Windows 8 reimagined backfires Microsoft, take it with a grain of salt, but new information coming from Mary Jo Foley, a very reliable Microsoft watcher from ZDNet, is reporting that the software giant isn’t just bringing boot-to-desktop option, but it could also be considering bringing back the Start button in Windows 8.1 (Blue). Mary also emphasizes that [...]
The rumors were true, Microsoft will bring the boot-to-desktop option to Windows Blue. I previously wrote about a line of code that appeared in the leaked version for the upcoming upgrade of the operating system, but now undisclosed sources have confirmed that indeed Microsoft is more than considering, it is actually testing the option to [...]
Following the set of updates released last month, Microsoft is releasing today new updates for five of its Windows 8 core apps: News, Travel, Sports, Maps and Finance, and most of them are coming with new features. The most noticeable changes are in the News app, now you’ll be able to add your custom RSS feeds from [...]
Not to get so excited just yet, but apparently a newly discovered line of code may suggest that Microsoft will allow users to boot straight to the desktop, skipping the Start screen in Windows 8.1. Since the release of Windows 8, back in October, 2012, users have been complaining that they cannot boot right to [...]
Getting to know better the Start screen: All Apps, Search and the Desktop features in Windows 8. Previously we looked in-depth details what the Start screen in Windows 8 is, what it brings to the table and how to configure the new experience. Today to complement that guide I would like to share a bit more [...]
In Windows 8 many things have changed, one of these changes was the introduction of a new model of modern apps. Windows 8 also included a new process called Runtime Broker with the main goal of managing permissions inside these new modern “Metro” apps. Normally this new process should only use several megabytes, but in [...]
In this Windows guide learn how to create a USB recovery drive for Windows 8, while safely deleting recovery partition and reclaiming disk space from your PC. With Windows 8, we are moving toward a new kind of installation method where a physical DVD or even a USB flash drive is practically not necessary. If you [...]
In Windows 8, Microsoft has introduced a new search experience, and while it brought something different from previous versions of Windows, users didn’t feel optimistic in the additional steps that requires to do a specific search. Now the software giant seems to be listening to those feedbacks and is adding a few new tweaks to Search in [...]
Microsoft to add Google’s SPDY support to Internet Explorer 11 for Windows Blue (a.k.a Windows 8.1) to make the web experience faster. According to a new article from Paul Thurrott at the WinSuperSite, the folks at Redmond may be planning to include SPDY support in their next web browser. The new protocol isn’t yet implemented in Internet Explorer 11, [...]
Let’s make no mistake, Windows 8 is the latest Microsoft’s OS, there is an upgrade coming thus far known as “Windows Blue”, but today it’s been revealed that Microsoft has decided to officially name it Windows 8.1 and not Windows 9 as many have speculated. Many sites have referred that Windows Blue will be Microsoft’s [...]