Tom Warren has reported on The Verge that the ARM version of Windows 8, contrary to many rumours is likely to come with the traditional desktop an not just the Metro interface. Don’t worry though, this wont be the full desktop experience but a restricted one that would require trusted certificates for ARM desktop applications. [...]

Update: Sadly it would appear that all these “screenshots”, as good as they are all only concept images. You can see more like them on DeviantArt. Today I saw some new screenshots from Windows 8 that all come from the Metro part of Windows. Now I don’t know if these images are real screenshots or [...]

Confucius once said: If names are not correct, language will not be in accordance with the truth of things. I think that quote sums up my feelings towards Windows 8’s current name. To me Windows 8 is not just a progression of the Windows OS or indeed its brand but it is actually far more [...]

This is something I have been mulling over for the past few weeks and it’s something that might add credibility to rumours of a new Xbox within the next 2 years. This conclusion is formed of some of the facts we know about Windows 8 and the Xbox 360 and also quite a lot of [...]

Windows UK and comedian Rufus Hound will be touring the UK and using social media to give out brand new Windows 7 PCs to those most in need of an upgrade. The campaign is called “Windows: Your PC Mate” and continues the “I’m a PC” theme that was very popular last year. Windows will be [...]

Today marks Windows XP’s 10th anniversary and to mark the occasion Microsoft has released this new infographic. I like infographics and thought I’d share this one with you. You can read more about what Microsoft had to say about XP’s 10th anniversary on the Windows Team Blog.

A lot of people have seen the Metro UI of Windows 8 and thought that it will be no good for mouse and keyboard interaction however there really is no need to spend any time in the Metro UI of Windows 8. To prove this to myself as much as anything I tried using Windows [...]

One Ecosystem for the consumers in every home, One for the gamers who like a test, One for the mobile Men who like to roam, One for the company in the US north west, In the Land of Redmond where the Geniuses lie. One Ecosystem to rule them all, One Ecosystem to find them, One [...]

Then you’ll be wanting to download this new theme from FediaFedia. If you’ve already tried Windows 8 out then you’ll have noticed that there are some differences in the Aero on it when compared to Windows 7 and from what I can tell this theme will bring these differences to your Windows 7 install. I [...]

So after only using Windows 8 for the past day and having watched the BUILD keynote I have already some ideas for minor tweak and features in Windows 8 that from a consumer’s UI point of view would be good. First up is an idea I have already shared once before, long before I even [...]