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Stylish and practical, but not very ergonomic Microsoft's Arc Touch Mouse Surface Edition is a near-perfect companion for your Surface 2 or Surface Pro 2. It features the same matte black designs, stows flat for portability, and connects wirelessly instead of taking up the device's single USB...

Imagine the scene if you will: Microsoft's top designers and execs are sat around in a room looking at the latest mobile operating systems and the desktop alternatives and wondering how they can take a proportional leap forward from the well-received Windows 7 platform. They've looked at tablets...

Often I need to crop an image with curves, especially curved corners, but everything that I have tried so far only crop in straight lines (rectangle). Is there a program available that can crop curves?

Orphydian's Modern UI Custom Tiles And Icons Thread ......styling is everything Not being satisfied of having tiny, unlike software icons filling your startcreen ? Being disrupted by this design gap that resolve the whole modern windows 8 feeling ? then this thread that is all about sharing...

Hi Everyone, I know you probably get a billion of these types of topics on here, but I would like to build a new system and I thought I'd come to the Win7 experts this time :) I'll start with the current system I have, which I built about seven years ago... OS: Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit...

how can i make my folders look like this in win8? Thanks in advance F

I've been using Windows 8 for a couple months. I have a live.com email that I use to log into Win 8. When I open Mail app (outlook and live.com) it comes up full screen and has very few controls. About all you can do is send a email. No contacts. When I go to use live.com within the Chrome...

I just saw a prototype for the new Microsoft calculator that will be in stores later this year. A few notable features include... 1. The "Addition" key has been permanently removed. 2. The "Multiplication" key has been removed, but it can be purchased separately as a single key keyboard that...

The forum looks 100% better! Thanks Mike!

Here's a cool module I created a while ago. I got the idea with some cool fading effects... Maybe you'll find use for this too :) If you want something fancy, try this Module I came up with: Imports System.Threading Module FormSwitcher <System.Runtime.CompilerServices.Extension()> _...

Uncertainty could turn Windows 8 into the next Vista Sales of Windows 8 PCs are well below Microsoft’s internal projections and have been described inside the company as disappointing. But here’s the catch: The software giant blames the slow start on lackluster PC maker designs and...

A new Microsoft manufactured machine is now due to make a splash and initial interest has been high. Does the Surface stand up to inspection though? Here are a few reviews to set the scene. Microsoft's website for it's new Surface can be found here: Link Removed Reviews: Link Removed...

Hi guys I've recently found this channel which reviews the newly released Wedge mobile keyboard compatible for Win 8 tablets. It's noted also that more windows 8 peripherials will be unboxed and review so I'll be posting them here. Enjoy! PS: MS nailed the design of it! <object width="484"...

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For anyone who doesn't, already, know... The UI found in Windows8 & more is, now & henceforth, called "Modern UI" Cheers, Drew

This short video shows how to design architectural layers in your product, and then validate them to ensure that components implement the intended architecture. Link Removed Link Removed

_______ , Maybe there could be room for not finding the Win8 UI flawed or something that makes people unhappy. Maybe it is ok & there is no need to make the OS into something it's not... that being some previous OS. Many people cannot agree that it suffers because it was made for certain...

♅ ♆ why these symbols arent changeable within fonts? I wanted to use them on a forum and it seems they are unchangeble regardless the font. The others dont have this problem as you can see hereLink Removed

Why Windows 8 Needs Metro Link Removed

Hello windows users, my name is Elliott and I have decided to start developing programs that people will want to use. I am starting to get to know vb code and once complete I will be moving onto c# before finally doing c++ What I am looking for is for some ideas on what people would want...