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Windows 8 to offer both Metro and desktop interfaceCNET - Lance Whitney - 1 Sep, 2011Microsoft will offer Windows 8 users the option of working in the new Metro interface or sticking with a more traditional desktop environment. With touch-screen capabilities and an overall theme borrowed from Windows Phone 7, the Metro UI has been ... |
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Microsoft delivers 'copy Apple' Windows 8 messageRegister - Gavin Clarke - 1 Sep, 2011With Windows 8, Microsoft is joining Apple and Linux-shop Canonical in trying to make its signature operating system mouse-free and more touchable for use on devices like tablets. The approach Microsoft is ... |
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Microsoft keeps Metro UI separate in Windows 8Inquirer - Lawrence Latif - 1 Sep, 2011SOFTWARE DEVELOPER Microsoft has talked about its desire to make Windows 8 a tablet-like experience with its Metro user interface. Microsoft's Windows 8 operating system will sport two user interfaces. A traditional desktop based ... |
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For PCs and tablets, Windows 8 is best of the two worldsSeattle Post Intelligencer (blog) - 1 Sep, 2011Even people who have whole-heartedly adopted tablets still want and need the familiar and more utilitarian desktop PC interface, Microsoft says. Today, people might use an iPad for browsing the Web, but still switch to a laptop for more precise tasks ... |
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Microsoft's Interpretation Of “No Compromise” Is The Definition Of “Compromise”Washington Post - 1 Sep, 2011By TechCrunch.com, On one hand, you have to give Windows chief Steven Sinofsky some credit, he's being very open, proactive, and engaged leading up to Microsoft's unveiling of Windows 8. And that's great. But on the other hand, you have to wonder if ... |
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Microsoft: Windows 8 Desktop 'Just Another App'PC Magazine - Mark Hachman - 1 Sep, 2011Microsoft said Wednesday that Windows 8 users who prefer the tiled "Metro" interface can use it exclusively, and Windows 8 won't even load its own code. Microsoft's disclosure means that users who wish to use Windows 8 in a tablet mode ... |
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Classic Windows desktop becoming 'just another app'msnbc.com - Todd Bishop - 1 Sep, 2011The restyled Start screen in Windows 8, designed for tablets but also destined for traditional PCs. By Todd Bishop, GeekWire As Microsoft has been previewing new elements of the upcoming Windows 8 operating system over the past week " including smarter ... |
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Windows 8 sneak peek -- do tiles and ribbons mix?Computerworld (blog) - 1 Sep, 2011Bits and pieces of the Windows 8 user interface have been revealed over the last several months, showing two very different directions for Microsoft's next operating system. One the one hand, it will include a tiled interface, similar to the one ... |
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Microsoft rolls out Windows Azure toolkit for AndroidZDNet (blog) - Mary Jo Foley - 1 Sep, 2011Summary: Microsoft is rounding out its family of Windows Azure toolkits with a near-final test version of the toolkit for Android device developers. Why would a phone/device developers want Azure cloud ... |
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Windows Chief Explains That Microsoft Wants It Both Ways (MSFT)San Francisco Chronicle - Matt Rosoff - 1 Sep, 2011Microsoft Windows chief Steven Sinofsky explained again today that the next version of Windows will be two operating systems in one -- a touch-screen interface that is designed for tablets, and a second interface that will look and work a lot like ... |
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Microsoft's Windows chief reiterates Windows desktop interface not going awayZDNet (blog) - Mary Jo Foley - 1 Sep, 2011Summary: Microsoft's Windows Chief Steven Sinofsky, in a new blog post, reiterated that Microsoft is going to support both new touch-centric apps and existing Windows desktop apps, with its new Windows 8 ... |
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Blog this on:TIME - Aug 31, 2011As we wait for Windows 8 to amble its way into the market, we'll be fed teaser posts and screenshots for what seems like an eternity. That's all part of the fun, though. On that note, Microsoft's Building Windows 8 blog recently took the wraps off of ... |
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Microsoft reveals some more of Windows 8Moneycontrol.com - Aug 31, 2011Microsoft's popular software, Windows is undergoing a change, and they let out some more glimpses of the latest one, Windows 8. In a blog post, authored by Alex Simons, a part of the project management team, several additions are being made on the ... |
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New Windows 8 Explorer UI highlights Apple and Microsoft's vastly different ...The Independent - Aug 30, 2011Microsoft is giving users a preview of its re-imagined file-management app, Windows Explorer, in the lead-up to the release of Windows 8. As Microsoft begins to show off elements from its Windows 8 OS, it becomes clear that the company's vision of the ... |
