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How to get Google back on Windows 8

Posted October 26, 2012 - 12:39 pm

Google gets pro-active for users who might be missing Google on new OS with a new site and video.
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Watch a demo of Xbox SmartGlass

Posted October 23, 2012 - 9:41 am

Microsoft app that launches on Oct. 26 will integrate media content across devices.
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Windows 8 ad shows all the things I won't be doing on my computer

Posted October 15, 2012 - 3:04 pm

There's a lot of touching going on in the new Microsoft Windows 8 commercial.
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Bill Gates wants a better toilet [Insert Windows Joke Here]

Posted August 15, 2012 - 10:52 am

Valuable campaign aims to improve sanitation in underdeveloped countries, but it's easier to just make poo jokes.
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Lenovo ThinkPad Tablet 2 runs Intel, not ARM processor

Posted August 9, 2012 - 1:38 pm

The ThinkPad Tablet 2 will have Intel’s new Atom processor rather than an ARM chip like tablets from Acer and Asusl. Lenovo said it wanted backward compatibility with software that runs on previous version of Windows.
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Apple posts new iPad ad right after Microsoft announces Surface tablet

Posted June 19, 2012 - 9:53 am

In case anyone gets too caught up in Microsoft Surface Mania, Apple is around to remind everyone how awesome their iPad is.
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How to make weapons out of trash

Posted May 29, 2012 - 4:56 pm

Turn your rubbish into skilled weaponry via this video.
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If LinkedIn was invented in the '80s

Posted April 30, 2012 - 9:30 am

What would our favorite business social network / job hunting site look like if it had an '80s makeover?
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Microsoft shows off Windows 8 preview: Are you excited yet?

Posted February 29, 2012 - 6:14 pm

Microsoft releases three videos to try and build excitement for Windows 8.
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German event uses Ghostbusters to make Windows Phone 7.5 look cool

Posted January 24, 2012 - 10:50 am

Microsoft Germany uses Ghostbusters to try and make Windows Phone 7.5 seem cool.
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Microsoft builds giant smartphone to promote Windows Phone 7.5

Posted November 8, 2011 - 12:14 pm

Microsoft installed a gigantic Windows Phone in New York’s Herald Square Monday to mark the debut of Windows Phone 7.5 devices on store shelves.
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Nokia unveils first Windows phones

Posted October 26, 2011 - 2:02 pm

The Lumia devices are Nokia's first big push for phones running the Windows Phone operating system after the company announced a partnership with Microsoft in February.
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Microsoft shows off Windows 8 running on Samsung tablet

Posted September 14, 2011 - 2:00 pm

At the company's BUILD conference in California, Microsoft teased Windows 8 and offered developers the option to download an early realsed of the OS.
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Microsoft: Windows 8 developer preview available now

Posted September 14, 2011 - 1:57 pm

Steven Sinofsky, president of the Windows division, announced the release at Microsoft's "Build" Professional Developers Conference, being held this week in Anaheim, California.
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Microsoft teases Windows 8 at BUILD conference

Posted September 14, 2011 - 1:55 pm

Microsoft posted the first developer preview beta of Windows 8 late on Tuesday.
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ViewSonic tablet runs Windows, Android

Posted June 1, 2011 - 1:16 pm

The ViewPad 10 Pro tablet PC from ViewSonic runs Android and Windows and can switch between the two at the tap of an icon.
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iPad runs Windows 7 via VMware app

Posted May 3, 2011 - 5:14 pm

Network World's Jon Brodkin shows how VMware View lets you run an instance of Windows 7 on an Apple iPad.
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Cool Kinect hack: Controlling Windows 7 [video]

Posted March 8, 2011 - 12:19 pm

When Microsoft first announced a controller-less interface for their Xbox gaming system, the first thought that crossed everyone's mind was: porn games. Second thought: Minority Report. Enter Evoluce AG.
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Brain control can type letters [video]

Posted March 1, 2011 - 4:04 pm

Concentrate carefully and the letters will appear on screen - it's not a magic trick but the latest in brain-machine control, on show at this week's Cebit. The system, called intendiX, consists of a skull cap with electrodes, a pocket-sized brainwave amplifier, and a Windows application that analyzes and decodes the brainwaves.
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CES: Ballmer plugs Windows as an OS for all devices (video)

Posted January 6, 2011 - 4:33 pm

Microsoft showed Windows running on ARM processors, a first for the OS.
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It's Not Your &#%*@$ Computer!

Posted February 11, 2009 - 1:21 pm

If the company provides the computer, the company owns the computer and has the sole right to decide how the employee uses that computer and what software can be loaded. Locking down Windows-based systems stop a wide variety of security problems.
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Remove PC User Rights, Reduce Windows Bugs

Posted February 5, 2009 - 1:13 pm

When Windows users sign on as a user, not Administrator, your security improves greatly. Remember the company, not the user, owns the computer and decides how it's used.
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Microsoft Details More Windows 7 Vaporware

Posted October 29, 2008 - 11:02 am

Computerworld plays Microsoft fanboy in â€œOpinion: 10 Best Features in Windows 7 for IT Professionals.â€ The Windows developer conference underway now will generate a tidal wave of â€œinside informationâ€ which is Microsoft PR speak for â€œvague promisesâ€ with little connection to reality.
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