New Microsoft Blog Hints at Windows 8 Preview

Fox News - 16 Aug, 2011
Microsoft will soon take the wraps off the biggest update to its operating system in 16 years. The Windows software giant unveiled a new blog and Twitter feed for its upcoming Windows 8 operating system Monday -- a first tantalizing look at the ...

Microsoft blog paves way to Windows 8

ZDNet UK (blog) - Ben Woods - 16 Aug, 2011
Blogging on the inner workings of business tech including, but not limited to, business intelligence (BI), analytics, enterprise software, desktop and portable hardware, IT in education, open-source p… ...

How big a player will Microsoft's Windows be in the future?

Wall Street Journal - 16 Aug, 2011
Microsoft Corp. is confronting the biggest challenge to its Windows franchise so far: a world where mobile phones and tablets are handling more of the computing chores once only done on personal computers. Windows may be 25 years old, but it is no less ...

Microsoft claims Windows 8 is the biggest overhaul since Windows 95

Inquirer - Lawrence Latif - 16 Aug, 2011
PERENNIAL SOFTWARE REDEVELOPER Microsoft has started to talk about the pre-release of its Windows 8 operating system. Although Microsoft has shown off bits of Windows 8 at CES and at its BUILD conference, it now wants to promote its ...

Microsoft starts Windows 8 blog with a dose of humility

Washington Post (blog) - Hayley Tsukayama - 16 Aug, 2011
Microsoft said that it's learned lessons from its past mistakes about promising features that don't deliver. (Jonathan Alcorn - BLOOMBERG) Microsoft has started a blog, Building Windows 8, to document the early design and building ...

Microsoft Opens Up About Windows 8

PCWorld - Ian Paul - 16 Aug, 2011
If you're dying for more Windows 8 news then you'll want to bookmark Microsoft's brand new blog, Building Windows 8 where the software giant plans to start dishing on the next iteration of its OS. ...

Microsoft begins cagey Windows 8 disclosures

Register - Gavin Clarke - 16 Aug, 2011
Microsoft has promised to start sharing technical information about Windows 8 " just don't get too excited or expect too much. Windows and Windows Live president Steven Sinofsky has launched the Building ...

Windows 8 tablet info soon: B8 blog B4 BUILD

Computerworld (blog) - Richi Jennings - 16 Aug, 2011
Where's all the information about Windows 8 and tablets? Here it comes, as Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) lifts the veil of secrecy. In ITÂ Blogwatch, bloggers pore over the Building Windows 8 blog ("B8"). ...

Linux snickers at Microsoft's victory declaration

ZDNet (blog) - Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols - 16 Aug, 2011
Summary: Who is Microsoft fooling? Other than on the desktop, Linux is eating its lunch, and it's only going to get worse for Microsoft. My compadre Ed Bott does a fine job of digging under the ...

Microsoft launches Windows 8 blog

The Seattle Times - Janet I. Tu - 16 Aug, 2011
Windows chief Steven Sinofsky launched a Building Windows 8 blog today, focusing on the engineering of Window's next operating system. The blog is designed to "begin an open dialog with those of you who will be trying out the pre-release version over ...

Microsoft Is FINALLY Ready To Talk About Windows 8 (MSFT)

San Francisco Chronicle - Matt Rosoff - 16 Aug, 2011
Microsoft's Windows chief, Steve Sinofsky, is known for his "cone of silence" around upcoming products -- even the Windows team used to have trouble getting information about Office when he led that group. But it looks like he's finally ready to spill ...

Microsoft Launches Windows 8 Blog, Pledges to Release Tech Details

PC Magazine - Mark Hachman - 16 Aug, 2011
Microsoft announced an open dialog between itself and the community for Windows 8, focusing on the engineering of the upcoming operating system. Microsoft's "Building Windows 8" blog didn't reveal any new details of the operating system ...

Sinofsky starts Windows 8 blog, says beta coming soon

The Seattle Times (blog) - Brier Dudley - 16 Aug, 2011
Microsoft is rolling out the digital red carpet for the full Windows 8 unveiling next month the company's developer conference. Windows boss Steven Sinofsky today posted the first item in the "Building Windows 8" blog, where his team will "begin an ...

If you liked the Windows 7 engineering blog, you'll love the Windows 8 one

ZDNet (blog) - Mary Jo Foley - 16 Aug, 2011
Summary: Microsoft kicked off a new Windows 8 engineering blog about a month before the company is expected to release a first widespread test build of the next version of Windows. ...

Microsoft declares victory over Linux, names Apple and Google main rivals

ZDNet (blog) - Ed Bott - ‎Aug 15, 2011‎
Summary: Normally, reading a company's annual report is an exercise in sheer boredom. But this year Microsoft's lawyers allowed some actual competitive insight to sneak into the 10-K reports it files with the ...

