Microsoft defends its Windows 8 Metro Start screenCNET (blog) - Lance Whitney - Oct 5, 2011Microsoft is trying to justify its new Windows 8 Metro user interface Start screen in the wake of ongoing concerns and complaints from unhappy users of the developer preview. In the latest update to the Building Windows 8 blog, Alice Steinglass, ... |
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Microsoft replaces Windows' Start menu with a screenInquirer - Lawrence Latif - Oct 5, 2011SOFTWARE CHURN FACTORY Microsoft has cited alleged misuse of the Windows Start menu as the reason it has replaced the Start menu in Windows 8 with a Start screen. Microsoft's Chaitanya Sareen concluded about the Start menu, ... |
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Microsoft to address Windows 8 Start Screen concernsZDNet (blog) - Adrian Kingsley-Hughes - Oct 5, 2011Summary: Microsoft remains convinced that touch is the way forward, but will address some of the issues facing desktop users. Microsoft is listening to your Windows 8 Start Screen concerns, ... |
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Microsoft Explains Why the Start Menu Needed to DiePC Magazine - Mark Hachman - Oct 4, 2011On Tuesday, Microsoft explained why the Windows 7 start menu is now a start screen in Windows 8: no one used it. That may be an exaggeration of sorts, but a blog post by Microsoft explained that the use of the Start menu dipped by 11 ... |
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Microsoft explains reason for Windows 8 Start menuCNET - Lance Whitney - Oct 4, 2011Windows 8's new Metro-based Start menu has already aroused concerns and questions among users, but Microsoft sees the feature as a natural evolution. In the latest Building Windows 8 blog, Chaitanya Sareen, program manager lead on Microsoft's Core ... |
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Microsoft Windows 8 testers clamor for more interface customization (and may ...ZDNet (blog) - Mary Jo Foley - Oct 4, 2011Summary: Windows 8 testers and potential users aren't completely sold on the new start screen (the Metro-style look and feel) of the coming version of Microsoft's operating system. ... |
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Windows 7 Takes Flight At Korean AirInformationWeek - Paul McDougall - Oct 3, 2011Asian carrier expects to have migrated its entire PC infrastructure to the most current version of Microsoft's OS by year end. By Paul McDougall InformationWeek Despite the buzz surrounding Windows 8 in recent weeks, the fact is most enterprises have ... |
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Windows XP usage share falls by record amountComputerworld - Gregg Keizer - Oct 3, 2011Computerworld - Microsoft's Windows XP lost an unprecedented amount of online usage share last month, a Web metrics company said Saturday. The aging operating system -- it turned 10 several weeks ago -- lost almost 2 percentage points ... |
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Windows 7 overtakes Windows XP global shareZDNet (blog) - Zack Whittaker - Oct 3, 2011Summary: Windows XP has finally been displaced by current version Windows 7, according to global marketshare statistics. More market figures this morning, and Windows 7 has finally taken over Windows XP ... |
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Microsoft Targets Mobile With Windows 8, Still Seeks Hold on PCsMobiledia - Janet Maragioglio - Oct 5, 2011Microsoft will use touch screen technology in Windows 8 to boost its place in the mobile market, but also reassured smooth integration with PC features to hold its dominance in desktop. ... |
Microsoft Start menu use falls with Windows 7iT News - Oct 5, 2011Microsoft has pointed to the decline in the number of Windows 7 users accessing the Start menu as a reason to radically overhaul the feature in Windows 8. Core experience evolved team program manager Chaitanya Sareen said in a blog post that the number ... |
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Microsoft Explains Rationale Behind Controversial Windows 8 Start MenuHot Hardware - Joel Hruska - Oct 5, 2011The Windows 8 Start Menu Screen is shaping up to be a bone of contention between Microsoft's engineers and those following the company's Building Windows 8 blog. In a series of recent articles, Microsoft's Steven Sinofsky delved into the history of the ... |
Why the Windows 7 Start Menu is Going Out of FashionTom's Hardware Guide - Marcus Yam - Oct 5, 2011Remember what Windows 95 was all about? Besides a whole new platform, it also brought us the Start menu, which was big enough to get its own Rolling Stones theme song. The Start menu was where all the action was at, making it easier to access programs ... |
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Microsoft Reasons Why Start Menu was Changed in Windows 8ITProPortal - Ravi Mandalia - Oct 5, 2011The Windows maker Microsoft Corp. explained on Tuesday the reason behind it killing the Windows 7 Start Menu, and replacing the same with a start screen in the company's forthcoming offering - the Windows 8 OS platform. According to the company, ... |
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Microsoft Explains Why It's Killing The Start Menu In Windows 8The Consumerist - Phil Villarreal - Oct 5, 2011When Windows 8 comes calling, it's not bringing that old start menu that you knew and loved for the better part of the past couple decades. Microsoft's research found that people are using the menu ... |
