfK Roper Public Affairs & Corporate Communications from Oct. 19-23.

    www.washingtonpost.com

  • Music and Video in Windows 8: a work in progress

    We've been following the core media apps—Music and Video—since the Windows 8 Consumer Preview. That development hinted Microsoft wanted to become a viable competitor to Apple and Amazon in the multimedia content realm.

    arstechnica.com

  • Where do I click, again? A guide to Windows 8

    The main thing to know is that Windows 8 is designed especially for touchscreen computers, to make desktops and laptops work more like tablets.

    www.smh.com.au

  • Apps for Windows 8 will offer ads

    MICROSOFT has launched a series of digital news and entertainment apps on its Windows 8 operating system, which was launched on Friday, and is taking advertising on them.

    www.theaustralian.com.au

  • Maximize your first 30 minutes with Windows 8

    It's likely most early Windows 8 adopters will be using displays that lack Windows 8's ten-point multi-touch capability, though a few may spring for some of the shiny new systems that bring the touch interface to mainstream laptops and all-in-one PCs ...

    www.pcworld.com

  • Upcoming ​Windows 8 gadgets

    Windows 8 Enterprise edition supports a mode called Windows To Go, which puts the whole OS on a pen drive, including your apps and settings.

    timesofindia.indiatimes.com

  • Windows 8: Game Over Man!

    All Windows 8 apps will have to conform to guidelines and undergo a rigorous Apple-like certification process. The Windows 8 strategy is really the gentrification of the edgy but seedy part of technology land that grew out of the openess that was DOS ...

    www.huffingtonpost.com

  • Windows 8 OS Pre-orders Top Best Seller List

    Existing Windows users have an opportunity to grab new hardware with the Windows 8 OS already installed or there is an option to upgrade their existing machines running on Windows 7 to Windows 8. If any user has a Windows 7, Windows XP or Windows ...

    www.pc-tablet.com

  • Microsoft's Windows 8 Released: Only Works with Internet Explorer 10

    Windows 8 was finally released on October 26, 2012, and it's clear that the long-awaited operating system from Microsoft is completely different from any previous versions.

    decodedscience.com

  • Windows Phone 8 Features Will Shine Thanks to Hurricane Sandy: Google ...

    More attention will be on the highly anticipated Windows 8 phones, including the Nokia Lumia 920, the HTC Windows Phone 8X, and the Samsung ATIV S. Smartphone Specs.

    www.booksnreview.com

  • Microsoft Windows Phone 8: What we know so far

    Windows Phone 8 is enterprise-ready and gives IT administrators all sorts of ways to better manage employee devices.

    www.techhive.com

  • Windows 8 Is Too Big to Fail

    Compare that to Microsoft's Windows 8 announcement yesterday: the OS had been available for free download for almost a year and reviews of the systems had been online for weeks.

    www.pcmag.com

  • Clearing Up 5 Windows 8 Confusions

    Windows 8 is not your conventional Windows upgrade. With Windows 7, Vista, and XP, you got an upgrade that added new tools, more capabilities under the hood, new interface options, and a new look.

    www.pcmag.com

  • In Windows 8, there are tiles instead of icons

    MUNICH - Since Windows 95 hit the market, PC users have become used to seeing an empty desktop, a toolbar and a Start button for calling up programmes when turning on their computers.

    main.omanobserver.om

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