DesktopsCall them "Windows Store apps," "Modern UI apps," or even "Metro apps," the latest monthly report from Soluto reveals that these apps don't figure much into how actual users employ their Windows 8 PCs...
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DesktopsAs I mentioned in my last blog post, I've been setting up and breaking in a new touch-screen...
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DesktopsI’m working with some staff at Dell, and with a loaner XPS12 convertible tablet/ultrabook running Windows 8, to explore ways to boost the usability and productivity gains (both personal and professional) that access to such nice gear can deliver.
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DesktopsFor the past year, I've had the pleasure of knowing that my son's 3rd grade class had the use of two extra laptops I had laying around unused for daily use in surfing the web, taking reading tests, visiting math and science resources online, and more. This prompted a story I wrote for EdTech...
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DesktopsThe upcoming release of Windows 8, formerly known as Windows Blue, is now (drum roll, please) called Windows 8.1. Windows 8.1 will be delivered as a free update to Windows 8 and Windows RT and it will be accessible from the Windows Start Screen through the App store, said Tami Reller,...
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DesktopsLately, there's been lots of interpretation and speculation swirling about the general topic of Windows "Blue" (aka Windows 8.1, scheduled for release to the world sometime before the end of 2013). The best take on this emerging phenomenon so far comes from ZDnet, in Mary Jo Foley's occasionally...
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DesktopsJust saw a very interesting bit of "build detective work," by Rafael Rivera over at the Within Windows blog. It's entitled "
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DesktopsFor the past few weeks, the Windows pundits and mavens have been enjoying an extended "I-told-you-so" moment with Microsoft's latest desktop OS, as detailed investigation of the upcoming revision to Windows 8 -- still code-named "Blue" -- has been revealed to restore the Start button, and to give...
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DesktopsWindows To Go is Microsoft's name for a portable, flash-based implementation of Windows 8 on a USB Flash Drive (aka UFD, in MS-speak). Windows To Go works with BitLocker encryption to protect the contents of the traveling Windows image on the USB drive, and works on any Windows (or...
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DesktopsDue to hit stores as soon as June, 2013, Toshiba has jumped back onto the Win8 tablet market with a new model -- the WT310 -- that appears to target the Microsoft Surface Pro directly. The unit is described as being "optimized for business use" by Toshiba (
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