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Expanding The Availability of Windows Tablets Based on Low-Power ARM Processors

Jun 5, 2013

Microsoft is bringing its Outlook email program to Windows 8 RT in a bid to expand the availability of Windows tablets based on low-power ARM processors. Outlook will be included with version 8.1 of Windows RT, known previously as Windows ...

Tags: Microsoft, Outlook App, Windows 8 RT

Microsoft Later Today Will Reverse a Months-Long Practice in How Internet Explorer 10

Mar 14, 2013

Microsoft later today will reverse a months-long practice in how Internet Explorer 10 (IE10) handles Adobe's Flash Player on Windows 8's and Windows RT's Modern user interfaces. The change will be pushed to users along with the March ...

Tags: Microsoft, IE, Windows

Developer Sold a $5 Utility That Lets Windows 8 Customers Shun The New Modern UI

Mar 14, 2013

A Michigan developer last week started selling a $5 utility that lets Windows 8 customers shun the new Modern UI by running apps on the classic desktop. Stardock, best known to Windows 8 users for Start8, software that restores the Start ...

Tags: Modern apps, Windows, running apps, classic desktop

Mozilla Yesterday Took Another Step Toward Delivering a "Metro" Version of Firefox

Feb 17, 2013

Mozilla yesterday took another step toward delivering a "Metro" version of Firefox to Windows 8 users. Late Tuesday, Asa Dotzler, the Firefox desktop product manager, announced that a preliminary Metro browser had reached ...

Tags: Mozilla, Metro, Firefox

The Beta of The Fedora 18 Linux-Based Distribution Has Been Released

Jan 4, 2013

IDG News Service-After a number of delays,the beta of the Fedora 18 Linux-based distribution has been released. The beta release date had been extended six times over the past two months,mostly due to an underestimation of the amount of ...

Tags: beta of the Fedora 18 Linux

Microsoft Has Launched a Tablet Computer,Dubbed The Surface,Running on Its Windows 8 OS

Dec 26, 2012

Microsoft has launched a tablet computer - dubbed the Surface - running on its Windows 8 operating system (OS). Microsoft announced the Windows 8 tablet last night in a bid to take on rival tablet manufacturers Apple, Samsung and Google. ...

Tags: Microsoft, tablet computer, Windows 8 operating system

Fans of The Good Old GNOME 2 Desktop Environment Got Some Exciting News

Dec 25, 2012

Earlier this month fans of the good old GNOME 2 desktop environment got some exciting news when it became clear that a version of Ubuntu Linux featuring the classic desktop was in the works. Now, plans for that new Ubuntu flavor are ...

Tags: GNOME 2, desktop environment, Ubuntu Linux, classic desktop

Fans of The Good Old GNOME 2 Desktop Environment Got Some Exciting News

Dec 25, 2012

Earlier this month fans of the good old GNOME 2 desktop environment got some exciting news when it became clear that a version of Ubuntu Linux featuring the classic desktop was in the works. Now, plans for that new Ubuntu flavor are ...

Tags: GNOME 2, desktop environment, Ubuntu Linux, classic desktop

The Beta of The Fedora 18 Linux-Based Distribution Has Been Released

Dec 18, 2012

After a number of delays, the beta of the Fedora 18 Linux-based distribution has been released. The beta release date had been extended six times over the past two months, mostly due to an underestimation of the amount of work required to ...

Tags: anaconda, beta, Distribution, fedora 18, highlightedpost, Linux, software

Mozilla Last Week Released The First Public Preview of a Firefox Browser

Oct 8, 2012

Mozilla last week released the first public preview of a Firefox browser that runs in Windows 8's touch-first"Modern"or"Metro"user interface(UI). The Firefox app for Modern--the UI dubbed"Metro"until Microsoft ditched the term over ...

Tags: Mozilla, Firefox, Windows 8, browser, UI

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