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Live from Microsoft's Windows 8 press event at Mobile World Congress 2012!
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Today's the day! It's been months since we tested the Windows 8 Developer Preview, and now Microsoft is finally ready to let the general PC-using public give it a whirl. While we already have a feel for the overarching interface, which mashes together the traditional desktop and Metro-inspired tiles,...
HMV goes bankrupt after 91 years in the disc-selling business
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The first time we mentioned HMV on Engadget was back in 2009, when the British retailer discounted the PSP Go -- ironically, one of the earliest devices to do away with disc-shaped media. As the picture above shows though, HMV's history goes back much further than that. Its first...
Metro-styled build of Chrome in the works for Windows 8
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Windows 8's impending metro/desktop split means some programs may be pulling double duty in your task manager -- one for its classic environment, and one for its fancy facade. Google, not to be outdone by Mozilla, recently told Mashable that it's building a version of Chrome optimized for Windows...
GitHub branches out, releases Windows client
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GitHub, the version tracking and collaboration platform for developers, has proven quite popular, especially with the open source crowd. There's been one glaring issue with the dev hub, though -- lack of an easy to use Windows client. Sure, app creators could sync their changes though command line tools...
Microsoft Office on iPad Spotted, Coming Soon to App Store
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The Daily claims to have had hands-on time with a working prototype of a version of Microsoft Office for the iPad (via TheVerge). The Daily had previously reported that Microsoft was actively working on bringing Microsoft Office to the iPad. The version (pictured above) is said to allow the creation...
Microsoft reportedly working to block apps that re-enable the Windows 8 Start button
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Microsoft appears to be taking steps to remove legacy code from its Windows 8 operating system that will prevent modifications and hacks to re-enable the Start button and Start Menu. Windows watcher Paul Thurrott reports that the company has been "furiously ripping out" legacy code in Windows 8 recently...
LinkedIn releases official Windows Phone app, and it’s beautiful
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LinkedIn has quietly released an official Windows Phone 7.5 application over the weekend (picked up earlier by Guardian, Neowin and many others). I gave it a quick whirl, and the verdict is that it looks really fast, and gorgeous – see more screenshots below – but comes with a...
Windows 8 vs. iPad: feature by feature
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Microsoft's Windows 8 Consumer Preview was made available to download yesterday, giving everyone a chance to experience the company's most revolutionary change in user interface since Windows 95. The interaction paradigm has shifted from a mouse-centric desktop to a touch-friendly, highly visual Metro style UI. The old Start orb...
Hands-on: GitHub for Windows takes the pain out of using git
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GitHub uses the git distributed version control system originally created by Linus Torvalds to help manage Linux's development as its backbone. It provides project hosting, bug tracking, and more, all wrapped up in a powerful Web interface. GitHub's most important feature is perhaps its trivial ability to fork projects. It...
Nokia and Microsoft create AppCampus to teach devs how to make more Metro apps
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Windows Phone may be picking up the pace in the hardware department thanks to some Nokia know-how, but the platform still lags behind its competition in the apps department. Team Redmond and team Espoo are taking steps to remedy that dearth of software, however, with their new AppCampus development...
Mozilla slaps Windows RT as a return to the 'digital dark ages' for limiting browser choice, Google also waves fist angrily
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Mozilla is waving red flags about Microsoft's forthcoming Windows RT (the variety designed to run on ARM processors). It's claiming that only the Internet Explorer browser will run under the much more (in computing terms) privileged Windows Classic environment. It claims this effectively makes IE the only fully functioning...
Mozilla slaps Windows RT as a return to the 'digital dark ages' for limiting browser choice, Google also waves fist angrily
Microsoft Office logo goes Metro, hints at 2013 release for Office 15
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Microsoft has revealed very little about Office 15, its next-generation Office suite, but Chinese site cnBeta says the beta version, due in the summer, will include a Metro logo like its Windows 8 counterpart. We already know that Office 15 will feature some Metro elements, but will remain a...
Windows 8 Consumer Preview now available to download
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The wait is finally over as Microsoft has published the highly anticipated Consumer Preview copy of Windows 8. Available as a public download, the Consumer Preview build includes access to Metro style applications and the over 100,000 changes Microsoft has made since the Windows 8 Developer Preview. You can...
New Windows 8.1 leak includes 'Metro' file explorer and improved multitasking
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A new build of Windows 8.1 has surfaced on file sharing networks this week along with a host of screenshots providing a fresh look at Microsoft's plans for its Windows 8 upgrade. Build 9369, a more recent build than the previous leak, includes some tweaks and changes as work...
Windows 8 Consumer Preview hands-on
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Microsoft is releasing the Consumer Preview of Windows 8 today, a highly anticipated software release from the company that marks the introduction of a full touch interface for Windows. The software giant has attempted to bring touch functionality to Windows over a number of years, but Windows 8 goes...
