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Windows 8 And Windows Phone 7 Justify Microsoft At $28

Forbes - 28 Sep, 2011
Microsoft is focusing on improving its entertainment and devices business, which includes PC gaming device Xbox, the Zune portable media player, as well as its Windows mobile operating system. These businesses together account for just under 10% of ...

Windows 8 users to benefit from Windows Live

CNET - Lance Whitney - 28 Sep, 2011
Windows 8 will offer people the option of logging in with a Windows Live ID, giving them the ability to access the same files and settings across multiple PCs. Describing the new integration in the latest Building Windows 8 blog post, Katie Frigon, ...

A quaint marriage of the old and new

Mail & Guardian Online - Brett Haggard - 28 Sep, 2011
If you've only just got used to the superior looks, performance and stability of the Windows 7 operating system, you're in for some disappointing news. Microsoft announced the availability of a "developer preview" to its next generation operating ...

Windows 8 offers Live ID user logins

Inquirer - Dave Neal - 28 Sep, 2011
SOFTWARE HOUSE Microsoft is offering Live ID users the ability to sign into Windows 8 using their logins. The firm bragged about the feature, explaining that it was letting its users set up and use their computers in a way that is unique ...

Windows 8: a reimagined OS with touch screens in mind

Globe and Mail - lynn greiner - 28 Sep, 2011
It's that time again. Windows 7 is two years old, and that means the next version of Windows is merrily percolating â€" and generating such enthusiasm that Microsoft managed to sell out its recent BUILD developer's conference without publishing a word ...

Windows 8 - Metro is hip, Explorer not so!

NDTV.com - Sahil Mohan Gupta - ‎Sep 26, 2011‎
Before the rise and rise of Apple, desktop operating systems were dominated by Bill Gates' juggernaut Microsoft. Microsoft's Windows platform held more than 95% of the market share. But in June 2007 along came Apple with their simplified iOS that ...

Windows 8 to use cloud to keep user settings across PCs

GMANews.TV - ‎Sep 26, 2011‎
Microsoft is enhancing its Windows Live service to allow users of its upcoming flagship operating system Windows 8 keep and sync their settings across multiple personal computers (PCs). The software giant also hinted at a seamless integration between ...

Windows Start menu over the years (screenshots)

CNET - ‎Sep 26, 2011‎
In the Developer Preview version of the upcoming Windows 8, the Start menu is now radically changed and resembles the home screen of Windows Phone 7. This, among other things, indicates Microsoft's intention to create one operating system for both ...

Windows 95 to Windows 8: Microsoft's love affair with the Start menu

CNET (blog) - Dong Ngo - ‎Sep 26, 2011‎
Judging from the Developer Preview version of Windows 8, Microsoft has finally decided to change the Windows Start menu in a big way. And it's about time. The last time this happened was with Windows 95, when the Start menu was first introduced. ...

How Microsoft's Windows 8 will sync users' settings and apps

ZDNet (blog) - Mary Jo Foley - ‎Sep 26, 2011‎
Summary: Microsoft will be giving Windows 8 users the option to log into their PCs and tablets using their Windows Live ID. Here's what you'll get if you do so. According to today's post by Katie Frigon ...

How to Think About Windows on ARM

PC Magazine - Tim Bajarin - ‎Sep 26, 2011‎
The first time I went to see Microsoft, it was still up in Bellevue, Washington and it employed about 70 people. This is a company that I have followed even closer than Apple over the years and I've interacted with almost all of its ...

Windows 8: Sleek UI But Not Ready for the Desktop

PC Magazine - Michael J. Miller - ‎Sep 23, 2011‎
For a little more than a week now, I've been using the Windows 8 Developer Preview both on the Samsung tablet Microsoft passed out at the Build conference and on a standard desktop PC. So far, the operating system shows a lot of ...

Five reasons to stay away from Windows 8

Computerworld (blog) - ‎Sep 23, 2011‎
As I detail in my review, "A deep dive into Windows 8 Developer Preview," Microsoft heaped all of its creativity in Windows 8 on the new Metro interface, which you boot into when you start the operating system. There's a lot nice there, but it's been ...

