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Windows in pictures

In Pictures: Greatest comebacks in tech history

Knocked flat and left for dead -- these 10 technologies and companies turned around their fate with historic flair

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In Pictures: The big, wide world of Windows 8 hardware

13 new Windows machines that aren't Surface RT

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Microsoft Windows after 25 years: A visual history

Windows has come a long way since 1985. Where will it go next?

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10 great free desktop productivity tools that aren't OpenOffice.org

These free and open source applications for Windows, Linux, and Mac desktops put power into the hands of users without taking from their wallets

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News about Windows

Article | 16/05/2013 Windows 8 won't hit critical mass in enterprises, Forrester says
Windows 8, the most significant upgrade to Microsoft's operating system since Windows 95 and one of the most important products in the company's histo...
Article | 14/05/2013 Windows Blue will be free upgrade for Windows 8 customers
Microsoft's Windows 8 update, code-named Windows Blue, will be formally released as Windows 8.1 and will be free for customers who have the new OS ins...
Article | 7/05/2013 Windows Blue preview due at end of June
Microsoft plans to release a preview version of Windows 8's update, code-named Windows Blue, at the end of June, according to Julie Larson-Green, a co...
Article | 7/05/2013 Asus readies small, sub-$US300 Windows slates for release
Would you pay an extra $US50 for a pint-sized tablet if it ran Windows 8 instead of Android? Asus thinks you might.
Article | 7/05/2013 Microsoft's Windows Blue to be available later this year
Microsoft's update of its Windows 8 operating system, code-named Windows Blue, will be available later this year, supporting a variety of form factors...

Tutorials about Windows

Article | 5/02/2011 Prepare your PC for future data disasters
Reformatting and restoring a PC is not fun--in the way spending 2 hours in the dentist's chair is not fun. You have to back up all your data (and pray...
Article | 27/01/2011 Switching to desktop Linux? 6 ways to ease the migration
With all the many compelling reasons for a company to switch to Linux on the desktop, it's no wonder that businesses large and small are increasingly ...
Article | 21/09/2010 Windows 7: 10 Cool Keyboard Shortcuts
Keyboard shortcuts are wonderful time-savers but many of us are either too accustomed to the mouse or too lazy to get beyond Ctrl+C and Ctrl+V.
Article | 12/07/2010 How to keep Windows XP SP2 safer after Microsoft stops patching
Maybe you didn't get the memo: Tomorrow marks the end of patches for Windows XP Service Pack 2 (SP2).
Article | 22/04/2010 My screen is sideways
The Windows screen on Viksvet's laptop flipped sideways. The Answer Line forum offered help.

Features about Windows

Article | 4/03/2013 The iPad as a comic-book reader
Tablets, led by the iPad, have the potential to shake up the comic-book industry even more than ebook readers have begun to change the world of prose ...
Article | 17/01/2013 Acer Iconia W510: Wide-screen tablet with a clever dock
Acer's Iconia W510 is a 16:9, widescreen Windows 8 tablet with a nicely-designed keyboard dock. When sidled down and locked into said dock, the W5 app...
Article | 15/01/2013 Why Windows RT is hurtling toward disaster
Ah, Vegas. It's the place where dreams are realized, and hearts are shattered. As such, probably no more appropriate venue exists to showcase the mass...
Article | 18/12/2012 After 2012 launch splash, Windows 8 faces enterprise skepticism
Among the raft of recent and upcoming Microsoft upgrades, Windows 8 towers in importance but its chances for success remain cloudy among enterprise cu...
Article | 4/12/2012 Six awesome built-in Windows utilities no one knows about
Windows 8 may not be the easiest operating system to use, but no one can accuse it of being stingy. If you poke deep inside the new OS, you'll find a ...