Google releases Windows 8 search app
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Google has launched a dedicated search app for Windows 8 ahead of Friday's official release of the OS. Google Search for Windows 8 is now available free in the Windows Store and will be an alternative to Bing, which is the default search engine in Internet Explorer on Windows...
Microsoft's Courier-like radial menu for OneNote Windows 8 (hands-on)
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Microsoft launched its Customer Preview of Office 2013 yesterday, providing an early look at the desktop versions of its next-generation Office suite. The software maker also announced and released a Metro style OneNote app for Windows 8, complete with a new radial menu system. Taking elements from Microsoft's Courier...
How Microsoft plans to teach the world to use Windows 8
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Microsoft announced the RTM milestone of its Windows 8 development earlier this week, but as users await the final bits on August 15th, one blogger has managed to install and document a tutorial process for the new Metro Start Screen. In the final version shipping to PC makers, Microsoft...
ReadWrite Survey: Consumers Like Windows 8 & Surface, But Prefer Windows 7
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A survey of 2,000 Internet users say they're impressed with Microsoft's Windows 8 and Surface tablet - but they still like Windows 7 even more. In fact, according to a poll conducted by Toluna QuickSurveys for ReadWrite, users even prefer Windows XP over Windows 8. With that said, more users...
Dell XPS One 27 review roundup: an all-in-one PC worth owning
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Let's be honest here: there hasn't been an overly compelling option in the all-in-one PC space in a really, really long time. Not to say there weren't decent options, but that "blow you away" factor has been missing for a good while. No more. Dell's wildly handsome XPS One...
Google Chrome Metro style Windows 8 browser released (hands-on)
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We knew Google was working on its Chrome Metro style browser, but the company has now released an early version for Windows 8 Release Preview users. Chrome's Metro mode can be activated by installing the latest dev channel release from Google and switching it to the default browser in...
Splashtop's Win8 Metro Testbed comes to Android slates, keeps everyone happy
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Shortly after launching its Win8 Metro Testbed on Cupertino's tablet, Splashtop's bringing the Microsoft OS simulator over to the Android side. The app is essentially identical to that of the iPad, meaning it'll give developers (or any other adventurers) a Windows 8 canvas to test out possible future applications...
This Is What Microsoft Office Looks Like On An iPad
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We heard all the way back in November that Microsoft would launch an Office app for the iPad, and it would seem that the big day draws even closer. According to an unverified image captured by The Daily, a version of Microsoft Office for iPad was caught running on one...
How to add Windows 8's best desktop features to Windows 7
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"Windows 8 on a desktop." The very phrase makes some people recoil and instinctively mouse over their Start buttons. It's too bad that the modern UI has proven so contentious, because aside from the eye candy--or eye cancer, depending on your perspective--an abundance of welcome nuts-and-bolts changes makes Windows...
Windows RT tablets do not need a desktop mode
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Last week at IFA 2012, we got our first real look at Microsoft’s Windows RT operating system — designed to run on ARM-based chipsets. Shrouded in mystery since its conception, RT is positioned as an OS that could, perhaps, rival iOS on tablet hardware. However, one big part of...
Breaking! Windows 8 Wallpapers Leak Ahead Of Official Debut
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Wallpapers! Microsoft is holding a big Windows 8 event today at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona where it’s expected to announce (release?) the final Windows 8 beta. Plus, as if that isn’t enough, the Windows 8 wallpapers and lockscreens are supposed to be unveiled. I know, right? Wallpapers! Lockscreens! But...
The big problem with Microsoft's Flash whitelist
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Enlarge / Who wouldn't want to click on that advertisement? I was taking a look through Windows 8's Video app and I noticed an advertisement for an Adam Sandler's new movie that takes a look at the lighter side of, uh, statutory rape (he fathers a son in his...
Mozilla and Google accuse Microsoft of unfair browser competition
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Microsoft will restrict third-party browsers like Firefox and Chrome to the Metro sandbox in Windows 8 for ARM devices, while treating Internet Explorer 10 as an “intrinsic feature” of Windows. Mozilla and its primary backer, Google, say that’s not fair....
7digital launches early digital music store on Windows 8, available now on Preview version
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Digital music store 7digital has announced that it's launching a Windows 8-based version -- and you can even shop around on the preview iteration, ahead of the operating system's October launch date. The store will offer up 20 million tracks, with your account still working across the existing platforms,...
Apple Introduces iOS 6
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Today at Apple’s WWDC keynote, far and away the most exciting product announced has to be refreshed and replenished mobile operating system. The days of iOS 6 are upon us, and the platter of 200 new features Apple is serving up is more than enough to make any fanboi’s mouth...
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