According to a report, the rumored 8-inch “Surface mini” tablet is indeed real—although Microsoft has no plans to ship it. And that’s probably because you wouldn’t be interested in buying it, anyway. Although Microsoft has marketed the Surface line of tablets as productivity devices, the Surface...
Windows Blue is Real!
Constant media rumors in the tech world are giving credence to the idea that Microsoft will release an update called Windows Blue or Windows 8 Blue at some point in 2013. From a technological and IT sales perspective, this would be a feature-related update similar to a...
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According to an article over at Neowin.net the next big update for Windows 8 is code named Windows Blue and it's scheduled for some time in 2013. Essentially this is a service pack with a difference, changes to the UI including a more flexible tile size and a broader range of colour as well as...
Neowin.net have reviewed Windows 8. IMO I find it a well balanced and fair article with good advice on how to get the most from the new os.
Worth a read:
Neowin - Where unprofessional journalism looks better - Neowin
Neowin.net are running article claiming to have a wallpaper from the RTM to download. The wallpaper is actually quite nice although whether it's actually real remains to be seen..
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To download and access the above article go to:
Download the Windows 8 default wallpaper here...
An interesting discussion if not a tad lengthy. Many of the points raised have been discussed already but for those that are wondering what the current state of play is then this will bring you up to speed...
Neowin reports that the rumoured final build number 8500 has been surpassed by the latest leaked build:
Reference:
Windows 8 RTM build goes beyond 8500 to 8506? - Neowin
There seems to be some consensus regarding the date for Windows 8 RTM. It would seem that it has moved up now from some speculation about an August release to a date in July, although the actual build number is still in some questions.
Windows 8 RTM build reportedly 8500, announcement coming...
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Source: Neowin.net - Windows 8 'Aero Lite' button elements revealed
Personally, I don't like them, too plain, too IE9.
I'm sure the Windows 8 developers could have come up with something a little more exciting.
NeoWin says that Microsoft will push Windows 7 Service Pack 1 to users today via Windows Update. It will mostly just contain bug fixes, but it's better than nothing. [ NeoWin via CrunchGear ] More »
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1st post, nice to be here, longtime member EOCF[Extreme Overclocking Forum] and PC-PER[PC-Perspective Forum], also Neowin, Anandtech, HardForum and some others too.
Rich :cool:
An update to Windows 7 released yesterday has given a strong clue that a final release of the first service pack for the operating system isn't too far away.
According to a Microsoft support page, the imaginatively-named KB976902 (Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 installation software...
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Few days ago on Neowin posted that Windows 7 Market share has just reached 25% in the first 14 months since it's release. Windows XP has once again slipped down and this time much lower slide that before, XP has lost 8% since last time bringing it down to 50% with Windows Vista following XP in a...
Just found this, though was interesting..
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Its an add-on for Firefox found here, just browse to the page in Firefox, download and restart your browser.
There has been a persistent bug in every Win7 build starting with 7022 where it will drop the internet. It defies troubleshooting, hangs upon restart requiring hard shutdown, then resets upon start up.
There are other internet loss bugs but this one is widely reported in every build including...
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I like the bi directional audio among others...if they could work on local printing. I've set it up before but its kind of a pain.
From Neowin:
There have been so many dates flying around concerning the upcoming Release Candidate for Windows 7, and it's beginning to become a daily subject in the blogosphere. Just when you thought that we were going to see a Windows 7 RC by the end of February, a trusted source within...
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I just read on Neowin.net and verified by going to https://www.microsoft.com/windows/windows-7/default.aspx that Microsoft has added a link to the top of their Windows 7 page to download the beta. It is not funtioning as of this time.
Could this be an early Christmas present for the public...