Thursday, 23 May 2013
SkyDrive provides plenty of free space, but has been difficult to access, until Windows 8.
Microsoft is responding to the feedback on its file management by tweaking or walking away from some of the changes it planned to make.
Windows 8 includes a storage scheme suitable for business deployment that can treat hundreds of disks as a single logical storage reservoir and ensures resiliency by backing up data on at least two physical disks.
Windows 8 will include a Storage Spaces feature that provides RAID-protected storage.
The operating system, now available as a developer's preview, can also refresh itself, restoring the operating system to its original state.
The clock is ticking to the launch of Windows 8 -- expected sometime this year. Here are five things that make the OS an intriguing platform.
Install Windows 8 the easy way, learn more about defragmenting your hard drive, launch Windows 7 programs quickly.
Here's how to download and install the Windows 8 Developer Preview into a virtual machine on your PC.
In a lengthy blog post, Steven Sinofsky, president of Microsoft's Windows and Windows Live division, provided more detail on Windows 8's user interface (UI).
Microsoft is building a native USB 3.0 software stack for Windows 8, which could aid in competition against Thunderbolt.
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With 2012 revenues of $4.1 billion, Electronic Arts (EA) is the third-largest video game company in the world by revenue behind only Nintendo and Activision Blizzard. It boasts landmark franchises such as Madden NFL, FIFA, The Sims and Mass Effect. Through its PopCap Games subsidiary it is the publisher of hits like Bejeweled and Plants vs. Zombies. And yet, in June of 2012, EA's chief operating officer compared the company to a burning oil platform.
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