Although Microsoft is now fully focus on finishing and releasing Windows 8.1 later this year, the company still keeps releasing regular firmware updates for Surface RT and Surface with Windows 8 Pro. The Patch Tuesday that the company is rolling out today is a series of updates to address low speaker volume and to improve system [...]
Microsoft is finally refreshing its built-in Windows 8 apps: Mail, Calendar, and People as part of the effort to improve the Windows experience. In this new update expect the Mail app to support flagging email messages and creating folders. In the Calendar app, the folks at Redmond are introducing a new look, forward invitations and [...]
Nowadays going paperless is a good thing, not only you’ll have an office less clutter, but you will also be saving some trees in the process. What is not a “good thing” is that going digital with your documents tends to be a big mess too, because piling digital files means that tracking them becomes [...]
Bridges around the world are a very important point of attraction for millions of tourists each year. Their imposing infrastructure makes it irresistible to the lens of a camera. A beautiful collection of iconic bridges images called “Bridges Panoramic Theme” is brought to you as part of this week’s desktop fun. London, Tokyo, Paris, San [...]
Once again is time for another Patch Tuesday, Microsoft this time is releasing fixes for a total of 57 security related issues found in Windows 8, Windows RT, and IE 10 with 12 new Windows updates. As part of this monthly release there is one update specific to Surface RT, which fixes the now well-known [...]
If you own a Surface RT you’ll notice that by default you only get 3 rows of tiles, making it a bit limited to the amount of apps and other items you can pin in the Start screen without having to scroll-swipe to view more items. The twist here is that there isn’t a configurable [...]
Microsoft Press just made available a free 68-page PDF Surface “Getting Started Guide” for anyone who wants to learn how to use the Surface Pro as well as Surface RT. The guide also includes the basics on how to start using Windows 8 on the device. The instructional guide will help Surface owners to setup [...]
One of the great features in Surface RT is that it bundles a free desktop version of Office Home and Student 2013 RT that includes Word, Excel, OneNote, and PowerPoint to keep you productive at work or at school creating and editing documents right into the tablet. The one issue, though, is that if for [...]
Today if you connect the Calendar or the People app to Windows 8 or Windows RT with a Google account and calendar and contacts won’t sync; don’t panic — This is the way it is from now on, as the search giant has changed the way they do business in this area. A few weeks back [...]
Numerous users reported a couple of issues after installing the latest update to their Surface with Windows RT earlier this month. The new bug is causing Windows Update not to start properly or inability to search for updates. As reported by The Next Web, a quick fix involves to simply restart the tablet, but even [...]