Posts tagged ‘windows 8’
The First Rule of Windows 8 is: You Don’t Talk About Windows 8
Wednesday, December 7, 2011 16:02Mary Jo Foley posted an interesting tidbit in her Microsoft could charge for Skype video archiving and authentication article today:
Songhurst told attendees that Windows 8 was the topic he could say the least about “because we’re very careful in what we say about Windows 8.”
“(W)e really don’t talk about Windows 8,” Songhurst repeated when asked another question which touched on the topic.
It instantly brought to mind the 1999 Film Fight Club and its rules and generated an instant chuckle.
Live Blog: Build Day 1 Keynote
Sunday, September 11, 2011 18:15I’ll be live blogging the Build Day 1 Kenote address Tuesday from Anaheim, CA! Come back at 9AM Pacific on Tuesday, 9/13 for complete coverage.
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http://dev.windows.com for bits at 20:00PT tonight. #bldwin
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Beta, then RC, then RTM, then GA. Driven by quality, not by a date.
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Photos app like pictures hub in Windows Phone.
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People app like the people hub in Windows Phone.
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The developer preview tablet is a really nice machine.
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Windows 8 supports NFC natively.
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Silverlight to Windows 8 is super simple. Just a few namespace changes.
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HTML5 and XAML are equal citizens. Yay!
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App store … Will require apps to be certified.
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App developers can integrate into the settings panel, search screen, sharing system. Very cool stuff.
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“I don’t think anything is better than an entirely chrome-free browser.” -Steven Sinofsky
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Julie Larson-Green to demo Windows 8.
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Windows 8 uses only 281 MB of RAM.
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Demoing Windows 8 experience, metro style platform and tools, hardware platform, and cloud services.
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Everything that runs on Windows 7 runs on Windows 8.
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Services are intrinsic to all software.
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Steven Sinofsky, President of the Windows Division, is giving the keynote.
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The WiFi here isn’t working hey well, so ill be using my Windows Phone to post updates.
Microsoft Starts Talking About Building Windows 8
Friday, August 26, 2011 16:58Microsoft recently began providing some details of the engineering process surrounding Windows 8 at the Building Windows 8 blog. Steven Sinofsky, President of the Windows Division at Microsoft kicked off the blog with a Welcome post on August 15th.
After a couple of housekeeping posts, Mr. Sinofsky provided a post that introduced the Windows 8 team, listing 35 different teams that are building various features of Windows 8. Many of the teams are similar to those from the Windows 7 days, but there are a number of teams that provide some hints about features to come, such as the App Store that has been speculated to arrive with the new version.
The most recent two posts on Building Windows 8 detail the new file copy and conflict resolution functionality in Windows 8. In the first post, Microsoft shows off the new design of the file actions dialog, noting that all file operations will now be displayed in a single window. Additionally, the conflict resolution has been streamlined to make it easier for users to determine which file to keep. The second post goes into detail on the design process of these features, showing various iterations that were tested.
The Building Windows 8 blog is sure to be the place to watch, at least until the Build conference next month where Microsoft has stated they will reveal much more about Windows 8.