Category: Windows 9
name is sure to make people stop and notice. This probably was the tactic. However, the company seems to be ticking all the right boxes in terms of features …
here. Internet Explorer 11 is also apparently part of this build, which shows that Microsoft is yet to give shape to IE 12 as of this writing. Obviously, many …
IamFrank, showing a refreshed Modern UI with plenty of icons, a new color scheme and lots and lots of transparency. Oh, and lots and lots of transparency, in case …
tweet claims that the company preparing a freeware license for those running Windows 8.1. Prior rumors on the matter hinted that Windows 9 might be offered free to all …
here. The long and short of it is that Redmond is gearing up for a press event on this date, and this is very likely to be the first …
No sign of the Start Menu either — the leaker quite definitely just wanted to show the build number. Prominent Windows leaker Wzor recently claimed that Microsoft might actually …
here. And now some new details about it have surfaced, which reveal that Microsoft will force every user that installs Windows 9 to create a Microsoft Account and then …
Because I get asked by friends and family all the time – what is Windows 9?, I thought it would be fun to document everything we know about Microsoft’s …
WZOR and Faikee — both reliable sources. As far as rumors go, this is, without doubt, the most substantial batch we have had for Windows 9, with plenty of …
said on the matter: “4. After we execute on #1 – #3, we have started to THINK about #Cortana on #Windows so more #Microsoft customers experience her.” And followed …
reasonable indications that this feature might only be part of Windows 9. Word is that the company has delayed the launch of the Start Menu — which is technically …
report published in the Seattle Times, all of the company’s engineering teams have been tasked to participate in the project. The reason being simple enough — Redmond wants the …
talk that the company might unveil a smaller member of its Surface family of tablets, the Surface Mini. This device has been on the cards for quite a while …
reporting that the company will not be disclosing the full feature lineup of Windows 9 at the event — instead the software titan only plans to focus on a …
forecast that IDC just released. And the research firm believes that the PC market will continue its decline in the near and upcoming future — despite all the efforts …
claimed that the next full version of Microsoft’s flagship operating system is primed for release in 2014 — Microsoft plans to stick with the regular refresh cycle. In fact, …
From Inside, And Out Speaking of charts, the company earlier today confirmed that it had sold more than 200 million licenses for Windows 8 since release. The modern operating …
What We Know Then again, the reports that Windows 9 might launch this year, and Microsoft would want to stick to its yearly update cycle could be grandly exaggerated. …
back with more tidbits. He hints that new information about Windows 9 could surface sometime in early February, though it is not yet clear whether these will be official …
As Things Stand Friends and foes, fans and naysayers, will all agree on one thing, though. The Windows 8 launch could have been better. It could have been better …
This blog is in it’s 5th year of existence and when I started it, I was excited about the concept of Windows 8. I called it Windows8update and religiously …
Itching to get a full look at what is in store with Windows 9? Well if this report holds up, you may be in luck, and get a chance …
So here’s the deal. The various reliable and not-so-reliable sources have hinted that Windows 8.1 Update 1 is about to bring back one of the most revered features of …
One thing that the start of this year has cleared up is that there is no such thing as a Windows 8.2. Not that there was a solid chance …
Paul Thurrott today confirmed what this blog has been saying for the past 18 months – Windows 8 has fundamentally been a massive failure. In a post today, he …
We first heard the name (or codename, if you will) Threshold a few weeks back. The initial details were as vague as they could be, and some figured this …
I am not a fan of the horizontal scroll. There I said it upfront. Anyone who has read this blog for any amount of time has heard me put …