We have been hearing a lot about Windows 8 recently. From its all-new Metro-inspired looks to its Ribbon-based Explorer, nearly everything about the next big version of Windows has been covered. This coverage was mostly from unofficial sources, but today at BUILD, Microsoft officially, extensively demoed Windows 8 from which we have learned quite a lot of interesting things about it which has us excited for late 2012.
After nearly two years of waiting, Microsoft will finally unveil its plans for the next version of Windows, currently known as Windows 8, at is developer oriented conference known as BUILD. While all attendees of the conference will be able to try out Windows 8 first hand, Microsoft isn't leaving everyone else in the cold: all the keynotes will be streamed live from the conference's website.
Nowadays, powering on a Windows 7 computer involves a great deal of waiting, even if it's just a few seconds. While the current version of Windows has made improvements in this area, Microsoft doesn't consider it enough and has completely revolutionized the way the Windows operating system is loaded up in Windows 8.
One of the most useful and popular apps on the iTunes App Store is Remote. It is a first party app that, well, lets you use your iPhone, iPod touch or iPad as a remote control to control your Mac/PC’s iTunes library. I recently shifted back to the Android camp and found myself longing for a Remote-like app and magically stumbled upon the solution in the form of iRemote iTunes WMP.
An outstandingly ambitious project has been announced today over on Kickstarter which aims to emulate iOS on Windows, Linux and Android.
SkyDrive, which is part of Microsoft's Windows Live suite, is a service that allows users to store files online and share them with themselves or others. This can only be done officially through a web interface, yet there's speculation that Microsoft might soon release a SkyDrive client for desktop and mobile platforms.
It's no secret that Facebook has been making enhancements to its instant messaging capabilities. These are partially welcomed by the Facebook community, yet some still want to chat with their friends from a full-blown desktop application. You could use Windows Live Messenger, which supports Facebook Chat out of the box, but what if you're really looking for a Facebook-specific application?
It's no secret that Windows 8 has been in development for quite some time: in fact, a new build surfaced on the Internet earlier today, and earlier this year Microsoft gave a big presentation on how Windows 8 will benefit new form factors. Yet, nothing beyond that was known, until today when Stephen Sinofsky himself, the man responsible for developing Windows 8, outlined the different teams responsible for creating the system.
Those of you partial to Mozilla's Firefox browser will be pleased to learn that the official release of Firefox 6 has just been unveiled to the public.
If you’ve been in touch with what’s been happening in the world of technology, you’re probably aware of Windows 8, the next version of Windows, currently in early development stages. Among many of the new features is a new tile-based look, and if you want to get some aspects of that interface today on your computer running Windows 7, then you can do so using third-party tools.
