It looks like we can expect Microsoft to release the first Beta of Windows 8 in early 2012. Microsoft released the developer preview edition of Windows 8 in September, so it makes sense for Windows 8 Beta to be released in early 2012
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Windows 8 App Store – December 6 Preview
A two hour preview event in San Francisco on December 6 will take place where Microsoft plans to share more information about the Windows 8 app store. Microsoft has invited select developers and local press to hear more details on the Windows Store. What Else is Happening on December 6? Well, on December 6 Microsoft [...]
Intel Can Not Wait For Windows 8!
Intel’s CEO Paul Otellini seems to be over the moon with the developments Microsoft has made with Windows 8. He called it “one of the best things that’s ever happened to our company”, now that’s a pretty bold claim.
Windows 8 To Support Advanced Format (AF) Disks natively
The storage size provided by hard drives has increased in recent years. Today, many PCs ships with Terabytes of hard disk space. Solid State Drive, a Flash based storage technology might put a small dent in the storage space graph over time, but these devices will eventually catch up. They are already becoming a lot [...]
Windows 8 Tablets to Feature Improved Dynamic Orientation Functionality
While Windows 8 is designed to run on many different devices, the developers at Microsoft seem to be focusing heavily on tablet functionality.
Windows 8 Bootkit Demoed
A new bootkit that a security researcher developed has been demonstrated in action on a machine running Windows 8, the developer preview edition
Windows 8 will Install in 11 Clicks
We all know that Windows 8 can start up faster than any version of Windows before it. Now Microsoft have released information about the improved installation experience and said that Windows 8 will install with just 11 clicks of the mouse, an 82% improvement over Windows 7. Obviously this 11 clicks experience won’t be for [...]
How Much Change is Too Much Change?
With Windows 8 Microsoft are moving the goalposts in user interface design considerably and there has been much debate over the relative pros and cons of taking this approach. With Windows 8 though if you don’t like the new Metro touch UI then you’re out of luck switching to the ‘traditional’ desktop as well. Here [...]
First Windows 8 Bootkit To Be Shown Next Week
A Windows 8 Bootkit has already been discovered by security researcher Peter Kleissner which he plans to demonstrate at MalCon in India next week.
The Inherent Advantages of Windows on x86 and x64 Tablets
The biggest disadvantage of running Windows 7 on a tablet computer is the battery life of the devices. This isn’t the fault of Windows but is the fault of the hardware its designed to run on. Existing Intel and AMD chips will run out when running Windows 7 for around 4.5 hours. The arrival of [...]
Windows 8 is NOT coming to Phones
Back in January the CEO of Intel said he was looking forward to Intel putting Windows 8 on smartphones. This was taken at the time of confirmation that Microsoft’s next generation OS could indeed be a cross-platform operating system and replace the still-new Windows Phone OS. Then earlier today Steve Ballmer told the Microsoft shareholders [...]
Windows 8 To Have Less Automatic Restarts
Microsoft have promised that installing system updates wont require as many system reboots with Windows 8. All updates will be consolidated to Patch Tuesday apart from important urgent security updates
Roadmaps to Windows8 Embedded Products
Windows8 embedded products will make an impact in many business forms. An embedded product is one where an technology is placed in there and will dominate the function of the product. Embedded systems have been used in limited capacities for more than 40 years, but within the past 15 to 20 years they have seen [...]
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