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Microsoft's next version of Windows 8, code named "Blue" leaked out this past Sunday and ever since then I have been feverishly testing the new operating system in a virtual machine. There is a lot new here, making this "update" much more than a service pack, but also not quite "Windows 9" either. In a rare move, Microsoft has actually acknowledged
While the web swoons over the new Facebook "graph search", Microsoft web communications service Skype is aiming towards a more musical crowd. Honestly, it may be a similar audience, but the announcements today still seem far apart. While Mark Zuckerburg occupied the stage earlier, Microsoft was letting everyone know that the pop star would be available for a group video call very
We knew Microsoft was out of the Consumer Electronics Show in 2013 and going forward. The company decided that, like Apple, it could do better on its own. However, Steve Ballmer decided to make a cameo appearance tonight on the CES stage during Paul Jacobs' keynote address. It was a handoff from old technology to new, but with a bridge
Windows 8 is here to stay regardless of if you like it or not. Microsoft is now looking to get the operating system boosted to worldwide appeal and doing so through a variety of advertising means. But, regardless of all of that, the company also "released" some early screenshots from the development days to show how far the operating system
If you are thinking about upgrading to Windows 8 from Windows 7, my suggestion would be to stop thinking about it and save your money for something else. Cheap as the upgrade is, the user interface is terrible. It's like Microsoft have taken the new user interface (previously known as Metro) and smashed into the traditional desktop interface, with the
Getting into mobile app development often seems like a path paved with gold, but the reality is very different with many apps failing to succeed. Good apps do not simply "get lucky" but rather their developers work hard at planning a successful app. Smashing Magazine's article "How To Succeed With a Mobile App" shows the elements needed to plan for
The cloud is definitely where it's at right now, but what if you don't like the idea the idea of Google, Dropbox et al looking after your data? Then you might be interested in a Pogoplug, which allows you to create your own cloud storage that's only limited by the size of the hard disk. A Pogoplug is a hardware