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Windows 8 Top 10 Essential Tips

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1 - Restore the Start menu Windows 8 has no Start menu. There are two different solutions to recover. - Start8 Stardock is clearly the best solution on the market. But beware, it is now paid (less than € 5). This tool allows you to find the traditional Start menu with an additional option to recall the touch home screen. It also allows the PC to boot directly to the desktop. -  StartMenu8 of IOBit is free. However, it is still in beta. It can also force Windows 8 to boot directly to the desktop rather than the home screen. 2 - Simplify access to the control panel The Control panel and its functions are essential everyday for many users. This is one of the menu options in Start the most clicked on Windows 7. Except on Windows 8, there is more Start menu. There are two ways to approach the problem. The first is to remember that all panel functions are indexed and therefore accessible by search. Use the combination [Windows] [W] . Practical option to find lost as Backup Wi

2013: Rumoured phones and their landing Specs

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New Year and new are the gadgets . 2013 has just begun and similar is the beginning of new technological growths surrounding the priority development of each individual. Beginning the story resonance there will be many ups and downs in the coming future but everyone has attained full rights to plan and thus make their own distinctive decisions. And in the same row are the new phones that will be casting a new faced OS in their hidden backs. So the simple fact is that 2013 may get a way paved for greatly featured phones in the market and I have bagged out a little review of to be released phones in the year ahead. Samsung Galaxy Premier This is a phone that can be called a helped clone of Galaxy S 2 and Galaxy S 3. This new gadget will be hitting the market with 1.2GHz Dual Core Processors and a wellequipped 1GB RAM. I can’t call the screen as big as that of Galaxy S 3 but it is somehow to a nearing ratio of - 4.65 Inch Super AMOLED HD Screen. And off course the main part,

Best Map Apps for Windows 8

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Nokia and Windows have received a reinvention of late with the arrival of the new set of Microsoft powered Finnish phones. Of course, it’s still relatively early days for the devices, but that said there is a lot that can be said of positive merit about the Lumia , as well as other Windows 8 powered devices. However, no matter how good an operating system is, it still needs plenty of apps and good ones at that. Of course, one of the most important apps to get right is the map app – so, what does Windows offer in terms of this kind of application? Nokia Maps Nokia’s Map app comes as stock on the Nokia powered Windows phones and really is quite an accurate beast. The company’s purchase of map company means it offers an excellent alternative to other more established map apps. The Nokia version includes all you would expect from a top end app of this nature, offering public transport schedules, route planner, offline access and detailed local information. It’s also a clea

Microsoft unveils Windows 8 for public test

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Reuters   Seattle : Microsoft Corp unveils the first widely available test version of Windows 8 on Wednesday, giving the public the first chance to try out the slick, new-look operating system it hopes will restore the company's fading tech supremacy. Windows 8, as the first Microsoft operating system compatible with low-power microprocessors designed by ARM Holdings Plc, will run on tablets as well as desktops and laptops. "The operating system has begun to be seen as largely irrelevant," said Sid Parakh, an analyst at fund firm McAdams Wright Ragen, which holds Microsoft shares.