"Windows 8"

Today, at the D9 Conference, we demonstrated the next generation of Windows, internally code-named “Windows 8,” for the first time. Windows 8 is a reimagining of Windows, from the chip to the interface. A Windows 8-based PC is really a new kind of device, one that scales from touch-only small screens through to large screens, with or without a keyboard and mouse.The demo showed some of the ways we’ve reimagined the interface for a new generation of touch-centric hardware. Fast, fluid and dynamic,...

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Rain meter instruction

INSTALLATION Download the latest release or beta version from this site. The installer (.exe) allows you to install both 'standard' and 'portable' installations. Both 32bit and 64bit installations are done with the same installer. If you are running on a 64bit version of Windows, you will be asked if you wish to install 64bit or 32bit Rainmeter. If the installer detects a previous version of Rainmeter on your system, the same architecture version will automatically be installed. If you wish to change from 32bit to 64bit, you should uninstall Rainmeter first. Rainmeter will detect if you require...

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Windows OSX Customize

Introduction Rainmeter is a Windows customization application. Empower your desktop with an expandable library of useful tools - handy notes and application launchers, weather and feeds from the web, system status and more. Then, rearrange and modify them to suit your personal style. With Rainmeter, your desktop is finally yours. Rainmeter can display various performance data in different formats. It can measure:• CPU load • Allocated memory • Network traffic • Windows performance data • Uptime •...

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How to hunt down hard disk resource hogs

Most users find that the longer they use Windows, the slower it seems to run. While there are countless areas in which you can tweak Windows to regain that lost speed, most techniques result in negligible performance boosts. In this Drill Down, I will show you how to focus your troubleshooting efforts to restore Windows to its past performance levels. Disk time percentage and disk queue lengthIT professionals think of hard disk corruption or inadequate disk space as the cause of most system performance...

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Apple Mac OS X Lion: How to Get It

Apple Mac OS X 10.7 Lion is officially in the wild. After learning some Multi-Touch tricks from iOS, the latest iteration of Mac OS X has been loosed exclusively on the Mac App Store for an app-like price of just $29. The result: The best consumer OS on the market today. You can check out our Apple Mac OS X Lion review for the full dish. So if you have a Mac, how are you going to catch this cat? Here's what you need to know. Snow Leopards Only If you want to upgrade to Lion from an earlier version...

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Here Are Even More New Mac OS X Lion Features We Just Learned About

Apple released the third preview version of Mac OS X Lion, which is due to launch on Macs this summer. Since then developers (and others with access) have been poring over the latest release for any new features Apple snuck in. There's less than a month before Apple's WWDC keynote, where the final version of We took a look at what they found and gathered the best new features here. Our favorite? The Instapaper-like reading lists that sync between Safari and iPhone. Very co...

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Latest Windows 8 leaks reveal cloud-based settings, more app store evidence

We're sure Microsoft is going to announce some more official details about Windows 8 one of these days, but until then we'll just have to make do with the seemingly unending stream of tidbits being unearthed from the leaked version of the OS. Most notably, this latest batch includes the most conclusive evidence yet of a Windows 8 app store, including the logo pictured above, and a slew of other references at the code level -- things like the ability to download a trial app and then unlock the...

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