Tag Archives: Microsoft

World Is Moving Away From Windows and Microsoft Is Only Helping

Windows_8_Start_Screen Let me start with a disclosure, I have used Windows 8 Consumer Preview for about 5 minutes, yet I am writing about it. I had used the developer preview a lot, 5 minutes were enough to show that MS hadn't resolved any of the issues that I had been complaining about. So there was no use testing it further. More »

Windows 8 Consumer Preview Now Available for Download

Windows 8 logo image Windows 8 has been much anticipated and much talked about OS. The developer preview has been out for some time now. There has been some criticism, a lot of which hasn't been positive. Microsoft has made quite a few changes based on those feedbacks and has now released the Consumer Preview of Windows More »

Share MS Office Documents with Facebook Friends

docs1 Imagine you've just made a great PowerPoint presentation with all the photos of your pet cats and you can't wait to share with your friends! And you want to share it not only with all your friends individually, but with as group. So what do you do? Organise a small party and invite them all? Nah! It's More »

Windows Explorer to Feature Ribbon UI in Windows 8

083011_0123_WindowsExpl2.png Microsoft has introduced two types of UIs that have been praised very much. Metro UI, which it is using on various websites and software and the Ribbon UI, which was first introduced in MS Office 2007 and then made its way in various applications of Windows 7 like Paint, Wordpad etc. Now it looks More »

Zune player with Metro UI

Zune_Logo Microsoft had once launched a Music player named Zune to compete with Apple's iPod. However, due to many reasons, it didn't do very well. It also released Zune media player for PC to synchronise your playlists with your Zune device. Unlike the Zune device, this one is actually good and still there. UI When More »

Windows 8 – First Video Preview

Microsoft has finally released a preview video of Windows 8 which shows the overhauled UI. For more than 6 months now there had been rumours, leaked screenshots, leaked builds and a lot of speculations. Now all the those have been laid to rest by this video. Windows 8 will have a new interface. The More »