Today Bing announced the redesign of its search results page in US. The new look offers  fresh, de-cluttered experience and more modern look. There is no “left rail” in the new design and the related searches content is moved to the right. Microsoft has also improved the page-load times and relevance under the hood. I think this design is [...]

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Windows 8 will have a whole new app platform called WinRT which is designed for touch interaction. The whole WinRT platform is based out of Metro Design and Microsoft is even applying the same for our classic desktop UI. Last month we saw that Microsoft is tweaking the Explorer window in Windows 8 to be [...]

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As part of their Interaction Design course, two Penn State University Students have redesigned the Microsoft Touch Mouse for Windows 8, with a whole new, more gesture-friendly shape and new gestures just for Windows 8. The students, Kiseok Sung and Mouni Reddy were not just working on their own however, and had some help from [...]

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When Windows 8  gets released later this year, we can expect different types of PC form factors from various PC OEMs. The tablet form factor will become more common design and PC OEM’s like HP, Dell, etc, are already working to release a Windows 8 based tablet later this year. Recently HP’s Windows 8 tablet [...]

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The free security program from Microsoft called Security Essentials protects our PCs from virus, trojans and other malwares. Microsoft has been updating the software constantly and now its on v4. Soon you will be getting notification in Windows Update program where you can update the MSE. Here is the response from Microsoft on this v4 [...]

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Microsoft today announced that the Windows 8 RC otherwise called as Release Preview of Windows 8 is coming in June first week. Microsoft released the consumer preview version of Windows 8 back in February. With Release preview coming in June, we can expect Windows 8 based Ultrabooks, tablets starting October this Holiday season. Microsoft is [...]

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Just few weeks after winning the bid to acquire $1 Billion worth patent and patent applications owned by AOL, Microsoft today announced an agreement to sell 650 patents it won from AOL to Facebook. As part of the deal, Microsoft will retain ownership of approximately 275 AOL patents and applications; a license to the approximately 650 AOL [...]

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Microsoft today detailed the support for Enterprise management in Windows On ARM devices. Windows on ARM or Windows RT based PCs/tablets won’t be able to run native code apps written by 3rd party vendors, instead it will rely on Windows Store or WinRT-based applications. But Microsoft has built Windows RT with industry-leading management capabilities that support BYO or company-deployed WOA [...]

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Today Microsoft announced that they are expanding the Windows 8 Store availability to 33 new markets. In the next significant preview release of the Windows Store service, we will significantly expand our global coverage. We will add 33 additional app submission locales for developers, bringing our total to 38 supported markets for submitting Metro style [...]

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Microsoft yesterday detailed the memory management of Metro Style apps in Windows 8. Windows 8 will more effectively manage resource utilization than in any of the previous versions of Windows. In Metro Style apps, an important attribute  is that apps are suspended when they are no longer visible to [...]

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Today Microsoft confirmed that the next major version of Windows OS will be called ‘Windows 8?. Also Microsoft announced a new version of Windows called Windows RT. Windows RT is nothing but the Windows on ARM which will come pre-installed in ARM based PCs and you won’t be able to buy it individually. Also Windows [...]

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Last week in Beijing, Intel Developer Forum 2012 took place. Intel showcased some of the Windows 8 based Touch Screen Ultrabooks that will be available later this year. You can have a glimpse of some types of mobile PC form factors showcased at IDF in the video below. There are also reports that Microsoft is pushing more touch screens [...]

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Intel has detailed its Windows 8 tablet features  at a conference in Beijing. As expected, Intel is trying to match the hardware specifics to Apple iPad along with Windows advantages such as app compatibility, etc,. The tablets will be based on Atom Z2760 “Clover Trail” chip with sizes of 10-inch tablets and 11-inch hybrids with [...]

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