Windows 8

Recharge Your Cellphone in 30 seconds. Teen Genius, Eesha Khare Invents New Method.

How’s You Like to Win a Major Science Award at 18 years Young? Eesha Khare did it with this cell phone charger… In this image from CNN affiliate KPIX, 18-year-old Eesha Khare shows off her device that can charge phones in seconds. CNN) — A tiny device that can recharge cell phone batteries in as …

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Sync Your Outlook 2007, Outlook 2010, & Outlook 2013 Contacts to Windows Phone

Many of Us Who Use Windows 7 or Windows 8 Smartphones Are Left Out in the Cold.   Most Apps and Information in Tech Magazines Cater to iPhones and Andorid Phones.   Here’s Some Information for Us “Die-Hard” Windows Afficionados Straight from the “Sources Mouth”, Microsoft…   Summary // ]]> This article helps you sync …

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The Best iPhone and iPad Apps of 2015

The Guardian Observer Has Made A Nice List For Us. Check it Out… From Periscope and Enlight to Apple Music, Google Photos, YouTube Gaming and Pacemaker: the best new iOS apps of the year. Read More: The Best iPhone and iPad Apps of 2015 Pretty Cool List If You Ask Me!

So What’s Next For Windows After 8.1?

Why Would Microsoft Call Their Next Iteration of Windows “Code Blue”?   Brings the chills of the “Blue Screen of Death” to mind…   Microsoft’s Windows 8.1 has been available for a while now. What will Microsoft do for an encore on the Windows front? (Credit: Screenshot by Eric Franklin/CNET) Microsoft is making Windows 8.1 commercially available …

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Microsoft To Rename Skydrive After Losing Trademark Suit

This is a Real Blow to Microsoft. It’s Going to be Very Costly… Microsoft will be forced to rename its SkyDrive cloud storage service after failing to defend its trademark against U.K. broadcaster British Sky Broadcasting. BSkyB, as the service is more commonly called, filed suit against Microsoft in 2011 in the English High Court, …

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Microsoft’s Bad Quarter: Sign of Worse to Come?

This May Not Bode Well for Microsoft’s Future. Read on for more info… In the latest installment of Where’s Waldo?, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer opted not to participate in the company’s fourth-quarter conference call with Wall Street’s bean counters Thursday. No surprise, as Ballmer never plays a role in these shindigs. A little cheeky, however, …

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Before You Consider That $350 Microsoft Tablet…

Is the Surface RT a Good Deal Now that it’s $150 Cheaper? Read On and See What’s Up… After nearly nine months of selling the Surface RT for $500, Microsoft is knocking the price down by $150. Photo credit: Microsoft Today, $350 will get you a 32 GB Surface RT tablet at any of the …

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Microsoft Slashes Surface RT Price by $150

Surface RT is a Challenge for Microsoft. This Article Seems to Validate That… Microsoft Corp. is slashing the price of its Surface RT tablet by $150 as it fights to increase its tiny share of the booming tablet market. (Photo: USA TODAY) The cut brings the price of the Surface RT with 32 gigabytes of …

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‘Start’ Button Developers Say Windows 8.1 Doesn’t Put Them Out Of Business

I Guess Microsoft’s Windows 8.1 Isn’t The total ‘Cat’s Meow’ Check out this article on Windows developers…   When Microsoft added support for the revamped Start page into Windows 8.1, that eliminated the need for dedicated third-party Start menus, right? Wrong, say developers like Stardock, Classic Shell, and others. Perhaps not surprisingly, the third-party devs …

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Microsoft aims to simplify with Windows 8.1

Maybe Microsoft Will Get Windows 8 Right the Second time. Check out this article on Windows 8.1… Microsoft is trying to fix what it got wrong with its radical makeover of Windows. It’s making the operating system easier to navigate and enabling users to set up the software so it starts in a more familiar …

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