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Rejected: 74% of organizations have no plans to deploy Windows 8 By Bill Detwiler November 1, 2012, 9:03 AM PDT Takeaway: TechRepublic’s Windows 8 Business Intentions study reveals that 74% of businesses have no plans to deploy Windows 8, and the new, touch-centric user interface is a driving factor in the decision. Microsoft Windows chief … Read more

Master Windows 8 Gesture Commands Alex Wawro@awawro Oct 29, 2012 3:00 AM print Windows 8 has a few new features (like the charms menu, the Start screen, and gesture commands) which may seem pointless or needlessly confusing at first blush. Experienced Windows users running a non-RT version of Windows 8 may be tempted to ignore … Read more

Microsoft Surface Released

October 26th, 2012 | Posted by cmatthews27320 in Products | Tech News - (0 Comments)

  Having trouble viewing this email? View as a webpage. It’s here. Surface with Windows RT is now available for purchase at your nearest Microsoft Retail Store and at microsoft.com.  Surface is the beautiful new way to work and play from Microsoft. Loaded with Windows RT, Office Home & Student 2013 RT Preview, and fluid modern apps, Surface lets you … Read more

Microsoft Surface Arrives for Pre-Order Shown below is the information from the Microsoft website.  Surface is made completely by Microsoft and will use the same closed system as Apple.  This does have its advantages from a usability standpoint.  You know the hardware and software are going to work.  Something Microsoft users have not enjoyed since … Read more

TV ads touting Microsoft’s Windows 8 leak to Internet Focus of the four ads is on the ‘Modern’ UI, with just one glimpse of the traditional desktop By Gregg Keizer October 10, 2012 11:34 AM ET   Computerworld - Four purported Microsoft TV advertisements for Windows 8 have leaked to the Web, and strut the operating system’s … Read more

Which version of Windows 8 should you choose for tablet deployment? By Patrick Gray October 11, 2012, 5:41 AM PDT Takeaway: Patrick Gray talks about the two flavors of Windows 8 for tablets, and which you should choose for your organization. With the release of Windows 8 just around the corner, a fairly difficult question is facing … Read more

Microsoft’s ‘big gamble’ with Windows 8 won’t pay off in the enterprise. The new OS won’t do much better than Vista in corporations By Gregg Keizer September 26, 2012 04:14 PM ET Computerworld - Microsoft is taking a “big gamble” with its new Windows 8, one that will see the operating system peak at just 20% to … Read more

Windows 8: Hate It Already? Why Waiting for Windows 9 Won’t Help We take a speculative look at the future of Microsoft’s operating system. By Jared Newman, PCWorld    Aug 28, 2012 9:00 pm   Conventional Windows wisdom seems to hold that every other version of Windows is terrible and needs to be fixed by whatever version comes after … Read more

Windows 8 RTM: What You Need to Know By Jared Newman, PCWorld    Aug 15, 2012 1:33 PM   Microsoft has put the final touches on Windows 8, and has released the RTM version of the operating system to device makers, developers, and IT pros. That doesn’t mean you can go out and buy Windows 8 right now, … Read more

The 10 Windows 8 keyboard shortcuts you need to remember By Mark Kaelin July 26, 2012, 1:09 PM PDT Takeaway: There are 100+ keyboard shortcuts available for Windows 8, but there are a small number you’ll want to remember because you’ll use them often. In April 2012, Greg Shultz created a free cheat sheet of 100 Windows 8 … Read more