Tag: Microsoft
Windows 8 Consumer Preview Coming This Month
The Microsoft Windows 8 Developer preview has been underway since September of 2011, and now it looks like Microsoft is putting the finishing touches on the Windows 8 Consumer Preview. A new page on Bing.com shows a video of a beta fish swimming through a tank filled with Windows 8 links, including an invitation to [...]
Kinect For Windows Starts Shipping Today, SDK Ready For Download
At CES Microsoft head Steve Ballmer announced that the company would release a version of the popular Kinect sensor for Windows machines. Just as promised the units . Currently it costs $249 but an educator version with a $100 discount will apparently come out later. What can you do with a Kinect for Windows? Not [...]
Microsoft, Enough With The Ribbon Already
It’s good to know that in this age of immediate and easy customer feedback that there are still companies that steadfastly refuse to listen to the people who have to use their products. Case in point: Microsoft. The Verge pointed to this post on the Microsoft Developers Network blog that talks about the many changes [...]
Will Your Next Notebook Have Kinect Built In?
Microsoft’s Kinect has been a huge hit in the living room, bringing accurate motion and voice based controls to the Xbox 360. This is great for games, but what about work? The Daily got an early look at these Kinect notebook prototypes, which look to be modified Asus netbooks with Kinect Sensors to bring the power [...]
Microsoft Office 2011 Updated with Security and Bug Fixes
Microsoft offered up an update for Microsoft Office 2011 for Mac that patches some security holes in the office suite. According to the MS website: “This update fixes critical issues and also helps to improve security. It includes fixes for vulnerabilities that an attacker can use to overwrite the contents of your computer’s memory with [...]
Windows Beta 8 Coming Soon: What to Expect
There were rumors that the beta of Microsoft Windows 8 would be coming early next year, most likely in February on the heals of CES. Microsoft has confirmed that timetable. Microsoft released what they called a developer preview earlier this year that showed off the new Metro User Interface that resembles it’s phone operating system. Instead [...]
How To Run Windows 8 From A USB Flash Drive
I’m a big fan of the ability to run Linux distributions from a flash drive, which allows users to try out Linux before committing to an install or even to keep the entire OS on a USB key to use anywhere. It looks like Windows 8 will also have this ability. Liliputing has a nice [...]
How to Get Early Access to Windows 8
Today Windows officially pulled back the veil of “secrecy” on Windows 8 at Build, their conference for Windows developers. I put that in quotes because we’ve seen quite a lot about it already. If you want to get an early look, then check out their new Windows Developer site after 8PM tonight (Pacific Time). If [...]
How To Get Support for Windows 7 Activation Issues
Over the weekend, customers who purchased Windows 7 licenses from Microsoft’s Online Store were reporting issues either activating their licenses or genuine licenses purchased years ago from the Microsoft Store suddenly reporting as non-genuine. There seems to be some problems with the Microsoft Activation Center at this time. If you happen to be experiencing this [...]
Back to School Gadget Buying Guide: 18 Fun and Productive Suggestions
Students are gearing up to go back to school all across the United States. Some tech buying will take place in addition to picking up those Trapper Keepers and new sneakers. Here are some recommendations for tools that might make going off to college, high school or any educational experience, more productive and fun. Verbatim Tuff N [...]
