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Guru3D have posted that the new 8.1 update, which previews tomorrow, will have a Start menu almost reminiscent of the windows 7 Start menu. Hot corners can be disabled as well as booting straight to desktop. How do they know this? Well Windows Server 2012 R2 already has the same options: Link...

A brief look at the new stuff in the release destined for June 26, Windows 8.1 or Windows Blue. Initially a preview at first, the full version is expected later in the year.

A blog detailing a little more about Windows Blue has been posted by Microsoft: The inclusion of a new Start icon is mentioned along with details concerning: Personalisation, A better search function, Improved keyboard and mouse options, Internet Explore 11, Cloud Connectivity, Apps and...

Mary Jo Foley has an article running which almost confirms a few of the rumours: Windows Blue named Windows 8.1. Blue to be free. Available through the Store and not Windows update. Initial public preview release end of June 2013. Release to manufacturing around August 2013. Includes GUI...

Hi Some of you may remember that I couldn't turn on the Windows firewall. Because of that I can't access any Windows 8 apps because they won't install with the firewall turned off. Well I posted about this at the Microsoft official support site too. After several months I never received an...

Frank X Shaw defends Windows Blue changes, saying it's a good thing to listen to users Link Removed

Hi After seeing a reference to it in another post I looked at and installed the trial of "Modern Mix" on my PC. This program is pretty much invisible, that is you probably will forget you have it installed but what it does is change the way things open from the Metro screen. For instance I...

A recent blog has revealed a possible release date for Windows Blue or Windows 8.1: Ref: Link Removed

The verge website is running article which is updated continually as more is revealed about the upcoming update for Windows 8. Latest news is a 'Kiosk mode', a way of pairing a device and application together. To read the article click the link below: Windows Blue: everything you need to know...

Rumours are rife about the return of the start button with the major update for Windows 8 called Windows Blue. Due for release sometime in the summer this will see further options for customisation of the Start menu too: Ref: Microsoft's Windows 8 Plan B(lue): Bring back the Start button, boot...

Microsoft's Windows Blue update is sure to bring a lot of changes to Windows 8 , and chief among those could be a boot to desktop option and the return of the Windows Start menu. Windows Blue (now being referred to by some as Windows 8.1 ) could add these major features, Windows staples that...

Mary Jo foley a Microsoft watcher and journalist has wrote an article giving Windows Blue a new name: This also further backs up the idea that Microsoft will not be releasing any major new Operating systems but instead will release yearly or half yearly updates starting with 8.1 then 8.2 and...

The Verge has revealed more details on the Windows Blue release: Reference: Windows Blue public preview planned for Build developer conference | The Verge

The web site Tweaktown is carrying an article showing leaked slides of Windows Blue. Whilst this isn't obviously an official first look it does give an idea of what to expect: Windows Blue build 9364 leaks out, multiple Live Tile sizes, same-width side-by-side apps on offer :: TweakTown

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Yep, it's real While my previous report about the leaked Windows 8 “Blue” build was based on screenshots posted to a Polish tech enthusiast forum, I’ve since gotten my dirty little mitts on the build and have installed it to a virtual machine. Based on a...

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...

News has leaked that the big update for Windows 8 next year entitled Windows Blue will not contain any form of Start Button or menu. Reference: Sorry, Windows Blue won't bring back the Start button

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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...