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Windows 8 officially supports Gmail and Google Calendar

Owen Williams — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 21:49:18 +0000

Good news! Those who live in the Google world can breathe a sigh of relief. Windows 8 fully supports mail and calendar sync with Gmail, and it's built right into the metro experience. Read more...

Microsoft hasn't killed Zune in Windows 8 consumer preview, new client coming

Owen Williams — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 20:20:31 +0000

Zune and Windows Phone owners rejoice! It appears Microsoft isn't killing the Zune service in favour of a new one after all, with Microsoft's latest post showing off Zune in the Windows Store. Read more...

Google paying people to track their web visits

John Callaham — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 21:17:53 +0000

Google launched a new program this week that asks people permission to track their web browsing activities via a browser extension in exchange for receiving Amazon.com gift cards. Read more...

Google redesigns navigation bar again, mail isn't as important as social anymore

Owen Williams — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 21:10:07 +0000

The Mountain View search giant has changed their navigation bar again, but apparently YouTube, maps and other services are more important than Gmail now. Read more...

Microsoft reveals metro-style Office 15, cloud integration

Owen Williams — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 20:47:53 +0000

Today Microsoft casually showed off Office 15's new interface in a video, revealing the new Metro style interface, and some sort of cloud integration. Read more...

Windows 8 ARM to include Office 15 apps

John Callaham — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 19:23:27 +0000

Windows 8 for ARM-based processors will come with a version of Microsoft Office 15 when it is made available on ARM-based hardware at the same time as the X86 version is released. Read more...

Windows 8 Metro apps to allow for fast web content

John Callaham — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 18:24:14 +0000

Windows 8 Metro-based apps will be able to add web content into those apps with no performance hits, compared to iOS apps that use Safari-based web content, according to a new blog post from Microsoft Read more...

I'm a PC and is Windows 8 my idea?

Steven Parker — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 14:59:32 +0000

So far it seems that Microsoft has avoided answering the many comments on how desktop users will benefit from Windows 8 over Windows 7, which leads me to thinking: Is Windows 8 really my idea? Read more...

Rumor: Google to launch cloud storage service?

John Callaham — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 08:41:41 +0000

A new rumor claims that Google is close to launching its own cloud-based storage service that could compete with other businesses like Dropbox or Microsoft's Skydrive. Read more...

TechSpot: Intel Core i7-3820 Review - Sandy Bridge-E for the masses

Julio Franco — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 08:11:41 +0000

The Core i7-3820 is intriguing because of its sub-$300 price, far less than other chips in the Sandy Bridge-E series, yet on paper it's still a powerful option. Let's see what the tests have to say. Read more...