Windows 8: 7 handy tips and 4 cool toolsInfoWorld (blog) - Peter Bruzzese - Oct 5, 2011Although it isn't even in beta, the Windows 8 Developer Preview edition is already getting tweaked and having its hidden features exposed by fanboys (and girls) and developers alike. Here are eight tips, tricks, ... |
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Windows 8: Start Screen Not FinalGhacks Technology News - Oct 5, 2011If you had the chance to play around with the Windows 8 developer preview that Microsoft released publicly last month you have noticed that it feels different from previous versions of the operating system in many regards. ... |
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Ballmer orders the death of the start buttonTechEye - Edward Berridge - Oct 5, 2011The Godfather of software, the shy, mumbling, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer, has ordered that the start button should be made an offer it can't refuse. Punters were wondering why, when the Vole was showing off its start screen in Windows 8, ... |
Can Metro Style Apps Coexist with Classic Windows Software?Redmond Developer News (blog) - Oct 4, 2011Microsoft ruffled more feathers last month when it announced that the Metro style version of Internet Explorer 10 would not support any plug-ins-- its own Silverlight, Adobe Flash, ActiveX and even common add-ins that people use to personalize their ... |
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Microsoft Talks About The Windows 8 Start MenuWindows 8 News - Robert Boland - Oct 4, 2011Many Windows users have become slightly concerned about the sudden change of direction from Microsoft. Instead of centering the whole OS around the traditional Windows start menu which has ... |
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What Microsoft Can Learn After Choking Off Desktop GadgetsReadWriteWeb - Scott M. Fulton, III - Oct 4, 2011Before any professional investor makes a play in a new market, she makes or acquires a reasonable estimate of its size. Not only does demand come into play, but the availability of ... |
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Microsoft on the Windows 8 Start MenuTechnologizer - Harry McCracken - Oct 4, 2011Curious what's on the mind of the people who are creating Windows 8? Microsoft's Windows team blogs the thinking behind its decisions in posts that are sometimes remarkably detailed. ... |
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Windows 8: Microsoft's Development Re-DoDr. Dobb's - Andrew Binstock - Oct 4, 2011Redmond once again pushes developers to forgo existing technologies and adopt a new UI and APIs â€" despite the lack of compelling benefits. Microsoft is a company founded by developers, which makes it a rarity among ... |
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Getting to the Bottom of Windows 8 Is Nearly ImpossibleRedmond Channel Partner (blog) - Oct 4, 2011Not to give away any trade secrets here or anything, but we're putting together a story for the November issue of Redmond on Windows 8. (By the way, if you'd like to contribute to the story with a comment or observation, e-mail lpender@rcpmag.com. ... |
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If You BUILD It: Highlights from Microsoft's BUILD ConferenceDevProconnections - Oct 4, 2011In September, Microsoft held its long-anticipated BUILD conference. On the block was the entire future of the Microsoft developer ecosystem. Well, that's a bit overdramaticâ€"but developers who subscribe to the “Redmond Way” certainly had their ears ... |
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SLIDESHOW: Top 8 features to expect from Windows 8FierceCIO - Zach Rausnitz - Oct 4, 2011Windows 8 will have a tile-based Metro interface, which Microsoft calls "app-centric," similar to the Windows Phone interface. It's designed for PCs and tablets. Users will also be able to switch to the traditional desktop interface, which Microsoft ... |
Compute: Windows 8 preview shows promiseScrippsNews - Andrea Eldridge - Oct 4, 2011I'm not a big fan of change. It took me five years with the same haircut to finally try bangs. So when Microsoft announced at its recent developers' conference that it would release a new version of ... |
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Windows Developer Preview Offers Glimpse of FutureeWeek - Oct 4, 2011The pre-beta of Windows 8 shows off a new UI and design features but otherwise looks familiar. If I've learned nothing else from spending a few days with the Windows Developer Preview, it's that Microsoft is taking few chances on there ever being ... |
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Microsoft Kills Windows Live Gallery to Focus on Windows 8TechnoBuffalo - Killian Bell - Oct 3, 2011Microsoft has announced that it has retired its Windows Live Gallery so that the company can focus its efforts on developing applications for Windows 8 and the “much richer set of opportunities available ... |
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Windows 8: Microsoft's next-generation OSThe Prospector - Oct 3, 2011Microsoft's 2011 BUILD developer conference sampled the latest advancements and innovations incorporated in the company's upcoming operating system, Windows 8. Start Screen's "Live Tiles," customizable tiles displaying real-time data, will be the place ... |
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