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Updating Windows 8 for General Availability
We are pleased to be releasing a set of improvements to Windows 8 in broad areas of performance,..
Author: Steven SinofskyDate: 10/09/2012
Updating our built-in apps for Windows 8
We’re super excited to be approaching general availability (GA) of Windows 8 and Windows RT. With..
Author: Steven SinofskyDate: 10/04/2012
Collaborating to deliver Windows RT PCs
Since RTM on August 1, PC manufacturers have been using the released software to ready new PCs..
Author: Steven SinofskyDate: 08/13/2012
Releasing Windows 8 - August 1, 2012
Today marks an important milestone in the Windows 8 project. The Windows 8 team is proud to share..
Author: Steven SinofskyDate: 08/01/2012
Simplifying printing in Windows 8
Printing is one of the most common things we do with our PCs even as we read and work with more..
Author: Steven SinofskyDate: 07/25/2012
Hardware accelerating everything: Windows 8 graphics
With Windows 8 we set out to enable all applications to have the beautiful and high-performance..
Author: Steven SinofskyDate: 07/23/2012
Using your feedback to make Narrator work better with touch
Shortly before we released the Windows 8 Consumer Preview in February, we blogged about our work to..
Author: Steven SinofskyDate: 07/18/2012
Designing the Windows 8 touch keyboard
Starting with the earliest TabletPC enhancements to Windows, we have been working on..
Author: Steven SinofskyDate: 07/17/2012
Protecting user files with File History
Backing up your critical files is something we all know we should do. Even with everything in..
Author: Steven SinofskyDate: 07/10/2012
Readying Metro style apps for launch
We know many folks are looking forward to RTM. Developers currently working on apps in the Store are..
Author: Steven SinofskyDate: 07/03/2012
Introducing the Photos app for Windows 8
Wrapping up our series of posts on some of the new apps in Windows 8, we take a look at the new..
Author: Steven SinofskyDate: 06/26/2012
Designing the Windows 8 Calendar app
This post builds on the Mail app and People app posts, and details the Calendar app. We’ve..
Author: Steven SinofskyDate: 06/15/2012
Building the Mail app
Hundreds of thousands of folks have been using the “App Preview” of Mail on a daily..
Author: Steven SinofskyDate: 06/14/2012
The People app: the complete, cloud-powered address book for Windows 8
Managing 'contacts' has been a bit of a challenge for many, especially as the number of places that..
Author: Steven SinofskyDate: 06/13/2012
Activating Windows 8 contracts in your app
One topic that we’ve demonstrated quite a bit is how apps on a Windows 8 PC can communicate..
Author: Steven SinofskyDate: 06/11/2012
Building a rich and extensible media platform
Windows provides a broad set of technologies for consumers to experience video and audio and for..
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Author: Steven SinofskyDate: 06/08/2012
Connecting with IPv6 in Windows 8
With World IPv6 Launch upon us, we thought it would be good to provide a look at the work in the..
Author: Steven SinofskyDate: 06/05/2012
Web browsing in Windows 8 Release Preview with IE10
In the Windows 8 Release Preview, we continue to deliver the re-imagined experience of the web..
Author: Steven SinofskyDate: 06/01/2012
Delivering the Windows 8 Release Preview
Today, Windows 8 Release Preview is available for download in 14 languages. This is our final..
Author: Steven SinofskyDate: 05/31/2012
Designing for PCs that boot faster than ever before
While we're hard at work making sure you never have to turn off your PC and can run in a connected..
Author: Steven SinofskyDate: 05/22/2012
Enhancing Windows 8 for multiple monitors
This post goes into the details around the multi-monitor experience for Windows 8. From the very..
Author: Steven SinofskyDate: 05/21/2012
Creating the Windows 8 user experience
This blog often focuses on the bits and features and less on the “philosophy” or..
Author: Steven SinofskyDate: 05/18/2012
Delivering reliable and trustworthy Metro style apps
As we developed the app model for Windows 8 and the new Metro style apps, a key architectural..
Author: Steven SinofskyDate: 05/17/2012
Keeping your family safer with Windows 8
One of the intrinsic capabilities of Windows 8 is the ability to use multiple accounts on any PC..
Author: Steven SinofskyDate: 05/14/2012
Redesigning chkdsk and the new NTFS health model
We’ve written about tons of improvements in the OS kernel, networking, and file system. While..
