Microsoft Surface Pro will be available January 2013 starting $899
When Microsoft announced the Surface product line I was immediately drawn towards the Surface Pro and not the Surface RT.
Latest Windows 8 News
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Beware of fake Windows 8 key generators
When something is in high demand, it usually does not take long before it is being exploited in one way or the other.
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Microsoft: 40 million Windows 8 licenses sold
Microsoft was tight lipped about the success or failure of its Windows 8 operating system sales-wise.
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Pin Steam adds your Steam games to Windows 8's start screen
The popular Steam gaming platform is not - yet - available as a Windows Store application.
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Bios embedded Windows 8 product keys
If you have purchased a laptop running Windows 8 recently you may have noticed that it may not contain a small label on the back side or battery compartment lis
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How to close Windows 8 Store apps
As a first time user of Windows 8 you have probably noticed that Windows Store apps, programs that you run from the start screen the operating system boots in t
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Pirates have found a loophole in the Windows 8 activation chain
The most difficult part of installing and using a pirated copy of Windows 8, apart from making sure that it does not contain any hidden malware, is getting it a
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Troubleshoot Windows 8 update KB2770917 stops responding
Some users of Microsoft's Windows 8 operating system are currently experiencing issues with an update that stops responding at 13% or 15%.
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RetroUI Pro: run Windows 8 apps in windows on the desktop
There is not a lot about the Windows 8 operating system that has not been hacked, tweaked or modified in one way or the other by talented programmers.
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Tile A File: add any file to the Windows 8 start screen
Microsoft limits the type of files and programs that you can pin to the start screen of the Windows 8 operating system.
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Add Steam game shortcuts to Windows 8's start screen
The gaming platform Steam is an all-in-one game store and gamer launcher available for various platforms.
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Block programs from pinning shortcuts to Windows 8's start screen
Sergey Tkachenko has created quite the number of programs for Windows 7 and Windows 8 that tweak various functionalities.
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Create a special Windows 8 start screen icon for your website
Back when Windows 7 was released Microsoft introduced an option for webmasters to add tags to their site's code that would make special commands available on th
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Windows 8 start menu app Start8 1.03 released
The third upgrade of Stardock's Windows 8 start menu application Start8 has just been released, only weeks after we have taken a look at Start8 1.
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Google Search app for Windows 8 update brings YouTube support
I had mixed feelings about Google's Google Search application for Windows 8 for a number of reasons, from missing YouTube video playback support ov
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Microsoft: with Steven Sinofsky gone, where does that leave Windows 8?
Microsoft announced yesterday that Steven Sinofsky, the head of the company's Windows and Windows Live division, left the company effective immediately.
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Windows 8 Media Center does not support Blu-Ray
Windows Media Player, the native video player on Windows 8's desktop and the video player application on the start screen cannot play DVD or Blu-Ray movies.
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How to re-download the Windows 8 ISO
You may have a Windows 8 DVD at hand depending on how you have installed the operating system or upgraded an older system to the newer version.
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StartOnDesktop: Another straight to desktop shooter for Windows 8
Is an increasing number of programs that fix, tweak or reverse features or functionality of an operating system a sign that something is not right with the syst
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Stardock Decor8: personalize the Windows 8 start screen
Microsoft for whatever reason has decided to limit the customization options of Windows 8's start screen to a handful of layouts and colors you can switch to.
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Microsoft Surface Pro pricing information
Microsoft is currently preparing to launch the Surface Pro in the next 1-2 months, after having shipped the Surface RT during the launch of the Windows 8 operat
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Download free Windows 8 ebooks
Microsoft has changed the Windows operating system considerable with the release of Windows 8.
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Turn off "Windows protected your PC" (Windows SmartScreen)
Microsoft's operating systems Windows 8 and Windows 10 include a security feature called Windows SmartScreen that is enabled by default.
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Start8 1.01 for Windows 8 brings lots of improvements
Start8 is one of my favorite solutions when it comes to adding a start menu back to the Windows 8 operating system.
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How to create a Windows 8 system repair disc
Windows 8 ships with options to create a system repair disc from within the operating system just like previous versions of Microsoft Windows did.
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How to work with apps on the Windows 8 start screen
If you are not one of the users who decides to sit out on Windows 8 or skip the start screen to go right to the desktop, you may have noticed that […]
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The Windows 8 Kindle Application
If you own a Kindle device you know that the books you download are associated with your Amazon account so that you can access them on other devices as well.
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Top Windows 8 shortcuts you should know to speed up your work
If you have spend some time getting to know Microsoft's newest operating system Windows 8 you have without doubt noticed the major differences to previous versi
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Windows 8: change the number of start screen rows
The number of rows that the Windows 8 start screen displays on the screen is determined by the screen resolution of the operating system.
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The Windows 8 Store needs better filters
When I started to use the Windows 8 RTM release I spend some time in the Windows Store to understand how it works and what the store's limitations are.
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Windows 8: upgrade from 32-bit to 64-bit system
You need to be very careful when you want to upgrade from a 32-bit version of Windows to a 64-bit version of Windows 8.
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Windows 8 Upgrade: clean install possible?
Microsoft is pushing the Windows 8 Upgrade offers ever since Windows 8 got released a day ago.
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How to add another language to Windows 8
One of the changes that Microsoft introduced in Windows 8 is the availability of additional language packs for all editions of the operating system.
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Windows 8 Upgrade Assistant standalone
If you are planing to upgrade your existing operating system to Windows 8 you probably want to know whether your PC's hardware and software is compatible with W
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Windows 8 pricing overview
Windows 8 has been officially released by Microsoft, and while it is too early to tell how big of an impact the operating system will make in the coming twelve
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Evernote Introduces Windows 8 App
There has been no shortage of Windows 8 news today.
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Free Windows 8 Pro to Windows Media Center Pack upgrades until January 31, 2013
All versions of the Windows 8 operating system ship with Windows Media Player but not with Windows Media Center.
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Windows 8: difference between power down and reboot
When you power down a PC running Windows 7, the operating system gets loaded fully again on the next start of the system.
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What the Skype app for Windows 8 is missing
The Internet was buzzing with news that Microsoft released the Skype app early yesterday during the release of Skype 6.
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MSN for Windows 8 Launches, Immediately Goes Down
It's a big time for Microsoft with the upcoming release of Windows 8 and the Surface tablet this Friday.
