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Windows 10

Michael Kuster, , ,

Microsoft’s preview of Windows 10 last week gave a glimpse of things to come.  They’ve prepared the new operating system to run on devices that have no screen, small screens, and even huge screens bigger than most folks’ televisions. One big change from Windows 8 will be the adaptability of the user interface (UI).  Microsoft caught a lot of flack with Windows 8 appearing to be more touch friendly than keyboard and mouse friendly.  Windows 10 will have a “tailored experience for each device,” whether you talk to it, wave…

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Why Did Microsoft Skip Windows 9?

Michael Kuster, , , , ,

  Earlier this week, Microsoft announced and offered a preview of Windows 10.  Code-named Threshold many expected the next operating system to be called Windows 9.  After all, Windows 8.1 was the name of the latest release. No one at the announcement really explained skipping 9 in the naming scheme, but some information has been leaked. Microsoft dev here, the internal rumours are that early testing revealed just how many third party products that had code of the form if(version.StartsWith(“Windows 9”)) { /* 95 and 98 */ } else { So,…

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