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Windows 8 Gets Panned by Chris Pirillo
If Microsoft has accomplished anything with their upcoming operating system, Windows 8, then it's certainly the generation of controversy.
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Microsoft Surface is competing with laptops, not iPads
Microsoft revealed the pricing for the Surface RT yesterday, starting at $499 for a 32 Gigabyte model without keyboard up to $699 for the 64 Gigabyte flagship m
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Mirosoft reveals Surface RT pricing
In what some will describe as a classic move to gain press attention, Microsoft activated the Surface RT page on the company's own Windows Store website for a m
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Microsoft announces Xbox Music
I'm a fan of Internet Radio and get my music fix from free stations that stream the music that I like to listen to right to my PC.
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Should you pre-order Windows 8?
Online retailers such as Amazon have started to accept pre-orders for the boxed version of Microsoft Windows 8 Pro.
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Windows 8: UEFI Secure Boot System for Linux
When Microsoft announced Secure Boot for Windows 8, it received lots of flak from the Linux community because of fears that secure boot would effectively shut o
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Ashampoo UnInstaller 5 review
Windows' Uninstall a Program dialog is a basic control panel applet that enables you to remove previously installed software or Windows updates from the operati
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Vizio Unveils New Windows 8 All-in-one Touch PC's
As we continue to march towards the big Windows 8 launch on October 26th, more and more manufacturers are showing off their hardware for the new operating syste
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Microsoft: Windows XP has the highest infection rate
Microsoft has released its latest bi-annually Security Intelligence Report covering the first half of 2012 which offering a worldwide threat assessment for that
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Microsoft releases Windows 8 performance and reliability update
The security bulletins for October were not the only updates that Microsoft has released today.
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Microsoft Security Bulletins For October 2012 Released
Microsoft released an out-of-band security update for Internet Explorer 10's integrated Flash Player yesterday which updated the version of Flash to the latest
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What's the best Windows 8 start menu program?
Microsoft has replaced the traditional start menu in Windows 8 with the new startpage that appears when you boot into the operating system and when you press th
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Configuring Windows Search to search file contents
The built-in search in Windows 7, Windows 8 and Windows 10 is configured to search file names and content of supported files in indexed locations, and for file
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When it makes sense to use Windows Store Apps
By now we know that Windows 8 ships with an apps store that works in a similar fashion as Google's or Apple's app store.
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How to switch from Windows 8's startscreen to the desktop
So you have bought a new PC with Windows 8, upgraded an existing computer to Microsoft's new operating system, or are already playing around with the Windows 8
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Fixing the folder access denied error message in Windows
Sometimes when you try to delete a folder in Windows you may get a folder access denied error message instead.
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Did Dummies.com Reveal the Microsoft Surface Pricing?
On October 26th Microsoft will not only release their brand new Windows 8 operating system, but also their first ever tablet, the Microsoft Surface.
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Microsoft details how ads in Windows 8 apps work
Windows 8 developers have several options when it comes to monetizing apps in Windows Store.
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vssadmin list shadowstorage and list shadows: manage System Restore storage from the command line
Run vssadmin list shadowstorage in an elevated Command Prompt to see, for every volume, how much disk space Volume Shadow Copy storage uses, has allocated and m
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Video to Video Converter review
All you need is the right media player to play virtually all video and audio formats on your PC.
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Default Windows 8 apps get updates prior to launch
Microsoft includes a set of default applications on the Windows 8 startpage after installation of the operating system.
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Start Screen Pinner: Pin Anything to Windows 8's start page
Microsoft has limited the items that you can pin to the start page of its Windows 8 operating system, much like the company restricted the items that you can pi
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BootRacer for Windows 8: measure your boot speed
The boot process has been improved further under Windows 8 according to Microsoft, making it one of the fastest booting operating systems created by the company
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Preview Firefox Metro UI on Windows 8
Windows 8 users for some time now can play around with a Metro UI version of the Google Chrome web browser.
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Fix Internet Explorer Runtime Errors
When I was working in tech support for a large bank I sometimes had to deal with users who received runtime error messages in Microsoft's Internet Explorer.
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SlimCleaner 4.0 final released
The Windows maintenance software SlimCleaner has just been updated to version 4.
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Windows 8: slow pre-launch adoption rate
If you want to know how well Windows 8 is doing when it comes to the operating system's adoption rate pre-launch, you best compare it to the adoption rate of pr
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Get a PC Settings Shortcut on the Windows 8 Desktop
Windows 8, which will debut on October 26th, doesn't provide users with the ability to create desktop shortcuts to modern (formerly Metro) apps.
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Move off-screen windows back into sight
I'm not sure what I did but the window of the media player VLC did open outside of the visible part of the connected computer monitor one day.
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Download Microsoft Tech Event videos with MIXer
MIXer is a free application for the Windows operating system that makes available Microsoft tech event videos as downloads.
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IObit StartMenu 8: brings back the start menu to Windows 8
If the number of programs that bring back a start menu to Windows 8 is any indicator, I'd say it is pretty certain that these programs are in high demand right
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ExploitShield: new anti-exploit software for Windows
Traditional options to protect a computer from malware and exploits often rely on knowledge of the exploit or an exploit family to detect it.
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Avira Free Antivirus 2013 released
Not everything that security company Avira did in recent times has received a positive reception by the company's user base.
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Create custom Windows 8 app tiles with OblyTile
One of the things that I do not like in regards to Windows 8's new startpage is the lack of customization options.
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Stardock's Start 8 Windows Start Menu replacement to cost $4.99
Of all the start menu replacements available for the Windows 8 operating system, I like Start8 from Stardock the most.
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Mailstore Home 7.1: Email backup software update available
Mailstore Home is my go-to software when it comes to backing up email and migrating email between programs and computer systems.
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White Noise Sleep System for Windows
If you are often irritated by surrounding noise when you are trying to work, relax or do fun things, you have probably tried various ways to block the noise.
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3 Free Windows Alternatives to Media Center
With the move to Windows 8 Microsoft has not killed Media Center as many had feared they would, but they have made it much less appealing in several ways.
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WinSCP 5.1 released
WinSCP is a popular sftp, scp and ftp client for the Windows operating system.
