August 24, 2012 6:26 PM
Posted by: Ed Tittel
DesktopsAs this snippet from Peter Bright's Ars Technica story from yesterday illustrates, Microsoft's replacing the corporate logo it's...
August 22, 2012 7:47 PM
Posted by: Ed Tittel
DesktopsHere's my first report on experiences with Windows 8 Pro RTM, in the wake of two successful upgrade installs: one on my Lenovo X220 Tablet, the other on my i7-2700K.
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August 20, 2012 5:42 PM
Posted by: Ed Tittel
DesktopsThanks to SQL Server blogger Mr. Denny right here on ITKE, I have a great trick to share with readers who want to upgrade their Windows 8 Release Preview installs to the latest RTM version now available through MSDN, TechNet, and other sources. This blog post of his is entitled "
August 10, 2012 4:23 PM
Posted by: Ed Tittel
Desktops
The ongoing Metro flap continues....
August 6, 2012 9:55 PM
Posted by: Ed Tittel
DesktopsThere's been enough hoopla and unhappiness about the Windows 8 tile-oriented user interface known until now as Metro, that MS has apparently decided to kill the name and call this GUI something else entirely. Too bad I haven't yet laid hands on the RTM code for Windows 8, because I'd love to find...
August 3, 2012 3:25 PM
Posted by: Ed Tittel
DesktopsThough other market followers have already intoned the inflection point between Windows XP and Windows 7 -- namely, the point at which the old (XP) finally dips below the new (Win7) -- tracking firm NetMarketShare has not yet seen its sampling of millions of PC users indicate that Windows 7 has...
August 1, 2012 2:42 PM
Posted by: Ed Tittel
DesktopsAt 11:00 AM Central, 9:00 AM Pacific, Microsoft pushed "Releasing Windows 8 -- August 1, 2012" out to the Building Windows 8 blog. It wasn't so much a set...
July 27, 2012 7:59 PM
Posted by: Ed Tittel
DesktopsI had to chuckle this afternoon when I read Ed Bott's latest Operating Systems piece. It's entitled "How to skip Windows 8 and...
July 25, 2012 3:38 PM
Posted by: Ed Tittel
DesktopsMS hasn't yet made any announcements, but the rumors are flying thick and fast right now that RTM is "in...
