What is Xbox SmartGlass?
Xbox SmartGlass is a new application for Windows 8 and Windows Phone 8 that is being released on October 26 and October 29 respectively when the new operating s
Latest Windows 8 News
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Windows 8 freezes? Here is a fix
When I started to work on my Windows 8 PC today I noticed a strange behavior after updating some apps in the store.
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Xbox Music Pass 6 month free with Windows 8 purchase
Microsoft today has updated the official video and music apps that it ships with the final version of the operating system to include support for the Xbox Music
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Official Google Search app for Windows 8
All major Internet companies will eventually create apps for the Windows 8 operating system.
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Skype application for Windows 8
Skype is one of the messaging programs that I'm running on my system, mainly to chat with a few business contacts and friends who prefer the software over other
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Customize the Windows 8 Start Screen background
Microsoft is limiting the customization options of Windows 8's start screen.
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Always open Google Chrome on the desktop in Windows 8
When you make a browser the default system web browser in Windows 8 you may notice one of two things.
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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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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 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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Disk Falcon is a nice looking disk analysis app for Windows 8
There are probably a dozen or so free disk analysis tools available for the Windows operating system.
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How to turn off Windows 8 app notifications
Maybe it is just me, but the majority of notifications that apps displays on Windows 8's new and shiny startpage are rather irritating and repetitive.
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Windows 8: Google Chrome app advancing
Before I start looking at recent advances that Google implemented into the Windows 8 version of its Chrome web browser, I'd like to take a moment to point out t
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Change how often File History saves copies of files in Windows 8
File History is one of those new features in Windows 8 that I'm excited about.
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Windows 8 Tablet pricing becomes clearer
I find it interesting that news about mobile devices running Windows 8 seem to concentrate almost exclusively on tablet PCs.
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Windows 8 Group Policy Reference
The Group Policy is only included in Windows 8 Professional and not Windows 8 RT or Windows 8 (yes, that is the name of the basic version of the operating syste
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Windows Store has its issues
I have been playing around with the RTM release of Windows 8 for some time now and have spend some of that time browsing Windows Store.
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Windows 8: display resource use of apps
Apps that you run and install on the Windows 8 operating system use system resources just like any other program that is running on it.
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Windows 8 Store Tops 1,500 Apps
When Microsoft rolled out the Windows Store with the release of the Consumer Preview version of the operating system there were only a few apps available, and m
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Windows 8 Built-in File Backup
There is perhaps no more important thing for users to do than backup their files.
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Windows 8: Metro apps are now called Windows Store apps
Back in August it became known that Microsoft decided to replace the term Metro which up to that point had been used by the company to describe the new user int
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Change App Notifications in Windows 8
With Windows 8, Microsoft has almost completely changed the face of their flagship product, doing away with the Start button that has been so integral since the
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Share the Windows 8 startpage with the classic desktop
The two interfaces that Microsoft has implemented into Windows 8 are a major change from previous versions of the operating system.
