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The one where we beat Miracast to death In the latest episode of Windows Weekly, Leo Laporte, Mary Jo Foley and I discuss our trip next week to San Francisco, which Windows devices are the most popular, some new Windows Phones from BLU, iPhone 6 vs. Windows Phone, Microsoft's multiple wireless...

This is, actually, a 2-parter... 1. w/ the Update (8.1.1) can, now, opt to have Store icons on the Task Bar. 2. There is, as w/ anything in this context, the ability to 'pin' these to the Task Bar. That said... Active APPs will sit on the Switcher Bar, true enough. However, after a time, the...

http://www.theverge.com/2014/3/13/5503792/huawei-dual-boot-android-windows-phone-release-date I don't understand this at all. Who needs dual boot on a PHONE ? It makes hell a lot more sense on tablets, and MS is doing its best to block it. But no objection from MS on Windows Phone dual boot ...

Mary Jo Foley has more news on the soon to be released update: Full article: http://www.zdnet.com/windows-8-1-update-1-now-looking-like-april-7000026009/

Hi I'm sitting here at my computer listening to the TV. They just had a news story on MSNBC that said the Hewlett Packard it going back to Windows 7 on their computers. They announced that they were going back to Windows 7 in hopes of improving sales which have declined since the introduction...

The UK government now says that Ubuntu 12.04 is the safest operating system available, way ahead of Windows 8 and Mac OS X. Full article here: http://news.softpedia.com/news/Ubuntu-12-04-Is-More-Secure-Than-Windows-8-and-Mac-OS-X-Says-UK-Goverment-416016.shtml ....

Microsoft changed their mind and is planning to release the much sought-after Win 8.1 ISO. http://news.softpedia.com/news/Microsoft-Expected-to-Release-Windows-8-1-ISOs-This-Month-396247.shtml ...

Microsoft's 13-year CEO announced today his plans to retire within the next year, which surely brings closure to many people who were always skeptical of his behaviour as a person and strategies for the company itself. It's been announced Microsoft is working with both founder Bill Gates and...

Always good to see Apple back in the news again. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-23486638 I can't even imagine what the price of a new Apple Device would cost consumers if they ever actually address and fix these labor problems.

While Paul is off sewing his wild oats, we had the pleasure of being joined by Mark DeFalco. Enjoy! Link Removed Bing expands auto search The domain name battle Is your Kinect spying on you? Link Removed Link Removed

What the hell happened...I turned on the advertising and then turned it off....and now I inundated with the news feeds and RSS feeds again. Surely just turning the advertisements on/off should have effected it.

Chrome was hacked and use to take over windows.....here's the whole story. http://news.cnet.com/8301-1009_3-57573064-83/researchers-win-$100000-for-chrome-hack-that-leaves-windows-vulnerable/

Chrome was hacked and used to take over windows....here's the whole story. http://news.cnet.com/8301-1009_3-57573064-83/researchers-win-$100000-for-chrome-hack-that-leaves-windows-vulnerable/

It would seem that before the Blue update Microsft intends to update the core apps that were supplied with the os on shipping. Mary Jo Foley has more: Microsoft to update its core Windows 8 apps well before 'Blue' | ZDNet

Bought a Windows 7 PC in the last seven months? If so, you have two days left to upgrade to Windows 8 for the low price of $15. Microsoft is ending the promo tomorrow, February 28. Source: Yahoo! News

This hilarious video explains why Windows 8 sucks [Video] | Reviews, news, tips, and tricks | dotTech

Is there any way to filter out all those windows 8 news post...some of it doesn't have anything to do with windows 8.

On behalf of all of us here at Microsoft, I’d like to wish everyone a very happy New Year! With 2013 starting on a Tuesday, our monthly bulletin release is upon us a bit earlier than usual. Next Tuesday we’ll release seven bulletins; two Critical and five Important, which address...

I just need a confirmation: 1)Does the photo tile show only the same 3-4 photos from your picture library even if you have tons of photos there? 2) does the Bing travel tile slideshowing the same destinations : Budapest, Rio, Paris all day 3) does the sport app and news app show the same photo...

You might have heard reports that Microsoft has accidentally been giving away free licenses to Windows 8 Pro. Sorry, but that's not true. It's just another move in the long cat-and-mouse game between Microsoft and the pirates. Source: Yahoo! News