Windows Security Praised

PCWorld - Preston Gralla - ‎Aug 14, 2011‎
Conventional wisdom has it that Windows and products from Microsoft are extremely unsafe, easy targets for hackers. That conventional wisdom is wrong, according to security firm Kaspersky Lab's recent quarterly malware ...

New official blog gives away nothing about Windows 8

InfoWorld - Woody Leonhard - 16 Aug, 2011
Windows honcho Steven Sinofsky just launched a blog dedicated to discussing the engineering that's going into Windows 8. Called Building Windows 8, Sinofsky says the blog "allows us to have a two-way dialog with you about ...

Windows 8 official blog launched, pre-release in coming months

Windows 8 Beta - Ankur Mittal - 16 Aug, 2011
Microsoft has today formally launched the official Windows 8 blog and named it Building Windows 8 with Steven Sinofsky, the President of the Windows Division making the first post. Sinofsky started the blog post by stating that Windows 8 would be the ...

Microsoft launches Windows 8 blog and Twitter account

Gadgets and gizmos - 16 Aug, 2011
Microsoft Corp. has opened a new blog and Twitter account to keep its partners and customers updated with the progress and development of its next-generation operating system, Windows 8. Windows President Steven Sinofsky made the blog's first post ...

Microsoft blog primes Windows 8 pump

EE Times - Rick Merritt - 16 Aug, 2011
SAN JOSE, Calif. " Microsoft has launched a new blog to preview features of Windows 8, billed as the biggest overhaul of the PC operating system since Windows 95. There are no details on the new capabilities of the OS yet, but plenty of promise on how ...

Microsoft Starts A New Windows 8 Blog

CMSWire - Geoff Spick - 16 Aug, 2011
Microsoft (news, site) prepares for the cavalcade of Windows 8 news with a new "Building Windows 8" blog to take us through the technical side of the new OS' (which "reimagines Windows for a new generation") ...

"Building Windows 8" Blog Started

Overclockers Club - 16 Aug, 2011
The Windows team at Microsoft has launched the blog, “Building Windows 8,” or, as they call it, “B8.” Throughout the development of the upcoming OS, those involved will be posting updates on how things are looking and what may become a feature of ...

Sinofsky launches the Building Windows 8 blog

THINQ.co.uk - 16 Aug, 2011
Windows boss Steven Sinofsky has pierced his veil of silence with what he promises will be the first of many blog posts detailing the work going into the release of Windows 8 - Microsoft's first mainstream operating system to support the ARM ...

Microsoft Launches Windows 8 Blog, Hints At Development Timetable

CRN - Rick Whiting - 16 Aug, 2011
A prerelease version of Windows 8 will be available "over the coming months," a Microsoft executive said in blog posting late Monday, an indication that partners and customers will have a working prototype of the next generation of ...

Windows 8 blog opens with 'humility' over Vista

MSN Tech & Gadget UK - 16 Aug, 2011
Microsoft has launched an official Windows 8 blog, with the opening post speaking of the company's humility and a promise not to repeat past mistakes. The shadow of Microsoft Vista looms large over the new OS, with consumers, developers and Microsoft ...

Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) Hyping Windows 8

eMoneyDaily - Felice Medders - 16 Aug, 2011
Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) has launched a Windows 8 Blog to interact with both developers and customers. Although the software giant has not provided any technical info regarding the upcoming operating system, it emphasize the software giant's ...

Microsoft Launches a New Blog “Building Windows 8″

BlogWorld (blog) - 16 Aug, 2011
By Julie on August 16, 2011 Microsoft launched a new blog and Twitter account in an effort to open up the dialogue about the upcoming operating system Windows 8. The blog is called “Building Windows 8” or “B8″. The first post was written yesterday, ...

Microsoft launches crowdsourcing blog for Windows 8

Memeburn - Stuart Thomas - 16 Aug, 2011
Software giant Microsoft has launched a blog chronicling the build of its next OS, Windows 8. The blog, called “Building Windows 8” is designed to act as a means of crowdsourcing aspects of the OS' design and ...

Microsoft Teases Windows 8 Beta On New Blog

TechnoBuffalo - Killian Bell - 16 Aug, 2011
Microsoft has been keeping very quiet about its upcoming Windows 8 operating system, but with the launch of a brand new Windows 8 blog, aptly named 'Building Windows 8', we could be hearing about it a lot more over the coming months. ...

Windows 8 news promised in official new blog

CNET UK - Rich Trenholm - 16 Aug, 2011
Microsoft has opened a hailing frequency to tell the world about Windows 8. The official Building Windows 8 blog and Twitter feed reveal details of the next generation of Microsoft's operating system, ...

 

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