A deep dive into Windows 8 Developer Preview

Computerworld - Preston Gralla - ‎Sep 22, 2011‎
After spending several days using Microsoft's new OS on a PC, what will you find? By Preston Gralla Computerworld - After spending several days with the Developer Preview of Windows 8 on a PC, it's clear that Microsoft's new operating system -- which ...

Windows 8 will allow you to login using Windows Live

Afterdawn.com - Rich Fiscus - 28 Sep, 2011
One of the new features Microsoft is adding to Windows 8 is the ability to login to your computer using a Windows Live ID. The primary purpose for this is sharing of Windows settings across multiple computers, all of which would have to be running ...

Microsoft: Sign into Windows 8 with Windows Live ID

Windows 8 Beta - 28 Sep, 2011
Tired of managing your multiple accounts on multiple machines,setting preferences each and every time you change the machine? Well,that all can be a thing of the past with the introduction of Windows 8′s new feature that allows the users to sign in ...

Win 8 To Sync User Settings Across Multiple Devices

eWEEK Europe UK - Nicholas Kolakowski - 28 Sep, 2011
Microsoft continues the drip feed of new Windows 8 capabilities, revealing that users will sign into Windows 8 with a Windows Live ID. According to a 26 September posting on the “Building Windows 8” blog, doing so will “ensure that each PC user has a ...

The joy of single sign-on

ExtremeTech - Sebastian Anthony - 28 Sep, 2011
The technological world is split into two separate but inexorably-linked worlds: hardware and software. In fact, almost everything in life has a hard, physical manifestation, and a soft, ...

Windows 8 and why Android is the new Windows

PC Advisor - Matt Egan - 28 Sep, 2011
Windows 8 is the most exciting Microsoft operating system since Windows 95. But to see off the challenge of Google Android, it needs to be. After dominating the desktop for a lifetime, the two-party state of ...

SkyDrive, Live Connect and other New Windows 8 Implementations

Windows 8 News - 28 Sep, 2011
By George on September 27, 2011 in Builds, News | Comments { 0 } Windows 8 will bring many new features, ranging from a new GUI to ARM. It will also let users more easily bridge the gap between online and offline by directly tapping into Microsoft's ...

Microsoft's Windows 8 Will Sync via Windows Live ID

eWeek - Nicholas Kolakowski - 28 Sep, 2011
Microsoft's Windows 8 will leverage Windows Live ID to sync user settings across multiple devices, in yet another extension of its "all in" cloud strategy. Microsoft will offer the ability to sign into Windows 8 with a Windows Live ID, ...

Microsoft Integrates Windows 8 and Windows Live ID Logins

ITProPortal - Ravi Mandalia - 28 Sep, 2011
Redmond based software powerhouse Microsoft Corp. has announced that it is going to offer all Windows Live ID members the ability to sign into Windows 8 using their logins. According to the company, with this new offering, users with Live IDs will be ...

Windows 8 integrates Windows Live ID

Generation NT (US) - 28 Sep, 2011
Windows 8 will use the cloud to synchronise and keep users settings when connecting on multiple PC's. The cloud will be at the heart of Microsoft's Windows 8 operating system strategy. Its presence will start to be felt when users connect to their ...

8 Things You Need to Know About Windows 8

Siliconindia.com - 28 Sep, 2011
By SiliconIndia, Tuesday, 27 September 2011, 05:23 Hrs Windows' every launch of new operating system version comes up with a several design changes and new features all the time. This time it is the metro interface that's going to take all the credits ...

8 Things You Need to Know About Windows 8

Siliconindia.com - 28 Sep, 2011
By SiliconIndia, Tuesday, 27 September 2011, 05:24 Hrs Windows 8 has introduced an app store feature which is similar to the Mac OS X's desktop. The one difference will be Windows wil l allow the users to experience the taste of software by offering ...

8 Things You Need to Know About Windows 8

Siliconindia.com - 28 Sep, 2011
By SiliconIndia, Tuesday, 27 September 2011, 05:25 Hrs Windows whenever introduce their new version of OS, flaunt about the improved security systems they bring in. The OS provi des high security which can be checked while the booting is performed. ...

 

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