Microsoft announced today on their Windows blog that Windows 8.1 “Blue” will be a free update for current Windows 8 users: Today at the JP Morgan Technology, Media & Telecom Conference in Boston, Tami Reller shared with the audience that the update previously referred to as “Windows Blue” will be
For those that were waiting the next version of Ubuntu, the wait is now over, as Canonical released Ubuntu 13.04 “Raring Ringtail” today. You can download the 32-bit and 64-bit versions over at the official Ubuntu website. While hardcore Linux users will likely continue to avoid Ubuntu for being too
With the unpopularity of Windows 8, sluggish PC sales, in addition with complaints from PC manufacturers, it appears that Microsoft will be bringing back the Start Button with the upcoming Windows 8.1 “Blue” update, according to the Verge: Microsoft is preparing to revive the traditional Start button it killed with
A 32-bit build of Windows “Blue” (codename for the upcoming interim update to Windows 8) was recently leaked online. Paul Thurrott over at Supersite for Windows recently had a hands-on preview of the leaked build (9394) and went over the changes that have been found in the latest build of
I recently had the chance to play around with the recently released Windows 8 Consumer Preview build on a Asus Eee Slate EP121 tablet and on a whitebox PC (the same system I used for the ESXi 5.0 evaluation). After a day of running Windows 8 on both systems, here
For those interested in testing out the beta version of Windows 8, the Consumer Preview is now available to the public for download. Microsoft is offering two versions for download, a 32-bit and a 64-bit version. Unlike the previous Windows 8 Developer Preview that was unveiled last fall, the consumer
Mark your calendars! For those waiting to get a chance to test out the latest developmental version of Windows 8, Microsoft is unveiling the Windows 8 Consumer Preview build to the public on February 29 at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain (according to ZDNet). This build should be
The Verge is reporting that Windows 8 will be dropping the “Start” button. This will be interesting, as the Start button has been in all Windows iterations since Windows 95. It remains to be seen whether there will be an option to re-enable the Start button, whether officially or via