Tag: Windows 8

Continuing the Windows 8 vision with Windows 8.1

Check out Antoine Leblond’s post about the upcoming release of Windows 8.1.

Before we launched Windows 7, we envisioned what the next version of Windows would need to deliver. We made a bet that the PC landscape and industry would undergo a significant transformation driven by an increase in mobility. That bet underscores the changes we made with Windows 8 – it’s a generational leap forward. We built Windows 8 for a world where touch is a first class interaction model, the same as mouse and keyboard; and where there’s a proliferation of innovative and diverse devices that are highly

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Windows 8 Adds New Security Features

Windows 8 user interfaceWith Windows 8 now on the market, the internet is abuzz with details of all the new features that Windows 8 comes with. The most notable new features center around the new tile-based home screen (akin to the Apple iOS and Android interfaces), and a better experience for touchscreen devices. Windows 8 also supports a wider array of devices from  laptops to computer to smartphones and tablets. But what about security, which has always been a major issues for Windows computers?

Here are a couple of new features and enhancements Microsoft has introduced to create a more secure Windows environment.…

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Try Windows 8 Before It’s Officially Released

Windows 8 Start-Up Time Will Be Faster Than Windows 7 and Windows VistaVery soon, Microsoft will be announcing the official release of the new Windows 8 operating system. If you haven’t yet heard much about Windows 8, there’s a lot in store for this new OS. Windows 8 provides drastic changes over Windows 7 and all previous released of Windows.…

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Why Windows 8 Will Speed Up your Computer Use

Windows 8 will make my PC faster

In case you are not aware, Microsoft has testing well underway for the upcoming iteration of it Windows operating system, Window 8. In fact, the new Microsoft OS is expected to be released sometime this year.

With that said, Windows 8 will completely change how we use our computers. Currently, we are used to the traditional boot up process that all computers go through. You press the power button, a black screen appears with a lot of scrolling text, the Windows logo eventually appears, and then the Windows graphical environment that we all know and love finally comes up at …

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Get ready for faster boot times with Windows 8

In recent weeks more and more information has slowly become available regarding the highly anticicapted, yet-to-be-released Windows 8 operating system.

From the positive first impressions it has set to news that the blue screen of death has been redesigned, Windows 8 is set to radically change the way Microsoft’s flagship OS is perceived.

Now, in a recent MSDN blog post, Microsoft’s Windows divisional chief Steve Sinofsky has promised much faster boot times for Windows 8.…

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