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Start button's return to Windows 8? Probably, but there's no guarantee

Posted May 8, 2013 - 12:30 pm

Microsoft's head of Windows development on Tuesday came close to promising that the iconic Start button would return to the Windows 8 desktop, but never made a guarantee.
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Asus readies small, sub-$300 Windows slates for release

Posted May 7, 2013 - 4:50 pm

Would you pay an extra $50 for a pint-sized tablet if it ran Windows 8 instead of Android? Asus thinks you might.
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Windows 8 tip: Restore the merge-folders option

Posted May 7, 2013 - 4:47 pm

Windows 8 insists on automatically merging the contents of like-named folders. Here's how to restore the options you had in Windows 7.
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Microsoft's drip-drip-drip Windows communications strategy dubbed a washout

Posted May 7, 2013 - 4:22 pm

Microsoft's Tami Reller, the CFO and head of marketing for the Windows division, went on a mini publicity spree today. But she didn't say very much.
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Windows Blue preview due at end of June

Posted May 7, 2013 - 4:09 pm

Microsoft plans to release a preview version of Windows 8's update, code-named Windows Blue, at the end of June, according to Julie Larson-Green, a corporate vice president in charge of the OS's development.
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$300M investment in Nook delivers next to nothing for Microsoft

Posted May 7, 2013 - 2:04 pm

Microsoft has gotten little from a 2012 investment of $300 million with Barnes & Noble, analysts said, but it's poised to reap some rewards as it and its partners start to ship smaller tablets.
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Security pros cheer hint of hands-off updates in Windows Blue

Posted May 7, 2013 - 6:13 am

Microsoft's apparent plan to automatically update its own Windows Store apps in the next version of Windows 8 is drawing praise from security experts.
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Microsoft's Windows Blue to be available later this year

Posted May 7, 2013 - 2:17 am

Microsoft's update of its Windows 8 operating system, code-named Windows Blue, will be available later this year, supporting a variety of form factors and display sizes, and providing more options for both businesses and consumers.
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Gates sticks to company line on tablets, knocks iPad

Posted May 6, 2013 - 2:59 pm

Microsoft co-founder and chairman Bill Gates today stuck to the company line on tablets, and disparaged rival Apple's iPad for its lack of a keyboard and its inability to run Office.
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Microsoft's $2B loan to Dell comes with strings

Posted May 6, 2013 - 6:52 am

As part of Microsoft's loan of $2 billion to a group trying to buy PC maker Dell, the two companies must modify the payment terms of Dell's current agreements with Microsoft, a document filed with U.S. regulators said.
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Amazon leaks evidence of first smaller, cheaper Windows 8 tablet

Posted May 5, 2013 - 7:21 pm

Details of what could be the first smaller Windows 8 tablet leaked Friday when Amazon briefly published a listing for an 8.1-in. Acer Iconia tablet.
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Microsoft admits zero-day bug in IE8, pledges patch

Posted May 5, 2013 - 2:10 am

Microsoft late Friday confirmed that a "zero-day," or unpatched, vulnerability exists in Internet Explorer 8, the company's most popular browser.
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Acer waits for Windows RT 8.1 to make tablet decision

Posted May 3, 2013 - 4:43 pm

Acer is waiting for the next version of Windows RT, due in the second half of this year, before deciding whether to release a tablet that runs on that OS.
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How to "Trust this PC" in Windows 8?

Posted May 3, 2013 - 4:24 pm

I'm having trouble getting my PC "trusted" since I installed Windows 8. When I go into Action Center and select "Trust this PC" it just redirects to Live account and nothing else happens. It's one of those things that is (or should be) super simple, but it's driving me nuts.
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Retailers didn't do Windows 8 any favors

Posted May 3, 2013 - 12:45 pm

Retailers share part of the blame for poor Windows 8 sales and the ensuing decline of PC shipments, analysts contended today.
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Lenovo IdeaTab Lynx review: This tablet-laptop hybrid gives Intel Atom a bad name

Posted May 3, 2013 - 11:09 am

Lightweight and usable, but build quality doesn't cut it.
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The Surface shines while Windows tablets wobble

Posted May 2, 2013 - 3:23 pm

Just months after jumping into hardware, Microsoft is a top five tablet manufacturer -- though Windows tablets still have a long road to travel before they're considered anything close to a success.
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Time to say goodbye to Windows RT tablets?

Posted May 2, 2013 - 3:04 pm

Windows RT tablets grabbed just 0.4% of the tablet market in the first quarter, a dismal result that led some tech experts to urge Microsoft to scrap the platform that's in its six-month infancy.
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Windows 8 grows slow, XP just won't go

Posted May 1, 2013 - 2:25 pm

Microsoft was hit with a double whammy last month as it made scant progress in either boosting the usage share of Windows 8 or depressing the share of Windows XP, data published today showed.
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Microsoft links Skype voice, video calling to Outlook.com

Posted April 30, 2013 - 10:08 am

Microsoft is rolling Skype in with its free Outlook.com email service, giving customers the ability to fire up VoIP calls directly from their mail inbox.
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Windows 8 developers wonder, where's the ad revenue?

Posted April 29, 2013 - 3:28 pm

All through the month of April, ad-supported Windows 8 apps have gotten no ads. That means no revenue for developers. What gives?
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Switch to Mac: Transfer your files from a PC to a Mac

Posted April 29, 2013 - 1:43 pm

If you're switching from a PC to a Mac, one of the first things you'll want to do is to move all your data to your new computer. The process is fairly simple, but you can go down any of several paths depending on your setup and your needs.
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How to use Windows 8's cool new file-copy feature

Posted April 29, 2013 - 10:08 am

If you're not paying attention, you might overlook one of Windows 8's best little improvements.
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Review

HP ElitePad 900 review: This tablet is all business

Posted April 26, 2013 - 11:03 am

HP's smartly designed, solidly built, Atom-based Windows 8 tablet makes a solid case for mobile fleets.
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Windows Blue won't solve all Microsoft's problems, analysts say

Posted April 25, 2013 - 4:34 pm

Microsoft's failure thus far to significantly spark PC and tablet sales with Windows 8 has put high expectations on an expected 2013 refresh of the OS, dubbed 'Blue.'
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