Windows 8 Blue Confirmed By Microsoft
Microsoft confirmed Windows 8 Blue project. From Microsoft blog:
Now, the look ahead. With a remarkable foundation of products in market and a clear view of how we will evolve the company, product leaders across Microsoft are working together on plans to advance our devices and services, a set of plans referred to internally as “Blue.” – N.B. chances of products being named thusly are slim to none. And don’t start with the “so you’re telling me there’s a chance” bit.
Screenshots of the next version of Windows 8 Blue, build 9364, have leaked online. And it looks like Microsoft is bringing smaller tile sets to the desktop to the Start Screen. Other new features are greater control over the colour personalization options. And you can place apps side-by-side in the Windows 8 view. The alarm, calculator and sound recorder apps can take advantage of new “snapped apps” views. The screenshots also show Internet Explorer 11.
Windows 8 Blue Update Screenshots Leaked
Screenshots of the next version of Windows 8 Blue, build 9364, have leaked online. And it looks like Microsoft is bringing smaller tile sets to the desktop to the Start Screen. Other new features are greater control over the colour personalization options. And you can place apps side-by-side in the Windows 8 view. The alarm, calculator and sound recorder apps can take advantage of new “snapped apps” views. The screenshots also show Internet Explorer 11.
Samsung Windows 8 Series 7 Touch monitor
Samsung announcing two new monitors: the Series 7 Touch (SC770) and the Series 7 (SC750). The 24-inch Series 7 Touch is a multi-touch display made for Windows 8, and comes with a resolution of 1,920 x 1080 with 178-degree viewing angles.
The 27-inch Series 7 does not support touch input, and comes with 1080p resolution and can pivot 90 degrees so users can view content in both landscape and portrait modes.
Both models will be out in the first quarter of 2013.
Microsoft Released Windows Phone 8 App
Microsoft has launched a Windows Phone 8 syncing app for Windows 8 and Windows RT today. The app is now available to download for free from the Windows Store. The app allows user to do easy syncing between Windows 8 and Windows Phone 8 devices. The app will be useful when Microsoft launches Windows Phone 8 OS soon.
Features listed on Windows App Store:
Get your music, photos, and videos from your computer to your phone (and vice versa).
Quickly share things from your phone with Windows 8 apps (like Photos, or Search). You don’t even have to open the Windows Phone app to move things around.
Automatically save photos and videos you take with your phone to your PC.
See at a glance how much space you’re using for each type of content, so it’s easy to make sure you never run out of room on your phone.
Get to WindowsPhone.com to download apps, learn more about your phone, or find it if it’s lost.
Microsoft Launched Windows 8
On October 26, Microsoft has released the lastest Windows 8 OS which is also used on Microsoft tablet Surface.
From the Windows 8 team:
With improvements in fundamentals, enhanced storage and connectivity, newly architected subsystems, the “fast and fluid” user experience, and the WinRT platform (to name a few), Windows 8 has literally thousands of new features. We did a record number of blogs posts (and videos) and did not even come close to covering the full breadth of Windows 8. There’s much left to learn about and discover in the product.Some of the most exciting innovations with Windows 8 are yet to come—the innovations from developers building apps on the new WinRT platform. Today, the Store is open for business and we’ll rapidly expand to over 200 markets around the world. The opportunity for developers around the world to deliver innovative (and profitable) apps is unique with Windows 8. We’re excited to see the work developers will be bringing to Windows 8. We’ll also have a chance to talk more about the Windows 8 platform at the next BUILD conference recently announced.
Gartner: 80% Of Businesses Will Use Microsoft Windows 8
Gartner is predicting that Microsoft Windows 8 will only pull in the common consumers not businesses. They said only 20% of businesses will run Windows 8 and believed 90% of large organizations will not deploy Windows 8 broadly.
Windows 8 will be out this Friday.
Check out the first Windows 8 commercial from Microsoft. The commercial is given the “Coming soon” title. The Windows 8 OS will be out on October 26.
Microsoft Unleashed Windows 8 Coming Soon Commercial
Check out the first Windows 8 commercial from Microsoft. The commercial is given the “Coming soon” title. The Windows 8 OS will be out on October 26.
Microsoft Updates Windows 8 Apps Before Final Release
The Microsoft Windows 8 team has written on their blog that they are getting ready the launch of the new OS by updating the apps before final release.
From Microsoft blog:
Apps within the new operating system will be updated much like the mobile apps on your phone. The Store tile will notify you when updates are available, and you can open it and click the updates link in the top right corner to see the list and install the ones you want.
The Sky Drive’s Windows 8 app has been updated with new features such as search within SkyDrive functionality, ability to rename and move folders and files, new first-run experience, and custom sort order.
Windows apps will be ready for the 26 October public release of Windows 8 OS.
Microsoft Show Off Redesigned MSN
Microsoft has unveiled a new design for MSN.com today. The new redesign has a new logo, cleaner look and also adopting layout feature from Windows 8 Metro.
The new look page will be available exclusive to people who use both Windows 8 and Internet Explorer 10, and it will be the default home page on the Windows 8 IE browser on October 26th.
Intel To Boost Windows 8 Tablet With Clover Trail Atom Chip
The first Microsoft Surface tablets, due by October 26, will run NVidia RT chipset which does not run old Windows software that businesses rely on. Now you can with Intel’s new Clover Trail system-on-chip (SoC). It is a dual-core 1.8GHz processor also known as Atom Z2760 and will help tablets to achieve 9 hours battery life for HD video playback, 10 hours of “active use” and three weeks when in standby.
Intel adds that tablets running this chipset will support 3G and 4G cellular connectivity as well as near-field communication (NFC), support an “advanced” camera (up to 8MP) and a secondary snapper (up to 2.1MP).