Author: Steven SinofskyDate: 05/09/2012
FAQ - DVD playback and Windows Media Center in Windows 8
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We thought we would follow up the previous post with an FAQ which is based on the comments and..
Author: Steven SinofskyDate: 05/04/2012
Making Windows Media Center available in Windows 8
In this post we wanted to update you on Media Center and Windows 8, specifically how we will make..
Author: Steven SinofskyDate: 05/03/2012
Cloud services for Windows 8 and Windows Phone: Windows Live, reimagined
We have talked quite a bit about SkyDrive and using your Microsoft account for the sign-in and..
Author: Steven SinofskyDate: 05/02/2012
Making personal cloud storage for Windows available anywhere, with the new SkyDrive
In February, we told you about our goals for connecting your apps, files, PCs, and devices to the..
Author: Steven SinofskyDate: 04/23/2012
Managing 'BYO' PCs in the enterprise (including WOA)
With more and more people providing their own hardware for work, the 'bring your own' PC is becoming..
Author: Steven SinofskyDate: 04/19/2012
Reclaiming memory from Metro style apps
Modern operating systems take a different view of the resources on the system. Regardless of the..
Author: Steven SinofskyDate: 04/17/2012
Touch hardware and Windows 8
Last September we blogged about experiencing Windows 8 touch on Windows 7 hardware, introducing the..
Author: Steven SinofskyDate: 03/28/2012
Scaling to different screens
There’s a ton of innovation in the world of displays—from pixel density, to aspect..
Author: Steven SinofskyDate: 03/21/2012
Web browsing in Windows 8 Consumer Preview with IE10
In this post we want to talk about the new Internet Explorer 10 browsing experience. We have..
Author: Steven SinofskyDate: 03/13/2012
Going behind the scenes building Windows 8
As we start to talk about some more of the details of the Consumer Preview release and some of the..
Author: Steven SinofskyDate: 03/06/2012
Running the Consumer Preview: system recommendations
We’re very excited to get to the point in the project where we can provide a pre-release..
Author: Steven SinofskyDate: 02/29/2012
Welcome to Windows 8 – The Consumer Preview
Today is a big day for the Windows team. At Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain a few moments..
Author: Steven SinofskyDate: 02/29/2012
Using the language you want
Since its introduction in Windows 2000, Multilingual User Interface technology, or MUI, has allowed..
Author: Steven SinofskyDate: 02/21/2012
Connecting your apps, files, PCs and devices to the cloud with SkyDrive and Windows 8
Many folks reading this blog are active users of SkyDrive and Mesh, both part of the broad set of..
Author: Steven SinofskyDate: 02/20/2012
Internet Explorer Performance Lab: reliably measuring browser performance
A big part of this blog is going behind the scenes to show you all the work that goes into the..
Author: Steven SinofskyDate: 02/16/2012
Enabling accessibility
Windows 8 is a product we design for an incredibly broad spectrum of people around the world. One of..
Author: Steven SinofskyDate: 02/14/2012
Building Windows for the ARM processor architecture
One of the notable aspects of Microsoft Windows has been the flexibility the architecture has shown..
Author: Steven SinofskyDate: 02/09/2012
Improving power efficiency for applications
Minimizing the power consumption of your PC while maximizing the responsiveness and utility (making..
Author: Steven SinofskyDate: 02/07/2012
Acting on file management feedback
As we approach our next public milestone, we will begin to circle back to topics we covered in the..
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Author: Steven SinofskyDate: 01/30/2012
Supporting sensors in Windows 8
Recent advances in sensor technology are catalysts for the acceleration and evolution of user..
Author: Steven SinofskyDate: 01/24/2012
Engineering Windows 8 for mobile networks
In this post, we dig into the details of how we have re-engineered the wireless networking stack to..
Author: Steven SinofskyDate: 01/20/2012
Building the next generation file system for Windows: ReFS
We wanted to continue our dialog about data storage by talking about the next generation file system..
Author: Steven SinofskyDate: 01/16/2012
Virtualizing storage for scale, resiliency, and efficiency
In this post, we are going to dive into a feature in the Windows 8 Developer Preview. Storage Spaces..
Author: Steven SinofskyDate: 01/05/2012
Refresh and reset your PC
The power of personalization is something we all love about PCs, but sometimes there is good reason..
Author: Steven SinofskyDate: 01/04/2012
Optimizing picture password security
We wanted to talk a bit more about the security of picture passwords in a follow up post based on..
Author: Steven SinofskyDate: 12/19/2011
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