8 Ways Microsoft Will Tweak Windows 8

Source: Time Magazine

For the past few months, Microsoft has observed while techies dug into the Windows 8 “Consumer Preview“–in geek parlance, the beta. The result is several big changes to the operating system, many of which will appear in the near-final Windows ...
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Linux Mint 13 Cinnamon: A Spectacular GNOME 3 Fork

Source: LXer

When I first tried out Cinnamon, I was extremely disappointed to be honest. It was bloated, counterintuitive, and utterly incompatible with my netbook's resolution of 1024x600 pixels. The latter issue is particularly what irked me, But with Clement ...
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Is there a workable solution to the Windows 8 Start conundrum?

Source: InfoWorld

The biggest problem with Windows 8 isn't so much the lack of a Start button as the Jekyl-and-Hyde jumping between the "legacy" desktop -- where most of us work and want to keep working -- and the Metro Start menu ...
Full article at: InfoWorld  More like this  2 days ago, 12:43pm CDT

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Source: PC Magazine

For the top stories in tech, follow us on Twitter at @PCMag. In other news, Massachusetts regulators on Tuesday issued a subpoena to Morgan Stanley, the lead underwriter for Facebook's initial public offe ...
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VESA Extends DisplayPort Ecosystem with Addition of 38 New Member Companies

Source: Freshnews.com

NEWARK, Calif. -- (BUSINESS WIRE) -- The Video Electronics Standards Association (VESA®) today announced that it has added 38 new member companies to its roster in the past 14 months. The increase brings the Association’s membership to nearl ...
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Microsoft Boosts Support for Multiple Monitors in Windows 8

Source: Ecoustics

Multiple monitors for a single PC can help turn that 13-inch laptop screen into an efficient desktop command center. Email and IMs to the right, browsers to the left, and current tasks front and center. The multi-monitor se ...
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Microsoft Revamps Multi-Monitor Support For Windows 8

Source: Legit Reviews

With improvements in multi-monitor desktop backgrounds, multi-monitor slide show, spanning panoramic images across monitors, multi-monitor taskbar and much more, Microsoft is really pulling out all the stops to improve multi-mo ...
Full article at: Legit Reviews  More like this  3 days ago, 3:11pm CDT

Windows 8: New Tricks With Multiple Monitors

Source: TechWeb

In its bid to produce devices that combine the best features of tablets and PCs, Microsoft has added a number of new multi-monitor support features to its forthcoming Windows 8 operating system, including a tool that allows use ...
Full article at: TechWeb  More like this  3 days ago, 2:26pm CDT

Win8 taskbar, mouse tracking tweaked for multi-monitor configs

Source: The Tech Report

Think Windows 8 is optimized solely for touchscreen displays? Think again. In its Building Windows 8 Blog, Microsoft has detailed numerous enhancements aimed to improve the user experience for multi-monitor desktop and notebook users. The most impo ...
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