Windows 9-10 Archive

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

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

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

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

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