Thanks to an accidental blog post, Microsoft officials may have tipped their hand that the Windows 8 Release Preview -- the final public test build of Windows 8 -- may hit a bit earlier than many expected... more »

Everything Microsoft - Latest Microsoft News, Guides, Reviews & Themes It might seem a little late in the development cycle for Windows 8, but Microsoft have published a post over on the looking for customers to provide some feedback for Windows 8 by signing up for the Windows Feedback Program. The program is invite-only and is only available to .. more »

Everything Microsoft - Latest Microsoft News, Guides, Reviews & Themes Mary-Jo Foley has posted two leaked Microsoft product roadmap shots that was distributed by Microsoft to some partners in December 2011. The roadmap, which apparently was available at Microsoft’s Partner Network without authentication protection looks at product cycles of se.. more »

Everything Microsoft - Latest Microsoft News, Guides, Reviews & Themes Remember that Symbian OS? The one that Nokia so proudly stood by and made them the worlds top mobile phone manufacturer? The one that is now pretty much dead in the water when it comes to the smartphone wars? The one Nokia ditched in favour of Microsoft’s Windows Phone 7? Yes th.. more »

Everything Microsoft - Latest Microsoft News, Guides, Reviews & Themes I’m sure the vast majority of our readers have downloaded the Windows 8 Consumer Preview and installed it by now, so you all know what the new Metro UI is like. The Metro UI is very well optimised for use on tablets, and I’m sure that there’s plenty of jealous Android tablet.. more »

Everything Microsoft - Latest Microsoft News, Guides, Reviews & Themes Microsoft have decided that they would like you to be presented with the new Metro Start Menu once you log onto Windows 8 instead of the traditional desktop that we’ve all become used to. However, not everyone is happy being presented with this start menu and would prefer to be.. more »

Windows 7 News & Tips Another year, another massive loss for Windows XP. It seems like consumers are finally starting to pay heed to Microsoft’s message to ditch the OS that is now well over a decade old. And while Windows XP is losing big time, Windows 7 is gaining all its market share and more. Going by the latest results from , Windows XP lost 2... more »

Windows 7 News & Tips Today Microsoft has filed legal proceedings against UK retailer Comet forallegedlyselling 94,000 copies of Windows XP and Windows Vista.The alleged counterfeits were sold to customers who had purchased Windows-loaded PCs and laptops. According to the suit, Microsoft are claiming that Comet produced these counterfeit Windows XP .. more »

Windows 7 News & Tips The end of IE6? Well it looks that way, and Microsoft couldn’t be happier. Why, you ask? Because this product, which has been around for about 10 years, has reached the end of its technology cycle…well, about 5 years ago. But some users have been reluctant to put the horse and buggy away. So how extensive is the IE6 mark.. more »

Windows 7 News & Tips Linux users will have something to cheer about vis--vis Microsoft Cloud. While Microsoft has been pushing many changes to its software and cloud operations, it has not done much, if anything, about Linux. (Why should it?) But even so, news has come that Microsoft is poised to enable customers to make virtual machines (VMs) .. more »

Windows 7 News & Tips I’m just as excited in anticipation for Windows 8 on tablets as the next guy, but I always thought that the Windows Phone OS might make for a great tablet experience as well. If you agree then the following video might make you wish for that experience too. Windows Phone developer, , came up with a clever way to simulate the Wi.. more »

Windows 7 News & Tips do a great job putting together some brilliant wallpapers. For the whole of 2011 the ran a series of calendar wallpapers for each month of the year. However the reason I never posted about them before is because I didn’t actually stumble across the series until the end of the summer, by which time I felt it was too late to sh.. more »

Windows 7 News & Tips I haven’t really been intoinstant messagingsince my days as an AOL user back in the 1990′s, so this particular piece of software doesn’t add any new functionality to Windows 7 for me, however, there are many users who have decided to drop their current IM software forfacebook’s built in messaging service because that is where.. more »

Windows 7 News & Tips Even though Windows 7 has been out for over 2 years now, and I’ve probably written several hundred posts on this site about it now, there’s still new little things that I learn every day with it. This latest little trick I’ve discovered is how to quickly get to properties. Normally if you want to access a folders proper.. more »

Windows 7 News & Tips CNet’s Maggie Reardon had a chance to sit down with Ross Rubin, Executive Director and Principal Analyst, over at NPD Group and was able to get his view of the smartphone market and where, he believes, it is heading. Among Rubin’s responses include some interesting tidbits about the Windows Phone platform and the consumers perc.. more »

Windows 7 News & Tips Microsoft released a new security update for asp.net. Microsoft discovered a new denial-of-service vulnerability, which affects several vendors’ Web application platforms, but especially Microsoft’s ASP. This is a dangerous vulnerability because it could allow an anonymous attacker to consume all CPU resources on a web serv.. more »

Windows 7 News & Tips You have probably seen a popup on your computer screen informing you that your computer is infected with a virus or some other malware, and that they can eliminate the problem by buying the virus scanner and removal program. Most of you know that this is a scam. ExploitJavaBlacole.BX11 Microsoft and the FTC Malware Victim .. more »

Windows 7 News & Tips As the most up and coming Internet and financial super-power in the world, it should hardly come as a surprise that China has become the latest target for cyber-criminals. In recent attacks some 45 million people have had their personal details stolen and now the is reporting that the ten largest search engines in the country .. more »

Windows 7 News & Tips about two new LTE handsets coming from HTC and Samsung to the Windows Phone platform, however, no specific information about availability or carrier was released at the time. Paul Thurrott from the WinSupersite has released exclusive information regarding the details of US handset availability, according to his unamed sources. .. more »

Windows 7 News & Tips According to a report over on The Verge , two of Microsoft’s current Windows Phone partners (HTCand Samsung) are soon going to deliver Windows Phone handsets that can handle LTE technology. The devices will apparently be running a pre-Tango build which will have support for LTE. The HTCmodel is reportedly codenamed Radiant an.. more »