Windows 8 News

What is the relationship with Microsoft and the peer to peer file sharing protocol BitTorrent? Could they use this to their advantage with Windows 8?

Their past actions have shown they will use their legal staff to stop piracy. It is well documented many torrent sites receive “cease and desist” letters from Microsoft. Windows 8 could use a more advanced protocol such as bit torrent for much performance increases on downloads! The debate of Windows 8 having BitTorrent itself does not offer a search facility to find files by name, therefore links to these torrents need to be centralized on a Windows 8 Server or hosted my Microsoft directly. This could be an advantage or disadvantage to the freedom of Windows 8 users. More »

Windows 8 education edition should be a new edition added to the future line of Microsoft’s operating system Windows 8. Microsoft has major impacts on the global market, the biggest guiding student education. Computers evolved education from primarily teachers with books to learning using computers assisted by teachers.

Why shouldn’t we have a Windows 8 education edition? The percentage of classrooms with Internet access has gone from 3 percent in 1994 to 63 percent in 1999. In 2003, 100 percent of American schools had access to the Internet! With 100%, Microsoft should use its power of technology to improve education with Windows 8. Windows 8 should work with other companies to bring the best tools straight to the desktop, cut out all the bullshit and get learning!

Give the Windows 8 education edition away for free! Microsoft will gain money from businesses using other editions of Windows 8. Even home users should be allowed Windows 8 education edition with the option to increase features at a cost. We would even suggest offering canned courses accessible directly from the desktop. Enough allowing underachievement, imagine the possibilities and educate the world!

Why are we passionate about technology? For me the magic, the freedom, and inspiration of technology lets me connect my thoughts to great people at great distances and the knowledge of the world at my fingertips. Technology lets you stand out from a crowded room. Every few years an extraordinary awesome technology becomes a game changer, the world changes before few realize what happened. With passion come future technology dreams of flying cars, clean energy, and thoughts about technology in factories five, ten, or twenty years out. More »

You hope and pray Microsoft will make a decent Windows 8 for you. The problem is people don’t think like you. We are all the only one of its kind and like politics we all think different, we want different things. Windows 8 needs to make everyone happy to maintain the market share of its operating systems of the past. We all wish to be unique and focus on separating ourselves from others.

Should they focus on a more narrow market? How should they segment the markets? I could see Windows 8 customizing the operating system into focus markets based on behavior, geographical, political, or focus on business types compared to home users. Make the kernel compatibility between each customized region easy and options to switch Windows 8’s focus (for example ‘American to European’)

Why does Microsoft keep a majority? They don’t add many features; it’s easier that way to maintain a majority. Does Microsoft really need Windows 8 as a majority market share? I think everyone would be better off splitting Windows 8 into different projects. Ultimately, you probably won’t be completely satisfied, because you want what others don’t. That’s Life!

What if Microsoft wasn’t the corporation behind Windows 8? Windows 8 you say? YES! Lets get a little crazy! YEEEHAAA How would you feel if Nike or Pepsi shocked the world and bought Microsoft’s future operating system? Windows 8 designed by someone other than Microsoft could shake up the operating system market! What about a chocolate company, cadbury or hersey’s?

We are pretty confident that this would never happen of course. Why would a company that has no business getting into an operating system wish to buy an operating system? To diversify and sell their other products, control advertising, and dictate the behaviors of the users using an operating system such as Windows 8.  Of course, they wouldn’t keep the name Microsoft and would probably rename Windows 8 to something like “Delicious”.

The point of this Windows 8 article? Technology starts off being fresh and new, it reaches maturity and all is well,  then greed sets in during the decline. They exploit the shit out of the remaining customers and tries to go nuts with advertising tactics of pushing their other products or playing games with rebates. Commercialization is great to a point of decline! The only chance Microsoft has with Windows 8 would be a fresh ground breaking idea.

Microsoft is normally known for their many software assessment tools that guide you through proper installations and security compliance. Now Microsoft would like you to do a self assessment on if you have the H1N1, better known as the Swine Flu. https://h1n1.cloudapp.net was recently launched by Microsoft in partnership with Emory University. More »

Windows 7 advertisements show a well mixed demographic verify of home users claiming they created Windows 7, as they submitted ideas to Microsoft during public beta of Windows 7. Naturally the input of the home user will influence the development of Windows 8. So, we asked the members of the Windows 8 Forums: What did Windows 7 miss? According to the users at Windows 8 Forums in the Request Hall, Windows 7 just doesn’t have everything on their wishlist!

Here are a few requests for Windows 8:

• Power Savings
• More Control of the Home
• Dual Monitor Native Support
• Ad Supported Windows 8
• Windows 8 Nerd Detection (hide advanced features)

Can you help improve Windows 8? Do you have any ideas for Windows 8? Microsoft would like to know!

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Security Compliance Toolkit

Microsoft released new Security Compliance Toolkits today to help Microsoft customers: plan, deploy, and monitor the security baselines of computers running Windows 7 and BitLocker Drive Encryption, plus many other products. You are given a choice of  preconfigured security baselines depending on if your within an enterprise or at home, once selected you apply the settings to your operating system and Microsoft applications. I hope Windows 8 will included this by default!

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