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Microsoft gives further peek at Windows 8AFP - Aug 30, 2011SAN FRANCISCO " Microsoft on Tuesday provided another glimpse at changes coming with the next-generation of Windows software that powers most of the world's computers. Microsoft is making major improvements to a key Windows Explorer file management ... |
Microsoft Windows 8: Here's What We Know So FarPCWorld - Ian Paul - Aug 30, 2011Details about Windows 8, Microsoft's newest operating system expected in 2012, have been leaking out thanks largely to Microsoft previews and a stream of blog posts on the company's Building Windows 8 blog. ... |
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Microsoft's Windows 8 Will Support Ripped DVDsPC Magazine - Mark Hachman - Aug 30, 2011Microsoft's Windows 8 will support both virtual hard disks and ISO files, a boon to anyone who has ripped a DVD. Windows 8 will be able to store both .ISO and .VHD files, creating virtual optical drives and virtual hard disk drives to ... |
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Competing visions of the future of personal computingZDNet (blog) - Ed Bott - Aug 30, 2011Summary: A graphic making the rounds on the Internet today tries to compare Apple's vision of the future of computing with Microsoft's. It's fun for fanboys, but this kind of snarky comparison is all too easy ... |
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Windows 8 to support .ISO and .VHD files (plus a peek at the Windows Explorer UI!)ZDNet (blog) - Adrian Kingsley-Hughes - Aug 30, 2011Oh happy day - Word from Redmond is that Windows 8 will support .ISO and .VHD files straight out of the box. In a post by Rajeev Nagar, group program manager on Microsoft's storage and file ... |
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Loaded: Windows 8 Explorer gets the ribbonCNETTV - Aug 30, 2011Subscribers have just a couple days before Netflix forces them into higher priced plans, iTunes Match gets released to developers, and Windows 8's Explorer window gets the ribbon from Office. |
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Windows 8 adding ribbon to ExplorerWashington Post (blog) - Hayley Tsukayama - Aug 30, 2011Microsoft is adding the ribbon toolbar to its file management system, Windows Explorer. (TOBIAS SCHWARZ - REUTERS) The ribbon, which already adorns the tops of Microsoft's Office products, is coming to Windows Explorer, ... |
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Building Windows 8: ISO and VHD FilesYouTube - Aug 30, 2011Windows 8 will come with options to mount ISO images natively in the operating system. |
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Windows 8 Will Sport a Revamped ExplorerPCWorld - Jared Newman - Aug 30, 2011Windows Explorer is getting some big changes in Windows 8, including a "ribbon" of contextual options and the return of some features that had been missing since Windows XP. ... |
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Windows 8 ribbon entangles MicrosoftRegister - Gavin Clarke - Aug 30, 2011Microsoft is tangled up in ribbons again. This time its plan to expand the Office 2007 look-and-feel in Windows 8 is putting its Windows group president on the defensive. The company has confirmed reports ... |
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Boot up: Windows Explorer gets ribbon, Microsoft launches cloud CRM deal, and moreThe Guardian (blog) - Aug 30, 2011The fascinating thing in this is how few commands are used most of the time, and the appalling user interface decisions made in the new ribbon: "people use lots of commands, so let's cram them all in there explicitly." An alternative view: keep the ... |
Windows finally gets native ISO support in Windows 8ZDNet (blog) - Stephen Chapman - Aug 30, 2011Summary: Microsoft just let the world know that Windows 8 will come with native support for ISO and VHD files in Explorer! But there's a catch… In a new post by Steven Sinofsky on the Building Windows 8 ... |
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Windows 8 File Manager (Ribbon????)YouTube - Aug 30, 2011Quick demo where Alex Simons walk you through the main features of the new Windows Explorer (Windows 8). |
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Windows 8 - Accessing data in ISO and VHD filesYouTube - Aug 30, 2011For More Windows 8 news, visit http://www.windows8update.com In continuing with the improvements in core Windows functionality and also oft-requested features, Microsoft are adding native Explorer support for ISO and VHD files in Windows 8. ... |
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Building Windows 8 - Native ISO and VHD SupportYouTube - Aug 30, 2011From the Building Windows 8 blog on MSDN, this video shows how Windows 8 will handle ISO and VHD files natively! |
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The "accidentally-revealed Windows 8 UI" looks like old bits to meZDNet (blog) - Stephen Chapman - Aug 29, 2011Summary: Have you seen that new Microsoft video with the supposed new Windows 8 UI? I have my doubts about what it is we're actually seeing, and here's why. If you haven't seen the news, the Internet is ... |
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