Operating Systems

Jul 092012
 
Windows 8 Launch Details From Toronto Today

Microsoft expanded the information available about their Windows 8 product line during their WPC event. Windows 8 is expected to reach the Release To Manufacturing  (RTM) milestone sometime on the first week of August. The final General Availability (GA) milestone will be at the end of October. This means that now we have officially confirmed not [Click for More]

Four Companies Walk Into A Bar…

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Jun 282012
 
Four Companies Walk Into A Bar...

Starts like a joke … but it’s just reality. One is an Advertising company, wants you to use their software and hardware so you can count as captive audience to their advertising clients. Hardware and software are a way to capture as much behavioral information as legally possible to be able to target advertising to [Click for More]

Jun 222012
 
Next in Line - Windows Phone 7.8 Update

This week was filled with Microsoft announcements. First, the mystery event to announce Microsoft Surface, the Windows 8 tablet. Then; at the Windows Phone Summit, we saw the first presentation to the public of Microsoft’s upcoming Windows Phone 8. Along with the excitement of this new version, it was announced that all current Windows Phone [Click for More]

Jun 182012
 
Microsoft Surface - The Name Of The Microsoft Tablet

The mystery event that Microsoft had planned for today is over now. Today, Microsoft has blown away everyone’s mind with this new, fresh, attractive and smart line of products called Microsoft Surface. You will be able to find more information about it at the corresponding Microsoft website [HERE]. Microsoft Surface is a line of Windows 8 tablets [Click for More]

Jun 152012
 
Windows 8 RT To Have Great Anti-Malware Features

While attending MS TechEd 2012 in Orlando, FL a few bits and pieces of information keep coming out. Windows 8 RT; the Windows 8 version that will run in ARM processors, will be aimed at lighter-and-better-battery-life… but that is not all… one item explained in great technical detail at one of the sessions was the [Click for More]

Jun 122012
 
Microsoft Demoes Windows 8 RT Features For The Enterprise

Today at the annual Microsoft TechEd conference; Microsoft demoed Windows 8 RT running on ARM devices with the premise of being enabled for the Enterprise. Microsoft had previously announced that Windows RT would not be able to run specific software that would enable it for use in the enterprise. WinRT devices are going to run on ARM processors, which [Click for More]

May 222012
 
Windows Phone for Everyone; Book and eBook Available Now! [Updated]

I am very excited to announce that my first book is out and available for purchase in hard copy and Kindle eBook formats. Windows Phone for Everyone is a guide for non-technical users who are exploring the purchase of their first smartphone or are curious about the new Windows Phone devices. A reference guide for [Click for More]

Windows Phone, A Growing Platform

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May 182012
 
Windows Phone, A Growing Platform

The Redmond Giant is celebrating today. Microsoft’s Windows Phone has managed to overtake iOS’s place in the largest market in the world. The Chinese smartphone market is the largest mobile market in the world. The iPhone has managed to keep a 6% of that market in the last few months. Windows Phone was introduced recently… [Click for More]