Latest in: Windows 8

Update Microsoft have just released a teaser site for the new functionality – http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowslive/skydrive/ It may not be Bingo, but one of my predictions from last night just became a reality. Windows 8 supports LiveID login ! Once your logged in, your settings from other machines come with you....

We all know Windows machines, well computers in general, slow down after a while with all the crap we install. Microsoft have a great new solution coming in Windows 8 to solve this issue. Refresh your PC will return your computer to it’s out of box experience, however your...

Multiple monitors is a must-have setup for a lot of people these days. While Windows 7 made improvements to supporting multiple screens with shortcuts like Windows key + P, Windows 8 will go even further. Above you can see a desktop stretching across both dual displays. Even better is...

The Windows 8 Store was just demo’d during the Build Keynote with some very interesting details. If your a developer, pay attention, you’ll like this. The Windows 8 Store is similar on the back-end to the Windows Phone application developer portal. Sign in with your account, submit your app,...

See that toolbar on the right ? Microsoft have finally announced an official name for it. Charms is the cross-application toolbar for Windows 8. The demo during the Build keynote showed the Search feature at the top, but other options include sharing, returning home with the start button, accessing...

Developers will now be spoilt for choice when developing full screen, native apps for Windows 8. Sinofsky insisted that what we see in Metro-style apps is Windows, not a layer on top. Essentially developers can build Windows 8 apps using any language they know to create apps. Visual Studio...

Windows 8 will feature a brand new login screen. Gone is the generic Windows wallpaper for the login screen, replaced by a very personalised user-chosen wallpaper and user tile. We also got our first glimpse at the new, redesigned, metro UI for Control panel. As you’d expect, it’s clean...

The countdown is on. Microsoft is set to reveal all the juicy details of Windows 8, when the first Build conference gets underway at 2AM AEST tomorrow morning. Thanks to posts from Steven Sinofsky on the Build Windows blog, together with videos from Microsoft we already know a few...

Liveside reported a couple of days ago that they “recently learnt that Microsoft will soon offer unlimited photos and Office documents storage on SkyDrive Wave 5. This move could have widespread ramification for a number of businesses, especially if they get Live Sync integrated. Everyone from Dropbox to Flickr...

Instant-on computing is quickly becoming a saleable feature, at least Microsoft thinks so. Microsoft have released a video demonstrating a Windows 8 laptop cold booting in a few seconds. Instant-on is one of the impressive features of the popular tablet market, but in reality, what we see here on...

We all knew this was coming right ? The famous office ribbon UI was first introduced in Office 2007, then made its way to default applications in Windows 7 like Paint and WordPad. Naturally in the next version of Windows, Microsoft is extending the reach of the ribbon even...

Microsoft Tech Ed conference in Australia is next week (expect lots of coverage right here), but this week its New Zealand’s turn. Turns out Microsoft spilling the beans on some brand new products. Smarter Geek is reporting that during a session titled ‘WCL101 Come and see the latest and...

Microsoft have slowly been releasing videos about Windows 8 in the lead up to their Build conference in September. Today we got video #3 which shows off some changes in how file copying will by improved in Windows 8. Alex Simons, Director of Project Management on the Windows &...

Image source: Engadget President of the Windows division at Microsoft, Steven Sinofsky has just revealed a new touch interface for Windows 8. At the D9 conference in the US, Sinofsky showcased Windows 8 features for the first time. The interview with Walt Mossberg revealed many interesting new developments for...

Microsoft expert Paul Thurott has published information regarding upcoming changes in Windows 8. While there’s been a number of leaks regarding Windows 8 emerging over the past couple of weeks, they are often leaks that are difficult to verify. While there’s likely to be changes before the release of...