An executive working for Microsoft Corporation has officially confirmed that the company’s flagship products – Windows 8 and Windows RT – will soon receive a major update in the form of Windows Blue. The upcoming update will be distributed free of charge and will add additional features to both operating systems as well as a number of fixes much like Service Packs did in the past. Moreov...
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Microsoft to debut next generation Xbox on May 21
25 April 2013 | X360
Console gamers should mark May 21 as the next big day for their favorite hobby. This will be the day when Microsoft will unveil the next generation of the Xbox gaming console known as Xbox 720. The new gaming console will be unveiled at a special event in Redmond, Washington. The new Xbox is expected to bring a new level of gaming entertainment and multimedia. In June 2013 at...
Windows Blue will bring back the Start Button for sure
23 April 2013 | PC
The latest addition to the upcoming Windows Blue expansion to Windows 8 is that the major update will bring the beloved Start button back - for sure! The news has been leaked on the Net by sources close to Microsoft, which claim the information is one hundred per cent true. One of the major complaints regarding Windows 8 is the missing Start Button that has been with us since...
Microsoft fixes KB2823324 bug
19 April 2013 | PC
Earlier this month Microsoft released a new Windows 7 update that was found to render PCs unusable after the installation. The company later confirmed the issue but unfortunately was not able to help much except by giving advice not to install the update. Unfortunately for thousands of users the warning was too late as their PCs had already entered an endless reboot loop thanks to the infamous...
Microsoft might be working on own smartwatch
15 April 2013 | Gadgets
US tech giant Microsoft is likely interested in developing an own brand smartwatch, Asian sources have declared. Apparently the software company has asked Asian suppliers to ship components for a potentially touch-enabled smartwatch device with the whole thing going as far as Asian company representatives having a meeting with Microsoft’s own research and development team i...
Microsoft releases patch, crashes Windows 7
15 April 2013 | PC
Last week's Patch Tuesday by Microsoft has brought grief instead of fixes and improvements to millions of people around the world who run Windows 7. Apparently the KB2823324 patch released this past Tuesday (April 9, 2013) makes Windows 7 crash and not want to load again after the installation of the patch completes. Fortunately patch KB2823324 is limited to Windows 7 only, w...
Microsoft works on Surface 2 tablet
11 April 2013 | Featured, Tablets
Following the release of the Microsoft Surface media tablet the US corporation has started work on its successor - the Surface 2. The new generation will, for the first time, include a 7-inch Surface tablet that will address the growing market segment of small form factor tablets. Hardware specs are unknown as of now but next to the 7-inch screen the Surface 2 is expected to have...
Windows Blue to simply update Windows 8
8 April 2013 | PC
The latest information on the upcoming Windows Blue operating system is that the upcoming software will simply update Windows 8 to Windows 8.1 by adding a number of new features, essentially acting as a Service Pack to the latest Microsoft Windows operating system. The source is a leaked screenshot of a system running Windows Blue that clearly shows an updated version of Wind...
Microsoft will soon launch updates to all IE versions
5 April 2013 | PC
In case you prefer to use Internet Explorer for your online adventures then this might be of great importance to you – the US-based software giant Microsoft has announced that it would release major updates to its IE browsers starting next week. The update list will include nine security bulletins with two of them labeled as “critical”. The reason for these major update...
Windows Blue to have a new name, may integrate Windows RT
1 April 2013 | PC
The rumored Windows Blue upgrade to Windows 8 has been officially confirmed by an official Microsoft blog post on the Internet. The confirmation also brought something new to the table - Windows Blue will almost certainly debut under a new name. The news has come out by none other but Frank Shaw, Microsoft's VP of corporate communications who said that the Blue labeling is an...
Windows Blue to bring longer battery life
25 March 2013 | Notebooks, Ultrabooks
The mysterious Windows Blue update to Windows 8, scheduled for this summer, will bring longer battery life to laptops and ultrabooks based on Intel’s Haswell processors, among other improvements to Windows 8 itself. A source close to Microsoft has unveiled that Windows Blue will include an all new power model that can adapt to various devices and mobile computers with diffe...
