3 Quick Windows 8 Fixes for a Better Notebook Experience
Since launch back in 2012, Microsoft’s Windows 8 has received no end of criticism and praise. Buyers of 2-in-1s love the operating system because it makes Windo...
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3 Reasons to Buy Windows 8 Notebook With a Touchscreen
With Windows 8 Microsoft introduced the world to a new computing platform. Before the operating system most users considered the tablet as something other than ...
How To Update to Windows 8.1
If there is one thing that Microsoft tried to do with Windows 8.1, the free update for Windows 8, it was to make things easier for users who didn’t quite unders...
How To Edit Photos in Windows 8.1
While many people capture and edit photos on their smartphones, a growing number of users seem to prefer taking photos at events with their tablets. This allows...
Samsung Series 5 ULTRA PC Marries Touchscreen and Windows 8
At IFA in Berlin August 29, Samsung introduced the new Samsung Series 5 ULTRA PC with a 13.3-inch touchscreen display and running Windows 8 in an ultrabook desi...
Samsung Announces Series 7 and Series 5 Slate PCs
Samsung introduced many new products at their media event as part of the IFA trade show in Berlin on August 29, showing off new Samsung Slate PCs including the ...
8 Things I Like About Windows 8
I'll admit I'm not a fan of Windows 8 on the computer, but it looks like a nice operating system for tablets. However, Windows 8 isn't all bad. Despite sh...
8 Things I Hate About Windows 8
I installed Windows 8 Consumer Preview today and tested it out on my MacBook Pro via Parallels. If you own Parallels you can easily do the same by creating a ne...
Students Get a Free Xbox 360 with $699 Notebook Purchase
Beginning May 20, students going back to school can get a steal on an Xbox 360 when they buy a qualifying Windows PC for $699 or more. I say a steal because, yo...
Microsoft Updates Office for Windows and Mac with Important Security Fixes
Microsoft just patched their Word 2003 and 2007 for Windows and Office 2008 for Mac and Office 2012 for Mac to fix what they called "extremely important issues"...
Windows XP Will Reach Its End Of Life In April of 2014, Vista In 2017
Not everyone gets to know the exact date they're going to die and most people don't want to know. But millions of computers worldwide are staring a kind of deat...
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 Win...
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 u...
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 ha...
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 wh...
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 upd...
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 ...
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 ...
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 se...
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 lic...