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A startup is betting more than half a billion dollars that it will dazzle you with its approach to creating 3-D imagery. Availability: 1-3 years Link Removed

Microsoft's new leadership is fundamentally changing the company for the better Continue reading...

Hi I've been playing with Cortana today. Pretty neat, I set up a playlist with 175 pieces of music, a mixture of styles from Pop, Rock, Folk, and Broadway, with everyone from Barbara Streisand to Steeleye Span, Bruce Springsteen, and Joan Baez. Now all I have to do is say "Hey Cortana play my...

This offers some insight into what makes Windows 10 a significant departure from the past and a significant progression to the future. As has been said, UI is the tip of the iceberg. Cheers, Drew PS: Please, don't bother giving me grief. Just sharing the article, did not write it!

"And now for something completely different" Does this apply to what Microsoft knew they were giving people w/ Windows 8. OR Does it apply to what people thought Microsoft was giving them w/ Windows 8? OR Does it apply to Windows 10? Windows 8 was different from the past and a window to the...

I have found quite a large number of new items in the PCSettings, with an asterisk. Not working in my case, so they are possibly for future updates.

Peter Hortensius, the head of technology for Lenovo, the world's biggest PC maker, talks to the Mercury News about the future of computing. Link Removed

Windows 8.2 Spring 2015

This question has been hanging in my head for a bit and want a windows users perspective on it. With support for XP now finally gone and with the failures of Windows Vista and 8 I think its time for Microsoft to re evaluate its current stance on windows 7. As of October sales of windows 7 have...

The Surface 2 and the Nokia tablets are great hardware with a dim future -- but Microsoft could fix that. Continue reading...

Here's a current list of Games For Windows Live Games that will & won't be supported elsewhere. Here's the article link : http://www.joystiq.com/2014/01/17/games-for-windows-live-is-dying-we-check-the-life-support-of-ga/

Paul Thurrott blogs about the future for Windows and what's likely to happen in the coming months: Reference: http://winsupersite.com/windows-8/threshold-be-called-windows-9-ship-april-2015

Zdnet.com are running an article by Simon Bisset which details recent events around the Windows Blue/8.1 release. The article also goes on to outline what the 8.1 release means for the future development of Windows: Well worth a read if you want to know how Microsoft is changing and why. The...

In another forum someone asked what people felt about Windows 8. This is what I had to say: Ok, well, to the OP I will offer my comments & promise to not be overly techy. Many folks who have spent a bit of time @ this forum, already, know my feelings but, that's ok... I have been using...

Will they come out with a desktop version do you think?

Many of us think that by the time Windows 9 or 10 arrives the desktop would disappear. But according to the following MSDN blog, Microsoft considers desktop important and intends to keep desktop for the foreseeable future: Link Removed But this blog is an year old and within an year we...

NEW YORK -- July 16, 2012 - Nextwork Media ("nextworkmedia.com"), a Michael Fara company, in affiliation with Windows 7 Forums ("windows7forums.com") and Windows 8 Forums ("windows8forums.com"), wholly owned subsidiaries of said company and Mr. Fara, announced today, the acquisition of...

POST = Power On Self Test, right? Apparently not any longer. The word is now being used to describe the future of computing, as in POST PC World. Which sounds to me like Microsoft intends to leave we desktop users and apparently some of if not most of its' long time valued partners to our own...

I'm not sure if I would be welcomed in the Skype Webcast. There are other issues I have heard about but here is my issue. I leave it here for you to discuss or ignore. With the risk of receiving another infraction over the same topic, I present the main reason behind why I quit visiting...