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As expected Windows 8.1 Update been released as 'August Update' and however as per the reviews says it doesn't include much of its new features in it. The following some of them could be the improvements in this new update Windows 8.1 : Precision touchpad improvements and 3 new end-user settings been added like  Leave touch pad on when a mouse is connected, allow right-clicks on the touchpad, double-tap and drag are the new. Miracast Receive – exposes a set of Wi-Fi direct APIs for Independent Hardware Vendor (IHV) drivers or OEM drivers to develop Windows 32-bit applications that run on all supported x86-based or x64-based versions of Windows 8.1, enabling the computer as a Miracast receiver. Minimizing login prompts for SharePoint Online – reduces the number of prompts with federated use in accessing SharePoint Online sites. If you select the “Keep me signed in” check box when you log on for the first time, you will not see prompts for successive access to t

Lookout! What was that? Do my eyes deceive me, or was that a wicked fast boot time from a windows PC? Believe it or not, that is exactly what it was. The MSDN Blog began a series last night on “fundamentals”. The first fundamental they are covering is that of boot time. Steven Sinofsky, President of Windows and Windows Live Division of Microsoft, stated in the blog post’s preamble, “When it comes to talking about “fundamentals” we want to start with boot time – no feature gets talked about and measured more. We designed Windows 8 so that you shouldn’t have to boot all that often (and we are always going to work on reducing the number of required restarts due to patching running code). But when you do boot we want it to be as fast as possible.” We’ve heard a lot about boot time in the past when it came to Windows, however, Windows 8 may prove to be the real deal this time. The video embedded below, was posted as part of the MSDN blog post. It is an impressive display to say the least.

Everyone (All Over the World) waiting to hear the release date of Windows 8 Version. So far Microsoft official didn't confirmed when it is going to launch all over. Here goes some more which I've grabbed for you from other websites/blogs. The Windows 8 release date has been shrouded in a cloud of rumors. Most experts expect a late 2011 early 2012 release of the operating system. A recently leaked Windows 8 product cycle chart provides the answers needed to determine the release date of the next Windows OS by Microsoft. You can take a look at the image here. The chart lists the planning, development and readiness product cycle of Windows 8 and related Microsoft products such as Internet Explorer 8, Windows Live Wave 4, Windows Live Wave 5 and Windows 7. It also lists major events. Some events and products have already been held / released and it is possible to pinpoint the release date of Windows 8 by making the remaining calculations. Here is what we know. Forum I and

News about Windows 8 has relatively cooled down over the last few weeks. However, today we learned of a new feature in Windows 8 codenamed "Protogon." "Protogon" was discovered by Sandro Villinger at ITworld. It revolves around the concept of a new filesystem: "I’ve also dug up traces of some underlying file system changes that I couldn’t quite make sense of, such as an entirely new file system driver called "NT Protogon FS driver", which looks like a kernel mode driver for some sort of (yet unknown) file system called Protogon. It’s unclear, whether this is a major new file system or just some minor subsystem." Mary Jo Foley consulted with Rafael Rivera about the concept and came to the conclusion that "it seems to incorporate database-like concepts like transactions, cursors, rows and tables" with the capability of replacing or emulating NTFS. This might also be a new implementation of Microsoft's past attempt

You can click on them to expand… Windows 8 wallpaper June 2011 -1 Windows 8 wallpaper June 2011 -2 Windows 8 wallpaper June 2011 - 3 Windows 8 wallpaper June 2011 - 4 Windows 8 wallpaper June 2011 - 5 Windows 8 wallpaper June 2011 - 6

If you are running Windows 8 build 7955, then surely you would like to see the new Immersive Browser running on your system. To run immersive browser you have to first patch the Windows using Red Pill which we have posted earlier. Once you have patched the system files just press CTRL+Shift+F9 (it would disable aero effects in Windows 8 and seems to be a way to enable UI for tablet PC’s). Then just go to the Program Files-> Microsoft –>Immersive Browser –>Microsoft.ImmersiveBrowser and click on miexplorer file . You would see the immersive browser running with very limited functionalities. The immersive Browser which opens doesn’t have a close button and only have options like forward and back button and reload.

Here goes the Windows 8 wallpapers created exclusively for Windows 8 Beta readers by our friends at The Customize Windows. All the wallpapers are of very high quality and would fit on most of the screens.     source (thanks to windows8beta.com)

Microsoft has earlier previewed Windows 8 build 7867 , today at the Computex 2011, build 7985 was demoed.The complete build string of this build is 7985.fbl_core1_kernel_cptx.110503-1501 which states that the build was compiled on May 3.From the screenshot below it can be clearly seen that this build has completely overhauled Ribbon interface with the ability to collapse automatically. The Immersive Browser in this build is also pretty mature as compared to the one in Windows 8 build 7955. No other significant changes has been found in this build as it also belongs to Milestone 3 branch. The latest known Windows 8 build is Build 8011 and the latest build that has been leaked is build 7959

Microsoft has just taken the wraps off its upcoming Windows OS (codenamed Windows 8), which will run on ARM’s architecture. It will be a sort of all-in-one OS that would power tablets, desktop PCs and laptops. At the moment, it seems like Windows 7 with Windows Phone 7 skin on top of it with advanced features, suitable for gadgets with extra processing capabilities. However, we kinda like what we see, especially the multi-tasking aspect. Hit the break below to continue reading. Unlike Apple’s iOS and HP’s webOS, Microsoft is not willing to compromise on features. Rather, it wants all features that a user gets on a desktop to be available on a Tablet. We are not sure how that would affect battery management apart from core performance (you’d know if you have used a netbook with a 1.6 GHz processor) but probably that’s where ARM architecture could come into play, at least on the power management front. This is a big gamble for Microsoft, as it won’t just be betting all its chips on W

Microsoft has started working on windows 8 and they are working hard to make it the best window ever. There are many features they are trying to work on. Few of the features are :- 1.Inbuilt webcam application :- Windows 8 might be having a inbuilt webcam software for taking photos and shoting videos form you webcam. A video is posted on the Youtube , showing some of the features of this application. If things went fine , we can shoot the high Definition HD videos from the windows 8 Itself 2.New welcome screen :- To give you a new feel of windows 8 , users can expect a new welcome screen in windows 8. Leaked screenshots can be seen here windows 8 welcome screen 3.Modern Task Manager :- we have seen so many new arrivals of windows but had never witnessed any changes in the Task manager in any version. There are news that this time Microsoft may change it and can give you some new features in the Modern task manager. windows 8- advance taskmanager 4.Hybrid Boot