Microsoft has been pretty quiet at Computex thus far, but today we got a bit of expected news. Outlook 2013 RT will be coming with the free Windows RT 8.1 update later this year for Windows RT tablets. Not having Outlook was a big gate to Windows RT adoption by many business users, making this a much needed move by Microsoft. Outlook 2013 RT joins Office 2013 RT as very valuable components of the free software package that comes with all Windows RT tablets. By supplying key desktop applications for free, Microsoft not only increases the value of the platform but also drives users towards the Windows Store and modern UI apps for the rest of their needs as the basics are already met. Despite the...
Microsoft Demonstrates Windows to Go
Windows 8 supports installation to removable flash media via a feature called Windows to Go. Your apps, settings, and OS can all be installed to a USB stick and...
12 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 2/29/2012
Microsoft Demos Windows 8 on 82-inch Touchscreen
Microsoft is talking a lot about the importance of touch input to the Windows 8 experience in everything from tablets to high-end desktops. To show just how far you...
23 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 2/29/2012
Microsoft Shows Windows 8 CP on Tegra 3, Krait, OMAP 5 & Clover Trail
Update: Despite Microsoft referring to the test platform as running on a next-generation OMAP processor, TI tells us that the Windows 8 tablet was running an OMAP 4470, not...
4 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 2/29/2012
The Windows 8 Copy Dialog Box
Microsoft revamped the Copy Dialog box in Windows 8. You now get useful visualizations of the progress and speed of your file copy. You can also pause/resume individual copies...
17 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 2/29/2012
Windows 8 Consumer Preview: The Four Corners
During Microsoft's Windows 8 Consumer Preview Event at MWC today, Microsoft demonstrated some of the new features in the CP release out today. While the Metro UI obviously lends...
60 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 2/29/2012
Windows 8 Consumer Preview Available for Download
Adventurous Windows users can now download the Windows 8 Consumer preview from Microsoft's web site using the link provided below. The preview version of the new OS is available...
14 by Andrew Cunningham on 2/29/2012
Microsoft Showcases SkyDrive Metro and Desktop Apps for Windows 8
Microsoft has talked a bit about SkyDrive before in its plans for Windows 8, but Microsoft's Mike Torres and Omar Shahine have authored a Building Windows 8 blog post...
17 by Andrew Cunningham on 2/20/2012
Windows Store App Submission Process Detailed
Microsoft’s Jonathan Garrigues has detailed some aspects of the submissions process for the upcoming Windows Store on the company’s Windows Store for Developers blog. The post describes in detail...
4 by Andrew Cunningham on 2/15/2012
Microsoft Discusses Windows 8 Accessibility Improvements
After last week's broad, sweeping post about Windows on ARM, the Building Windows 8 team is back to discussing the nuts and bolts of the operating system - today...
13 by Andrew Cunningham on 2/14/2012
Microsoft Provides Windows on ARM Details
We've known that Microsoft has been planning an ARM-compatible version of Windows since well before we knew anything else about Windows 8, but the particulars have often been obscured...
62 by Andrew Cunningham on 2/9/2012
Windows 8 Consumer Preview Event Scheduled For Feb 29
Windows aficionado Paul Thurrott has just confirmed that the Windows 8 Consumer Preview event will be held in Barcelona, Spain on February 29, 2012. Coming from Mr. Thurrott, we...
12 by Saumitra Bhagwat on 2/9/2012
Microsoft Makes Changes to Windows 8's File Management Changes
We've been covering the changes in Windows 8 fairly closely since Microsoft started talking about the upcoming operating system, and while most of these changes will probably land in...
7 by Andrew Cunningham on 1/31/2012
Windows 8 Motion Sensor Support Detailed
Windows 8's tablet-centric focus means that it's going to pick up a lot of new features to support hardware particular to those devices - Microsoft's Gavin Gear took to...
22 by Andrew Cunningham on 1/25/2012
Windows 8 Mobile Broadband Enhancements Detailed
Using mobile broadband in Windows 8 will no longer require specific drivers and third-party software, says Microsoft's Billy Anders in a Building Windows 8 blog post today. This is...
14 by Andrew Cunningham on 1/20/2012
Microsoft's ReFS Filesystem for Windows 8 Server Explained
While Windows 8 client machines will continue to use the NTFS filesystem, Microsoft's Surendra Verma has given us some details on Windows 8 Server's new "Resilient File System," or...
18 by Andrew Cunningham on 1/16/2012
Lenovo’s IdeaPad Yoga 13 with Windows 8: This Is the Ultrabook We Want
We were back at Lenovo’s suite today and got a chance to spend a bit more time with a laptop that we didn’t get around to discussing on Tuesday...
31 by Jarred Walton on 1/12/2012
NVIDIA Tegra 3: Games Plus SplashTop Streaming of Skyrim
Tegra 3 tablets are a big thing for NVIDIA right now, and we’ve seen quite a few new tablets using the SoC. At NVIDIA’s booth, they had a bunch...
12 by Jarred Walton on 1/11/2012
CES 2012: Windows 8 Beta In Late February
There has been some speculation over the last few months over when to expect the beta release of Windows 8. During Microsoft's final CES keynote tonight, Microsoft put that...
20 by Ryan Smith on 1/9/2012
Windows 8's "Storage Spaces" Detailed
Windows 8's new Storage Spaces functionality will easily allow users and system administrators to pool different physical drives together into one logical drive, writes Rajeev Nagar on the Building...
38 by Andrew Cunningham on 1/6/2012
Windows 8's Refresh and Reset Functionality Detailed
Microsoft's Desmond Lee took to the Building Windows 8 blog today to detail the Reset and Refresh functionality which will allow users to restore Windows to a pristine state...
13 by Andrew Cunningham on 1/4/2012