Windows 8

For those unaware, Windows 8 went on sale on Friday. If all goes well, millions upon millions of Wintel users will be switching the latest OS in the coming months, and there’s a giant in Mountain View that’s severely concerned about the future of your searches. You see, Microsoft has done a fine job of Continue Reading →

It’s the end of the tablet era. The touch PC era is beginning. I’m not positive I believe that, but it’s basically the vision Microsoft has for Windows 8. Tablets, they say, are PCs, and should be expected to do the things PCs can do. Windows 8 tablets can do PC things, and Windows 8 PCs Continue Reading →

[wpaudio url=”https://media.shellypalmer.com/wp-content/images/usrn/121026_SHELLYPALMER_GEN_BED.mp3″ text=”Click to play … ” dl=”0″] Microsoft just unleashed Windows 8 on the public, which means corporate IT guys are tearing their hair out right about now. Windows 8 is unlike any other Windows operating system, as it’s designed for the portable device market, which Microsoft also dove into headfirst today with the Continue Reading →

The launch of a new version of Windows is always a critical moment for Microsoft; the operating and its market dominance forms the first layer of its business foundation. The release of Windows 8, however, is special. There hasn’t been a release this large for Microsoft since Windows 95. Here at TNW we’ve been banging Continue Reading →

Windows 8 becomes officially available on Friday, but the Windows Store made its official debut on Thursday, opening online in 231 markets worldwide in 109 languages. The Windows Store offers an impressive amount of software for download — Microsoft Windows division president Steven Sinofsky said at a Microsoft event on Thursday that there are more Continue Reading →

After several years of development, now it’s your turn to vote for or against Windows 8 with your wallet. Windows 8 goes on sale around the world at 12:01a.m. local time around the world, with an upgrade price as low as $39.95. “This is the best release of Windows ever,” Microsoft Windows chief Steven Sinofsky Continue Reading →

Shelly Palmer Chats with Ali Velshi and Nina Dos Santos About Windows 8 on CNN. Continue Reading →

Face it, true Microsoft believers: it’s just not that easy to explain Microsoft’s “sort-of” version of Windows 8 known as Windows RT. We took a couple of healthy stabs at it in our Surface RT review and our Windows RT FAQ, and as an operating system it ships with some serious problems. But fear not: Continue Reading →

Is Microsoft planning a Service Pack 2 (SP2) for Windows 7? I thought it was inevitable. It turns out that unlike previous Windows versions, the software giant might just end at one service pack. The company will instead urge consumers and businesses alike to upgrade to Windows 8. Earlier this morning, a rumor suggested that Continue Reading →

On the eve of Microsoft’s introduction of Windows 8 in New York on Thursday, a few statements from the company’s CEO, Steve Ballmer, have surfaced that offer significant insight into the software giant’s strategy moving forward. In talking with the BBC, Ballmer gave the strongest indication yet that Microsoft may be in the process of Continue Reading →