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Windows 8 has a split personalitymsnbc.com - Mark Spoonauer - 17 Sep, 2011Facebook, iPhone, Twitter and Wii. Technology evolves at the speed of light. Msnbc.com's tech reporters and editors look at the gadgets, games and innovations changing our world. By Mark Spoonauer It hit me while performing a three-finger salute on ... |
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Why Windows 8 on ARM MattersPCWorld - Melissa J. Perenson - 17 Sep, 2011If Windows 8 works successfully on ARM-processor-equipped systems, expect to see thin, light, and innovative devices coming our way. Such devices would include ultrathin laptops with impressive battery life, ... |
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The First Windows 8 Apps, Coded by College KidsPC Magazine - Michael Muchmore - 17 Sep, 2011Where does a multibillion dollar software company get developers to create the first apps for its revolutionary new flagship software? Why, by recruiting college interns on their summer breaks, of course! ... |
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How You'll Communicate With Windows 8 (MSFT)San Francisco Chronicle - Matt Rosoff - 17 Sep, 2011Messenger, which lets users send short text messages that reach the other person no matter where they are -- if they're in Windows Live Messenger, they'll see it there. If they're in Facebook, it'll go there. If they're on their phone, it'll show up as ... |
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Microsoft delivers new Internet Explorer 10 test build for Windows 8ZDNet (blog) - Mary Jo Foley - 17 Sep, 2011Summary: Microsoft released a new developer preview of IE 10 this week for Windows 8 testers only. The new platform preview can work as a plug-in-free “Metro-style” app, or a Desktop app that still ... |
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Microsoft opens curtains on Windows 8 (week in review)CNET - Michelle Meyers - 17 Sep, 2011At its Build developers' conference this week, Microsoft shed some light on its upcoming Windows 8 operating system--the first to work on tablets with touch from the start, and by all accounts a dramatic shift from its current Windows version. ... |
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Windows 8 on ARM Won't Run Legacy Windows AppsPC Magazine - Mark Hachman - 17 Sep, 2011Microsoft executives said this week that Windows 8 tablets using an ARM chip will not be able to run legacy Windows 7 applications, with the possible exception of Office. This week, Microsoft held an analyst meeting in conjunction with ... |
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Windows 8 opens door to new chipmakersCNN - David Goldman - 17 Sep, 2011ANAHEIM, Calif. (CNNMoney) -- The biggest change that Microsoft unveiled in Windows 8 wasn't the radically different user interface or the fact that it will be coming to tablets. ... |
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Future of Adobe Flash Looking Dimmer as Microsoft Shuns SupportFinancial News Network Online - 17 Sep, 2011According to Microsoft's (NASDAQ:MSFT) Internet Explorer team leader Dean Hachamovitch, the company's new Windows 8 Metro user interface will not support Adobe (NASDAQ:ADBE) Flash or other plug-ins, and will instead embrace the HTML5 set of web ... |
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Windows 8 opens fresh thinking on touchscreensFinancial Times - Richard Waters - 17 Sep, 2011Usually, when companies claim to have “reimagined” a venerable but ageing product in an attempt to give it a new lease of life, the actual facelift does not justify the hyperbole. But the revamped version of the ... |
Microsoft CEO hints at 'Metro-ization' of OfficeComputerworld - Gregg Keizer - 17 Sep, 2011Computerworld - Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer on Wednesday strongly hinted that the company will craft a Metro-style version of the next Office suite. "You ought to expect that we are rethinking and working hard on what it would mean to ... |
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Windows 8 Presents a Cure for Bloatware Installed by Your Printer, Camera ...PCWorld - Jared Newman - 17 Sep, 2011With Windows 8, the days of getting junk software with your printers, cameras, and external hard drives may be over. Microsoft wants external device makers to create Metro-style apps for Windows 8. ... |
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Windows 8 Beta: 8 Questions That Will Make Or Break Microsoft's New OSHuffington Post - 17 Sep, 2011Windows 8, the recently unveiled operating system from Microsoft, is a huge gamble from the software giant. The followup OS to Windows 7 is split into two different views that exist on the same machine; the user can switched between either at will: ... |
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Microsoft drops support for plugins in its Windows 8 Metro browserInquirer - Lawrence Latif - 17 Sep, 2011SOFTWARE DEVELOPER Microsoft has dumped support for third party web browser plugins in its Metro user interface. Microsoft is keen to streamline web browsing in its Metro user interface - the one that is being shown off on tablets ... |
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Mister Softee's Windows 8 Could Bite Into Apple's iPad SalesForbes - 17 Sep, 2011Yesterday at its BUILD developer event, Microsoft unveiled a detailed preview of the next major release of its next version called Windows 8. [1] Windows 8 seems to have a radically different look and feel, and the most attractive aspect of Windows 8 ... |
