Windows 8 articles

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  Microsoft puts a Windows 8 key on its latest mice, hopes to improve navigation (hands-on)

  By Dante D'Orazio on May 23, 2013 12:00 pm + 117 comments

  Windows 8, as we all know very well at this point, was designed for touchscreens. Multitasking, the Continue reading…

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  Google engineer publicizes Windows zero-day bug, claims Microsoft is 'difficult to work with'

  By Tom Warren on May 23, 2013 07:07 am + 248 comments

  A Google engineer has once again disclosed a Windows flaw. In a Full Disclosure posting to the Continue reading…

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  HP Envy Rove 20 is the company's stab at a giant all-in-one Windows 8 tablet

  By Sean Hollister on May 23, 2013 12:01 am + 34 comments

  It's hard to say if there's a market yet for an all-in-one touchscreen PC that you can just pick up Continue reading…

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  Microsoft recruits Siri to bad-mouth the iPad in new Windows 8 tablet ad

  By Tom Warren on May 22, 2013 08:01 pm + 704 comments

  Whatever era you call it, post-PC or simply PC plus, the Mac vs. PC war has ignited once again Continue reading…

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  Xbox One is powered by Windows, but can Microsoft make you care?

  By Tom Warren on May 21, 2013 07:38 pm + 225 comments

  Microsoft finally unveiled its next-generation Xbox One console today. Amongst the fanfare of e Continue reading…

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  One in ten laptops shipped last quarter had a touchscreen, says report

  By Jeff Blagdon on May 21, 2013 05:00 am + 40 comments

  Over the seven months since Microsoft released Windows 8, the sales data haven’t been encouraging, Continue reading…

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  Lenovo's IdeaPad Yoga 11S, the true successor to the Yoga 13, is finally on sale

  By Adi Robertson on May 16, 2013 09:05 am + 46 comments

  Lenovo's IdeaPad Yoga 13 has been one of the most popular Windows 8 machines, combining an Continue reading…

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  Microsoft confirms Windows 8.1 as official name for 'Blue' update, free for Windows 8 users

  By Tom Warren on May 14, 2013 10:47 am + 368 comments

  Speaking at JP Morgan's Media & Telecom Conference today, Windows CFO Tami Reller revealed that Continue reading…

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  Microsoft wants an iTunes app for Windows 8, but it's not coming 'any time soon'

  By Tom Warren on May 10, 2013 04:34 am + 341 comments

  Apple's popular iTunes app might be available for the desktop mode of Windows 8, but Microsoft wants Continue reading…

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  Surface Pro gets pressure sensitive stylus support for Photoshop and other apps

  By Tom Warren on May 10, 2013 02:46 am + 44 comments

  Microsoft's release of its Surface Pro tablet in February, with a wacom digitizer, was met with Continue reading…