By Paul Thurrott, 05/25/2012
This week on What The Tech: Andrew Zarian and Paul Thurrott celebrate the "completion" of Paul's new book "Windows 8 Secrets." Andrew and Paul discuss Microsoft killing Aero in ...
By Paul Thurrott, 05/25/2012
An often irreverent look at this week's other news, including a Ballmer misquote about Windows 8, a Google transparency report that highlights Microsoft’s anti-piracy battles, ...
By Paul Thurrott, 05/24/2012
Remember Sierra On-Line? Makers of such addictive but mostly horrible “graphic adventure” games as King’s Quest and Leisure Suit Larry? Well, a new low-cost entry in Xbox LIVE ...
By Paul Thurrott, 05/24/2012
Oracle’s epic legal battle against Google came crashing down on Wednesday when a jury decided that Google’s Android does not infringe on Oracle patents related to Java ...
By Paul Thurrott, 05/23/2012
With tech enthusiast web sites from around the world starting to leak Windows 8 Release Preview information, your intrepid “Windows 8 Secrets” co-authors offer a bit of color ...
By Paul Thurrott, 05/23/2012
In previous versions of Windows, applications were represented by icons, simple graphical objects that offered almost no form of dynamic or expressive content. With Windows 8, ...
By Paul Thurrott, 05/22/2012
Steve Ballmer says that Windows 8 represents a “rebirth” of his company’s core OS that will trigger sales of 500 million units between its release later this year and the end of ...
By Paul Thurrott, 05/22/2012
Google wasted no time in finalizing its $12.5 billion purchase of handset maker Motorola Mobility in the wake of Chinese regulatory approval.
By Paul Thurrott, 05/22/2012
Steve Ballmer said that the company expects its hardware partners to ship 350 million copies of Windows 7 this year.
By Paul Thurrott, 05/22/2012
Windows 8 will usher in a new era of tablet devices that will make today’s traditional laptops look like the dinosaurs they are.
By Paul Thurrott, 05/21/2012
China antitrust authorities have approved Google’s proposed $12.5 billion purchase of handset maker Motorola Mobility, clearing the way for the online advertising giant to ...
By Paul Thurrott, 05/21/2012
With tech enthusiast web sites from around the world starting to leak Windows 8 Release Preview screenshots, your intrepid “Windows 8 Secrets” co-authors offer a bit of color ...
By Paul Thurrott, 05/21/2012
With tech enthusiast web sites from around the world starting to leak Windows 8 Release Preview screenshots, your intrepid “Windows 8 Secrets” co-authors offer a bit of color ...
By Paul Thurrott, 05/21/2012
Today, the existence of three new Metro-style apps in the Windows 8 Release Preview was leaked by the usual web sources.
By Paul Thurrott, 05/21/2012
A lot has changed with antitrust regulators in the EC since they took Microsoft to court again and again to answer for its predatory practices in the desktop OS market. Now, ...
By Paul Thurrott, 05/21/2012
Anyone hoping that last week’s Facebook IPO was going to trigger a new wave of Internet bubble hysteria came away disappointed after the social networking giant stumbled badly and ...
By Paul Thurrott, 05/20/2012
In the latest episode of the Windows Weekly podcast, Iyaz Akhtar and I discuss the cost of Microsoft's coming Windows 8 update offer, a Windows 8 Release Preview ... preview, ...
By Paul Thurrott, 05/20/2012
Unless you’re a serious old timer, you probably don’t remember when copy and paste functionality, now a common and expected feature, was added to Windows. Well, this time you have ...
By Paul Thurrott, 05/19/2012
Microsoft quietly revealed this week that it will kill off the Aero glass interface in Windows 8 and replace it with a flat, Metro-like Explorer that’s more in line with the ...
By Paul Thurrott, 05/18/2012
HTC Titan II offers features such as a good camera that Windows smartphone users would have clamored for--before Nokia Lumia 900. SkyDrive maps cloud-based storage to the PC--but ...