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2015,Jul

Battle of the fastest among Windows 8 & Windows 10

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Right now the hardest aspect to nail down is the performance of the Windows 10. Testing this new operating system which is going to ship on July 29th may not be as simple as a walk in the park. Why? Because the general public won’t have the basic idea of how to install the basic RTM version. As per most of the analyst, the software and hardware expert Microsoft is quite mum with regard to the various under the required changes. (more…)

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2015,Jun

Skype stops updates for the Windows 8 app on the end of the first week of July

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Skype ditches its upgradation service for Windows 8.

The popular video chat app of Microsoft, the Skype, will no more create the update for Windows 8 app. It has planned to go back its conventional desktop version app.

Microsoft product Skype is backing it away from the interfaces which are touch centric in Windows 10. In a press brief, the Skype team has announced that the Skype is planning to ditch the modern version of the Windows – Window 8 – of its video messaging app on the personal computers on July 7, 2015. Later, the nest update will bring the desktop release. (more…)

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2015,Jan

Start Menu 8 and its features

in General News , by Ru Ka

If who have recently got a new PC or a laptop with Windows 8 and are not really comfortable with its new interface, then here’s a good news for you. Start Menu 8 which is designed by IO Bit is the software that will take you back to your comfort zone of classic Windows Start menu (present up to Win 7), plus will also provide you with stylish options to customize your Start menu. With this software, the Windows 8 users can login straightaway to the desktop while avoiding boot to the Metro start page altogether. You can apply some wonderful Start button icons and even customize the Start menu by creating different groups and adding items to them. The beauty of this software is that apart from Windows 8, it can even be used on systems with Windows XP, Vista, and 7. (more…)

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2012,Jun
W8

Windows 8 Release Preview Has Been Officially Launched

in General News , by lucka

Microsoft recently announced the release of the Windows 8 Release Preview, the prerelease of the highly anticipated Windows 8 operating system. Since the February release of Windows 8 Consumer Preview, which was downloaded more than 1 million times in the first 24 hours, Windows 8 has become the most tested Microsoft operating system of all time, and with the Release Preview, it enters its final phase of development before it releases to manufacturing. (more…)

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2012,Mar
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Windows 8 Store

in General News , by lucka

The Windows 8 Consumer Preview, came packed with pre-installed Metro-style apps. These include Camera, Messaging, Mail, Calendar, SkyDrive, People, Photos, Video and Music and more.

From the Start screen you can go to the Windows Store. Here you can find familiar, new and popular apps. It is easy to discover new apps with New releases, Top free, Top paid, and All stars lists or you can even see a list of recommended Picks for you. You can also browse through the different categories. Apps are grouped together by type, making it easier to browse rather than searching directly. (more…)

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2012,Mar
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Windows 8 Consumer Preview Already Launched! Download and Try!

in General News , by lucka

Microsoft recently launched its Windows 8 Consumer Preview. Steven Sinofsky revealed that Microsoft has made over 100,000 major code changes to Windows 8 since the Developer Preview was released in September. 

Antoine Leblond, vice president of Windows Web Services, showed off how the OS ran on a typical computer with a mouse and desktop. Simple tasks like copying and pasting have been drastically improved in Windows 8.

Now, you can easily manage copying multiple files at once. He also showed how easy it is to move between the Windows 8 Explorer view back to the Start screen. Basically, it looks like you won’t miss the traditional Start button too much.  (more…)

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2012,Feb
W8

Windows 8 PC hardware requirements

in General News , by lucka

There’s been much discussion about a Microsoft mandate for its new Windows 8 operating system, which requires that devices with ARM processors carry a controversial feature known as Secure Boot. This feature will limit the range of operating systems that can be used on the device. The information was discovered in an update to the ‘Windows 8 Hardware Certification Requirements’ documentation, published back in December. (more…)

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2012,Feb
W8

Refresh and reset your PC

in General News , by lucka

Many consumer electronic devices these days provide a way for customers to get back to some predefined “good” state. This ranges from the hardware reset button on the back of a wireless network router, to the software reset option on a smartphone.

We’ve built two new features in Windows 8 that can help you get your PCs back to a “good state” when they’re not working their best, or back to the “factory state” when you’re about to give them to someone else or decommission them. (more…)

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2011,Sep
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Microsoft Windows 8 Voice Recognition

in General News , by lucka

Microsoft’s internal Tellme team is working on implementing speech recognition software into the Redmond-based firm’s portfolio of software and hardware products. Microsoft will build the feature into its new Windows 8 operating system, its Bing search engine, Windows Phone, Kinect and Xbox, Azure and other products. (more…)

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2011,Jul
W8

New Task Manager In Windows 8

in General News , by lucka

It feels only natural that Microsoft continues updating core Windows modules and programs which they have started under Windows 7. It is safe to say that additional modules and features will be updated. One of the latest that we know of is the Windows Task Manager which will get a complete overhaul.

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