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Microsoft Brings Back the Start Button in Windows 8.1

Microsoft Brings Back the Start Button in Windows 8.1 | Technology and Gadgets | Scoop.it
For Windows 8.1, Microsoft is resurrecting the Start button it killed off in Windows 8.
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Best apps for Windows 8 2012 - CNET Download.com

Best apps for Windows 8 2012 - CNET Download.com | Technology and Gadgets | Scoop.it
Download.com picks its must-have Windows 8 software for the end of year 2012.
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Running Windows 8 I'm trying these out at the moment but do not endorse them! Go on, try it out for yourself and see what you think!

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Windows 8 leads with tiles, apps, sync -- and a learning curve, too (video)

Windows 8 leads with tiles, apps, sync -- and a learning curve, too (video) | Technology and Gadgets | Scoop.it
Watch this video on CNET TV: Hold on to your hats, Windows fans: there's a new operating system in town. Windows 8 lives way out on the frontier of touch screens and apps, and it hasn't forgotten how to interact with legacy software.
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Intel woos Apple, plans Windows 8 ‘hybrid’ tablets for November

Intel woos Apple, plans Windows 8 ‘hybrid’ tablets for November | Technology and Gadgets | Scoop.it
Read 'Intel woos Apple, plans Windows 8 'hybrid' tablets for November' on Digital Trends. Intel has big plans. An anonymous source claims that more than a...
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Microsoft: Kinect coming to Windows February 1

Microsoft: Kinect coming to Windows February 1 | Technology and Gadgets | Scoop.it
Microsoft's Kinect gaming peripheral will be coming to the Windows operating system in Feburary. The company says is has sold 18 million units of the motion sensor. Read this post by Roger Cheng on CES 2012.
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Facebook Messenger for Windows 7 is Official

Facebook Messenger for Windows 7 is Official | Technology and Gadgets | Scoop.it
Facebook has officially launched Facebook Messenger for Windows 7.
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Nokia 1 concept tablet features Windows 8 in a slim design

Nokia 1 concept tablet features Windows 8 in a slim design | Technology and Gadgets | Scoop.it
About a week ago we reported that a designer came up with a concept Nokia tablet that was inspired by the N9’s design and the Sony Tablet S.
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Windows 8 Tackles Password Fatigue With Pictures

Windows 8 Tackles Password Fatigue With Pictures | Technology and Gadgets | Scoop.it
Microsoft's Windows 8 will have a host of new password tools, including an one that uses pictures.
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Microsoft Reveals Windows Store in Bid to Crash Tablet Party

Microsoft Reveals Windows Store in Bid to Crash Tablet Party | Technology and Gadgets | Scoop.it
Microsoft touted key features of its coming Windows Store for apps in a special preview in San Francisco on Tuesday evening.
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Get a better view in Windows 7 by adjusting DPI scaling

Get a better view in Windows 7 by adjusting DPI scaling | Technology and Gadgets | Scoop.it
The DPI Scaling tool will allow you to bump up the size of text and other graphical elements so that they better fit on widescreen monitors.
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Nokia Windows 8 Tablet Coming By June 2012?

Nokia Windows 8 Tablet Coming By June 2012? | Technology and Gadgets | Scoop.it
Nokia recently announced their first Windows Phone smartphones, one of which goes on sale in the UK today, the Nokia Lumia 800, and now it would appear that we have some more details on Nokia's plans for Microsoft's Windows 8 tablets.

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Nokia exec: Windows 8 tablet due in June

Nokia exec: Windows 8 tablet due in June | Technology and Gadgets | Scoop.it
Nokia's top French executive tells a newspaper that the company will branch out with a tablet running Microsoft's upcoming version of Windows. Read this blog post by Stephen Shankland on Deep Tech.
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First impressions of 2 new Windows Phones: Samsung Focus Flash and Focus S

First impressions of 2 new Windows Phones: Samsung Focus Flash and Focus S | Technology and Gadgets | Scoop.it
Demo units of the Samsung Focus S and Focus Flash were available for playtime at a Windows Phone event today in NYC, and Ars caressed them as much as the security tethers would allow.
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Top 10 Must & Important Free Windows Applications | Tech Web Stuff

Top 10 Must & Important Free Windows Applications | Tech Web Stuff | Technology and Gadgets | Scoop.it
Best & Must Have free windows applications to download with Ccleaner, Fences, TrueCrypt, Revo Uninstaller, 7Zip, Irfan View, Tweak UI, Unlocker, Launchy, Free Download Manager
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Windows Phone 8-based Lumia 920, 820 leak onto the Web

Windows Phone 8-based Lumia 920, 820 leak onto the Web | Technology and Gadgets | Scoop.it
Twitter user posts a photo claiming it shows the 4.5-inch Nokia Lumia 920 with PureView, along with a photo of a purported Lumia 820 boasting a 4.3-inch screen. Read this blog post by Don Reisinger on Mobile.
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Intel: over 20 Windows 8 tablets in the works

Intel: over 20 Windows 8 tablets in the works | Technology and Gadgets | Scoop.it
If you think that there are too many tablets on the market to choose from right now, wait until later this year.
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HP, Dell and Asus tipped as Windows 8 tablet launch partners

HP, Dell and Asus tipped as Windows 8 tablet launch partners | Technology and Gadgets | Scoop.it
A number of manufacturers have been tipped as Windows 8 tablet makers eyeing an October release date, including HP, Dell, Lenovo, Acer and Asus.
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Tobii Gaze: launch Windows 8 apps by looking at them [video]

Tobii Gaze: launch Windows 8 apps by looking at them [video] | Technology and Gadgets | Scoop.it
Tobii, an eye-tracking technology company, has been working on making its Gaze eye-tracking technology compatible with Windows 8. With this new version, users can just look at App tiles and click on a trackpad or a mouse to launch them.
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Why Windows 8 Tablets Will Surprise Everyone

Why Windows 8 Tablets Will Surprise Everyone | Technology and Gadgets | Scoop.it
Windows-based tablets haven't been treated kindly by the test of time. Those released in the Windows XP era relied on wonky, stylus-based da...
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Nokia concept tablet with Windows 8 inspired by the N9 and Sony Tablet S

Nokia concept tablet with Windows 8 inspired by the N9 and Sony Tablet S | Technology and Gadgets | Scoop.it
We know that Nokia has no plans for a tablet right now with their focus being on Windows Phone smartphones, but who’s to say what the future might hold, right?
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Windows 8 to make password management easier

With so many passwords to remember and with different websites requiring different styles of passwords, i.e.
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Windows 8 public beta coming in February

Windows 8 public beta coming in February | Technology and Gadgets | Scoop.it
Windows 8, the radical overhaul of Windows that borrows from Windows Phone, is rumoured to be getting a public beta in February.
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Set Volume Levels for Individual Programs in Windows

Set Volume Levels for Individual Programs in Windows | Technology and Gadgets | Scoop.it
For the past several versions of Windows you can double-click on the speaker icon in the lower-right corner of your display and click on the Mixer link to assign volume levels for each of your programs that have enabled sound.
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TechRadar: Windows 8 to simplify auto restart updates

TechRadar: Windows 8 to simplify auto restart updates | Technology and Gadgets | Scoop.it
Microsoft is revamping its auto restart software update system for Windows 8 and says it hopes to get down to just one inconvenience every month...
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Tutorial : How to Set Up A VPN Server on Windows 7

Tutorial : How to Set Up A VPN Server on Windows 7 | Technology and Gadgets | Scoop.it
VPN (Virtual Private Network) is a technology used to connect between private networks by using the public network (internet).
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