Windows 8 will have a new password manager built into it that will be able to manage all your online credentials for you, making it much easier to switch between tablets, computers, laptops and other Windows 8 devices
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Microsoft Outline Windows 8 Identity Protection, and why you might not want it to
One of the biggest problems with life online is passwords and security. Either you have one password that’s used everywhere, which presents security problems, a few passwords separating things like email from shopping, which again presents risks, or a different password for everything which is ideal but very difficult to manage and remember. Windows 7′s [...]
Windows 8 Store To Allow Open Source Apps
Microsoft have decided that they will also allow open source apps onto their market. This is a big win for the open source movement.
ASUS Set To Release Touchscreen Windows 8 Ultrabook
ASUS are rumoured to be readying a Windows 8 Ultrabook which comes with a swivel touchscreen display. The Ultrabook is then expected to be released alongside Windows 8 sometime in late 2012.
Windows 8 Developer Preview Reaches 3 Million Downloads
Microsoft have announced that the Windows 8 Developer preview has now had over 3 million downloads since it was released back in September. I suppose the news isn’t really that surprising, especially when you consider that Windows is easily the most popular operating system in the world.
Windows 8 Hyper-V and PC’s
Windows 8 Hyper-V and PC’s Hyper-V virtualization will be available on Windows 8. However, to run it, the right PC hardware must be available. Here’s what to look for. Will a TestBed PC Work? So you have an older PC, maybe two or three years old. You download the Windows 8 beta version, since the [...]
Microsoft Can Remotely Delete Windows 8 Apps
Microsoft will have the ability to remotely delete apps that you have installed on your Windows 8 machine from the Windows 8 Store by using a kill switch. This will really only be used for your own safety
Windows 8 Private Market Place
The Private Market Place will be a place on the Windows 8 app store that allows a Windows 8 app to be distributed only to private customers. With the push for apps available through App stores, some companies, may have a split feeling about how they want to deliver their apps to their customers. For [...]
Windows 8 Beta coming “Late February 2012″
Microsoft today unveiled the new Windows Store which will be rolled out across all WIndows platforms including Windows Phone and Xbox 360 by the time Windows 8 launches. The company wants to make apps in the store easy to find, but with the biggest computing platform on the planet, this may be a much harder [...]
Will Windows 8 be “Largely Irrelevant” to PC users?
With the end of the year rapidly approaching, and the launch year for the next version of Windows almost upon us analysts are now beginning to make their predictions for what will be the biggest tech of 2012. One of the predictions made by research firm IDC is that “Windows 8 will launch with split [...]
Will Windows 8 Succeed as a Business Tool?
Predictions…Predictions…Predictions. Will Windows 8 Succeed? Not according to IDC it won’t. Ok, here’s the tune. It will, but not for PC users. It may succeed elsewhere, like in tablets, or laptops. But for PC’s that is another story. “Windows 8 will be largely irrelevant to the users of traditional PCs, and we expect effectively no [...]
Windows 8 Storage Space Feature, What Is It All About?
It is once again through leaks that we get information about a new feature that the Windows 8 operating system will ship with. Storage Spaces – the name of the feature was revealed back in September but only associated with Windows 8 Server at that time – is a new feature that Microsoft introduces in [...]
Windows 8 Build 8158 Screenshots Leaked
, this appears not only to enhance the compatibility of the USB Storage Device, also incorporates Bit lock in which is very good (on Windows to Go details access to even the Blog,
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