Windows Blue gets official name: Windows 8.1

Wed, 15 May 2013 00:46:00 -0500

Tami Reller, the chief marketing officer and chief financial officer of Microsoft's Windows division, disclosed that Windows blue, the update of Windows 8, has gotten its new name: Windows 8.1 during a speech at J.P. Morgan's Global Technology, Media and Telecom Conference in Boston this morning. Also, this new update will come later this years and will be free.

"It will be easy to get from the Windows start screen," Reller said at the conference in Boston. (CNET followed her speech via Webcast.)

To date, the Windows division has updated the various versions of the Windows 8 operating system 739 times, Reller said. Windows 8.1, however, will offer significantly more changes than those frequent fixes.

Windows 8.1 Build 9374 newly leaked

Mon, 22 Apr 2013 02:13:00 -0500

After two leaks of Windows 8.1 build, another version of Windows 8.1 build has been leaked on the internet,Windows 8.1 Build 9374 today.
Build 9374 doesn't appear to include many major changes, but one new addition that Microsoft is working on is a Kiosk Mode feature. Available in the PC settings menu, Kiosk Mode appears to be a way to lock down a device to a single Windows 8-style application. Apps can be selected to launch at login, with the app lockdown in place for user accounts. However, Windows 8.1 Build 9374 is still far from the final version.

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<h1>Microsoft�s Windows Blue Gets A Video Demo</h1>
<p>Mon, 25 Mar 2013 21:12:00 -0500</p>
Tom Warren over at the Verge has had a chance to go hands-on with an early version of Windows blue. According to the video, the key features appear to be smaller Live Tiles, like those introduced with Windows Phone 8, as well new UI features and more built-in apps. Microsoft is said to be adopting a strategy of more frequent, smaller updates to Windows instead of waiting years between more dramatic changes.<br />
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The new Windows Blue will offer improvements to popular features like Snap View, which can now snap apps side-by-side sharing an even portion of the screen, including up to four apps total on high resolution displays. More things are now viewable in the standard Windows 8 interface (formerly known as Metro), instead of hidden within the desktop view,
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<h1>Windows Blue Build 9364 Leaked Online, Reveals New Features</h1>
<p>Sun, 24 Mar 2013 22:02:00 -0500</p>
Recently Windows Blue build leaked onto the web is indeed real. Here are some of the screenshots leaked online. Along with the screenshots, it has been revealed that Windows Blue will indeed support a smaller tile size, just like in Windows Phone 8. Also, metro apps can be ran side by side evenly now, instead of having one of the apps in a smaller size.<br />
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Dell joins Windows 8 desktop/tablet hybrid fray with XPS 18

Thu, 14 Mar 2013 22:00:00 -0500

Asus announced its Transformer AiO Windows 8 desktop/tablet hybrid last week, Dell is also introducing its XPS 18 "table PC," which it's dubbing the "world's thinnest and lightest all-in-one."

While the Transformer AiO works as a giant tablet that attaches to a docking station that houses PC components, the XPS 18 is a massive slate and desktop all-in-one unit. It includes built-in "feet" to

Steam survey shows Windows 8 on the rise, beats XP

Mon, 04 Mar 2013 00:59:00 -0600

Windows 8 has launched for half an year, but there are not many reliable statistics about windows 8 sales and windows 8 market share. Valve does a survey about operating system market share on steam and the survey shows Windows 8 on the rise, beats XP. According to Valve�s survey, Windows 8 systems account for 9.63% of all user PCs that took part in the survey. It is up that month by 0.87% and trailing Windows 7 which is the dominating system on Steam with more than 68%. As far as Windows XP goes, it is having a combined share of 9.33% and lost 0.72% since the last survey took place.

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Windows Blue gets official name: Windows 8.1

Windows 8.1 Build 9374 newly leaked

Dell joins Windows 8 desktop/tablet hybrid fray with XPS 18

Steam survey shows Windows 8 on the rise, beats XP