Tag Archives: Windows 8

Update: Can Windows 8/Windows Phone 8 Ship in June 2012

Posted on December 7, 2011 by halberenson

A few weeks ago I explored how Microsoft could release Windows 8 and Windows Phone 8 in June of 2012.  With yesterday’s announcement that Windows 8 Beta won’t begin until late February people are wondering about hitting 2012 at all, … Continue reading →

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Can Windows 8/Windows Phone 8 ship in June 2012

Posted on November 17, 2011 by halberenson

While most observers expect to see Windows 8 and Windows Phone 8 no earlier than next fall, there have been various indicators that we could see one or both much earlier. Indeed, there is increasing evidence that we might see … Continue reading →

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Good summary of Windows 8 security

Posted on September 23, 2011 by halberenson

Jason Garms, the Group Program Manager at Microsoft responsible for Windows 8’s security features, has written an overview of Windows 8’s added malware protection.  If you are on the techie-side then it’s a great read, but otherwise your eyes will probably … Continue reading →

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Windows 8 Defender

Posted on September 14, 2011 by halberenson

One of the end-user oriented features revealed in yesterday’s BUILD keynote that I’m particularly excited about is the expansion of Windows Defender capabilities.  Microsoft has had the limited Defender anti-malware capability built-in to Windows since Vista.  Defender, although it uses the same … Continue reading →

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What does Windows 8 have to do to succeed?

Posted on September 10, 2011 by halberenson

Following up from my previous post on why Windows 8 is so important I wanted to speculate on what we’ll see next week, or rather what we have to see in order to believe that Microsoft can succeed.  First we’ll … Continue reading →

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How important is Windows 8 to Microsoft’s future?

Posted on September 10, 2011 by halberenson

After a couple of years of leaks, and a few carefully selected releases of information, we’ll finally see the big reveal of Microsoft’s Windows 8 at the BUILD conference this coming week.  Make no mistake that Windows 8 is the … Continue reading →

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Why haven’t we seen a Microsoft Windows Application Store?

Posted on April 25, 2011 by halberenson

If you talk to Microsoft veterans you can find many who either proposed, or actually worked on, Windows application stores dating back to the 1990s.  None of these actually shipped.  There are now plenty of leaks out on the web … Continue reading →

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It’s time for Windows XP to die

Posted on April 10, 2011 by halberenson

In a world where computer security and internet privacy are critical issues, one of the biggest problems we have is the continued use of Windows XP.  Fortunately there is progress in replacing Windows XP, with it being used on less … Continue reading →

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Windows 8 Rumors

Posted on February 3, 2011 by halberenson

A little over a week ago articles appeared claiming availability for Windows 8 would be January of 2013. I hope not. The tablet space is moving fast and I just can’t see Microsoft coming back from missing two more Christmas … Continue reading →

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