This year's CES has shown beyond a shadow of a doubt that 2012 is going to be the year that the computer market at large is going to catch up with Apple. At least, it will in the world of ultra-light, ultra-portable notebooks like the MacBook Air.
BlueStacks is a name that we've been hearing about for a few months now, and CES 2012 is where things have really begun to heat up for the company's App Player application.
Despite rumors suggesting that Microsoft would release a beta version of Windows 8 at CES in January, the company has now laid those claims to rest by announcing that it will give people a chance to test the software out in February.
Microsoft is stepping up their game to compete with their rival, the iPad. According to a new report by Electronista, Windows 8 on ARM tablets may ditch the traditional desktop to a Metro only design. The move seems to be a reversal from original suggestions from the tech giant.
With Microsoft's Windows 8 being downloaded half a million times in its first 24 hours of being available for download as a Developer Preview, it's fairly safe to say that there is a certain amount of interest in the fledgling operating system. Perhaps it's those fancy Metro-UI tiles that have all our heats aflutter, but everyone seems to want to give Windows 8 a whirl.
A Developer Preview of Windows 8 was put up for download by Microsoft a couple of weeks ago after the company demoed the OS on a variety of devices, including a Samsung tablet at their BUILD 2011 conference. Since then, we’ve published plenty of guides to aid you in your testing of the upcoming OS and today we’ll talk about how you can actually make your own Developer Preview tablet.
It appears that Windows 8 will come with the ability to make and receive calls, as suggested by a handful of photos that we’ve posted after the break!
So, you've probably been reading a lot about the recent Microsoft BUILD Keynote and all of the new and exciting things the Redmond-based company has in the offing, with Windows 8 being the main attraction of the whole event.
Since the announcement and subsequent commencement of Microsoft's BUILD Keynote conference, the Redmond-based company has been in the news on an hourly basis. The Windows 8 demonstrations have gone down a real treat, backed-up with by the fact that half a million users flocked to download early Alpha previews of the company's latest dose of OS innovation.
The Developer Preview build of Windows 8 was released was just yesterday and we’ve come across quite a few people who actually want to have some of Windows 7’s features on Windows 8. One such feature is the classic Start Menu, which is quite dumbed down in Redmond’s new OS. We’ve got hold of an app which solves this issue, you can read about it after the jump!
