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27 Mar 2015
How to bring back the Start menu and button to Windows 8
How to bring back the Start menu and button to Windows 8 With Windows 10 seemingly just around the corner, Microsoft plans to fix one of its most egregious mistakes with Windows 8: the missing Start menu. By now you may know the story, as the company has gradually backtracked throughout various updates since the
20 Mar 2015
How to Manage Your Android Device From Your PC
How to Manage Your Android Device From Your PC It might be possible to configure your Android phone using its Lilliputian on-screen keyboard, but that doesn’t mean you have to like it. Two third-party solutions offer a nice alternative, and one of them is even free. All that remains is to sit back, relax and
20 Mar 2015
How to Encrypt a Windows 8 PC Drive
How to Encrypt a Windows 8 PC Drive Windows 8.1 Pro includes built-in drive encryption tools. These tools work even if you don’t have a TPM chip. TPM, or Trusted Platform Module, is encryption-ready hardware. You’ll need a spare USB thumb drive, though. Encryption tools are hidden away in the depths of the machine, so
19 Mar 2015
Didn’t pay for Windows? You might still get Windows 10 for free
Didn’t pay for Windows? You might still get Windows 10 for free Microsoft hopes to convert pirate users into paying customers — or at least get them off XP The dust is beginning to clear following Windows chief Terry Myerson’s presentation in Shenzhen, China, a few hours ago. Bottom line, as best we know: If
18 Mar 2015
Windows 10 has some pretty cool Touch Optimized Context Menus
Windows 10 has some pretty cool Touch Optimized Context Menus This is a pretty cool User Interface Microsoft enhancement that was found in Windows 10 Build 10036. It involves the look and feel of contextual menus and how they change depending on whether you’re using Touch or Keyboard. As you know, we have described Continuum and
18 Mar 2015
Windows 10 full unveil set for January 21, will showcase new unified mobile version
Windows 10 full unveil set for January 21, will showcase new unified mobile version On January 21, 2015, Microsoft is going to do its level best to convince us that Windows 8 never really happened. The company’s official Windows 10 unveil is set for that date, and the rumor mill suggests Microsoft will do far
18 Mar 2015
New build of Windows 10 shows Cortana, unified app store, ability to buy Xbox One games on PC
New build of Windows 10 shows Cortana, unified app store, ability to buy Xbox One games on PC An upcoming version of the Windows 10 Technical Preview has leaked, and it has some really, really big changes. Where the first few builds of Windows 10 have been very teasing, only showing small tweaks and upgrades,
18 Mar 2015
DisARMed: Microsoft kills Windows RT, future ARM support doubtful
DisARMed: Microsoft kills Windows RT, future ARM support doubtful One of the most striking reversals over the past three years has beenMicrosoft’s embrace and subsequent backpedal from the ARM ecosystem. In 2012, when Microsoft first demonstrated Windows on ARM (later named Windows RT), the technology world was in broad agreement that this bold move to
18 Mar 2015
Windows 10 preview: A glimpse of our desktop future
Windows 10 preview: A glimpse of our desktop future The Windows 10 technical preview program started off cautiously. The first few builds could almost have been mistaken for Windows 8.2 — which is to say that they featured some solid changes that helped address the obvious shortcomings of Windows 8 and 8.1, but not much
17 Mar 2015
Windows 10: Microsoft raises the stakes for mobile Windows
Windows 10: Microsoft raises the stakes for mobile Windows In the two-plus-hour Microsoft press event revealing the details of Windows 10, none of us on the ET staff can recall hearing the words Android or iPhone, or any mention of how Windows would be improving its interoperability with them. Instead, Microsoft hammered away at how