Showing posts with label windows 8. Show all posts
Showing posts with label windows 8. Show all posts

Monday, October 29, 2012

Sunday, October 28, 2012

How to buy a Windows 8 laptop, desktop or tablet

Windows 8 is now with us. Microsoft says it's the biggest thing since Windows 95 - its new user interface is certainly one of the biggest gambles Microsoft has made.
Windows has been brought kicking and screaming into the touchscreen era against a competitive backdrop of iPads, Android devices and even Microsoft's own Windows Phone smartphone OS.
Microsoft made attempts at retro-fitting previous versions of Windows with touch, but - quite frankly - it was a terrible thing.

Monday, October 22, 2012

Skype for Windows 8 arrives with battery-saving features

New UI brings boatload of new tricks 

Skype for Windows 8 has been officially unveiled, offering a 'completely new Skype experience'.
The new software has been redesigned to bring a constant connection without smashing your laptop or tablet's battery life.
This is achieved through Windows 8 integration using a single connection to ping the server rather than performing the task as a separate action from the app itself, which allows Skype to stay happily running in the background.
The UI has been redesigned too, featuring options like Snap mode, which allows you to resize the video chat to enable multi-tasking – apparently you'd want to be mapping or emailing while chatting with your best friend. We'd call that rude, but whatever.