Microsoft’s Windows 8 has gained significant traction among the desktop users. However, most users typically miss the familiar interface of earlier versions. To appease them, Microsoft is now bringing back the full Start menu.
Microsoft is gearing up to unveil its holiday deals. The company will be starting 12 days of deals and promotions starting from Monday. On the first day, Microsoft will be offering the $299 Dell Windows 8.1 slate with a massive discount, priced at $99.
With the holiday season on full swing, Microsoft has also come up with its own holiday deal. The company is now offering $25 Windows Store gift card on the purchase of every new Windows 8 or Windows 8.1 PC.
It has been discovered that a new zero-day vulnerability in Windows XP allows a hacker to gain access to the kernel mode of a PC. The hacker can then install a malware or perform any other malicious activity.
The three key Windows platforms right now are the regular Windows, Windows RT and Windows Phone. But one day, the company hopes, it will be able to unify them into one. Read in details.
Microsoft has revealed an impressive new app which lets you control your Microsoft Office 2013 and Office 365 files and documents wirelessly. In essence, the app terms your Windows Phone 8 handset into a remote which you can then use to give presentations, open Word files and do other Office stuff on your PC.
The metro outlook of Microsoft’s Windows 8 platform has defined the company’s aesthetic designs for quite some time. This is manifest in Skype for Windows 8.1 which comes with an impressively clean interface and the ability to multitask with perfect ease.
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Microsoft has already released Windows 8.1, effectively patching many of the quirks and problems in the original Windows 8. For many Windows 7 users, this is the high time to shift to the new OS. The guide given below lets you upgrade from Windows 7 to Windows 8.1 in a few easy steps.