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Will tablet developers rush to Windows 8?Computerworld - Matt Hamblen - 17 Sep, 2011O'Donnell noted that desktops and laptops out-sell media tablets like the iPad at a rate of about 4 to 1. He expects that ratio to be about the same in 2015, when tablets could become 30% of the mix oin the personal computer market. ... |
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Windows 8 Visual Tour: Microsoft's New DesktopInformationWeek - 17 Sep, 2011Paul McDougall 09/16/2011 Microsoft this week gave developers the first in-depth look at Windows 8--the operating system that could finally make it a player in the tablet market. Take a look at key elements. Microsoft made no bones about the fact that ... |
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Windows 8 going rogue (kind of)CBS News - Chenda Ngak - 17 Sep, 2011(CBS) - Building a new operating system from the ground up is a daunting task, but it seems like Microsoft is rolling the dice with Windows 8. Our friends at CNET brought up an interesting point that Windows 8 is not trying to copy OSX or iOS. ... |
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IE browser to drop Flash supportBBC News - 17 Sep, 2011One of the web's most widely used technologies is going to be absent from some versions of Windows 8. Microsoft is to drop support for Adobe Flash from the web browser that works with the Metro interface on Windows 8. The Metro user interface is most ... |
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Windows 8 browser to lack Flash compatibilityZDNet UK - David Meyer - 17 Sep, 2011Adobe Flash and other plug-ins will be barred from one of the two Internet Explorer 10 browsers in Windows 8, Microsoft has said. Microsoft has said that Adobe Flash and other plug-ins will be barred ... |
Why It's Important that Microsoft Succeeds with Windows 8TIME - Ben Bajarin - 17 Sep, 2011Ben Bajarin is the Director of Consumer Technology Analysis and Research at Creative Strategies, Inc, a technology industry analysis and market intelligence firm located in Silicon Valley. ... |
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Why Windows 8 isn't an iOS copycatCNET - Josh Lowensohn - 17 Sep, 2011Windows 8 running on a desktop, just as it can run on a tablet, or notebook computer. This week saw the latest step towards the release of Windows 8, the next major version of Microsoft's operating system that represents one of the biggest changes in ... |
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Is Microsoft Internet Explorer abandoning Flash too?GMANews.TV - 17 Sep, 2011Is Microsoft about to abandon Adobe's Flash once its new flagship operating system Windows 8 comes out? Microsoft IE team leader Dean Hachamovitch hinted at this in a blog post, where it said its Internet Explorer 10 browser will rely more on HTML5 ... |
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Microsoft Stops, Drops, and Rolls with MetroPC Magazine - John C. Dvorak - 17 Sep, 2011I got a bunch of flak for condemning the new Windows 8 Metro interface, but now that we've see what Microsoft is scheming at its Build conference, I feel vindicated. First of all, the interface should be renamed Microsoft "Kiosk," ... |
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Ballmer tries out 'reimagining'Asia Times Online - Martin J Young - 17 Sep, 2011HUA HIN, Thailand - Microsoft chief executive Steve Ballmer is on top of the latest buzzwords even as his company is looking increasingly passe in the world of smartphones and other mobile gadgets. In particular, it is struggling to ... |
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iOS, Android, Windows Phone, Windows 8? A coder's guideThe Guardian (blog) - Sep 15, 2011You may want to update your kit before you embark on programming for Windows 8. Photograph: Evening Standard/Getty Images It's patently obvious to anyone in the world of IT that app development can be used to create serious wealth. ... |
Windows 8: Half million previews downloaded in 24 hoursRegister - Anna Leach - Sep 15, 2011Half a million previews of Windows 8 have been downloaded by developers since the software became available on Tuesday, Microsoft has announced. Microsoft's CEO Steve Ballmer stated that it showed the strong ... |
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Microsoft unveils new version of WindowsSky News Australia - Sep 15, 2011Video for this article is not available as your browser either does not support JavaScript and/or Flash Player 9+ or they are currently disabled in your browser settings. Microsoft has launched an attempt to muscle in on the tablet computer market with ... |
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Flash's Future Fades As Windows Close on AdobeWired News - Christina Bonnington - Sep 15, 2011The future of Flash looks dimmer and dimmer as another major player in the mobile space shuns support of the platform. Microsoft's brand new Windows 8 Metro user interface will not support Adobe Flash or other plug-ins, ... |
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Microsoft Build: News from the Windows 8 sessionsZDNet (blog) - Mary Jo Foley - Sep 15, 2011Summary: Sessions at the Microsoft Build conference are yielding interesting tidbits on the coming Windows 8 store, the Windows To Go feature, WinRT programming interface, security, and Xbox Live ... |
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