http://www.gizmodo.co.uk Mon, 20 May 2013 08:37:57 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/05/microsoft-surface-pro-launching-here-on-may-23/ http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/05/microsoft-surface-pro-launching-here-on-may-23/#comments Thu, 16 May 2013 10:15:49 +0000 Gary Cutlack http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/?p=166398 Microsoft’s higher-end tablet dream will be available in the UK next week, with Microsoft giving the folding tab a May 23 launch date. The Surface Pro will cost a stonking great £719 for the 64GB Core i5 Windows 8 machine, rising to £799 if you’d prefer the 128GB unit. You might want to read our Surface [...]]]> http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/05/microsoft-surface-pro-launching-here-on-may-23/feed/ 28 http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/05/hell-yes-you-can-gchat-in-outlook-soon/ http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/05/hell-yes-you-can-gchat-in-outlook-soon/#comments Tue, 14 May 2013 17:00:40 +0000 Kyle Wagner http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/?p=165782 Here’s some good, good news. Microsoft is adding Google Talk (which all of you just call Gchat) support to Outlook.com. Meaning, you can use Google’s chat service right through Microsoft’s beautiful new(ish) webmail page. Awesome. The addition of Google Talk chat (no video or voice) to Outlook is welcome news, since up until now, Microsoft had [...]]]> http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/05/hell-yes-you-can-gchat-in-outlook-soon/feed/ 8 http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/05/windows-blue-is-officially-called-windows-8-1-and-itll-be-free/ http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/05/windows-blue-is-officially-called-windows-8-1-and-itll-be-free/#comments Tue, 14 May 2013 15:30:58 +0000 Kyle Wagner http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/?p=165800 Microsoft just announced on a call with shareholders that the Windows Blue update will officially be called Windows 8.1, which will be a free update. It’ll be available for both Windows 8 and Windows RT. A preview will be available to the public after the Microsoft Build conference. Windows 8.1 is expected to fix a [...]]]> http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/05/windows-blue-is-officially-called-windows-8-1-and-itll-be-free/feed/ 8 http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/05/dear-microsoft-dont-bail-on-windows-8/ http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/05/dear-microsoft-dont-bail-on-windows-8/#comments Sun, 12 May 2013 15:00:35 +0000 Kyle Wagner http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/?p=164917 The sheer audacity of Windows 8 was enough to set it apart. It was startling, the kind of uncompromising upheaval you almost never see from a frontrunner. Despite obvious missteps — big, idiotic, self-inflicted ones, more often than not — it always gave the sense that it was just wrong-footed, correctable stuff, never cause for [...]]]> http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/05/dear-microsoft-dont-bail-on-windows-8/feed/ 21 http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/05/rumour-htc-returning-to-tablets-with-high-end-windows-8-pair/ http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/05/rumour-htc-returning-to-tablets-with-high-end-windows-8-pair/#comments Wed, 08 May 2013 11:00:56 +0000 Gary Cutlack http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/?p=164150 HTC is said to be planning a refreshed attempt on the tablet scene later this year, with rumours suggesting it has two Windows 8 models, the R7 and R12, due for launch some time during 2013. The two tablets, which a crude decoding of the model numbers would suggest to be 7″ and 12″ Windows RT [...]]]> http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/05/rumour-htc-returning-to-tablets-with-high-end-windows-8-pair/feed/ 3 http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/05/ft-microsoft-pulls-windows-8-u-turn/ http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/05/ft-microsoft-pulls-windows-8-u-turn/#comments Tue, 07 May 2013 08:30:08 +0000 Jamie Condliffe http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/?p=163702 The Financial Times is reporting that Microsoft plans to “reverse course over key elements of its Windows 8 operating system” when Windows Blue, a so-called iterative update, rolls out later this year. In an interview Tammy Reller, head of marketing and finance for the Windows business, apparently told the newspaper that some of the most fundamental aspects [...]]]> http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/05/ft-microsoft-pulls-windows-8-u-turn/feed/ 26 http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/05/acer-aspire-r7-the-craziest-thing-to-happen-to-laptops-in-years/ http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/05/acer-aspire-r7-the-craziest-thing-to-happen-to-laptops-in-years/#comments Fri, 03 May 2013 14:45:52 +0000 Kyle Wagner http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/?p=163141 This is either brilliant or absolutely insane. Acer’s new R7 ultrabook is the weirdest change to laptop design in years. The R7 switches the touchpad and keyboard placement on laptop’s body, with the keyboard in front of the touchpad. This is to make using touch with Windows 8 easier, with the hinge actually working like [...]]]> http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/05/acer-aspire-r7-the-craziest-thing-to-happen-to-laptops-in-years/feed/ 1 http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/05/whats-the-most-annoying-thing-your-computer-does/ http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/05/whats-the-most-annoying-thing-your-computer-does/#comments Thu, 02 May 2013 11:45:06 +0000 Chris Mills http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/?p=162722 This morning, I was in the middle of a proper writing groove — coffee brewed, tunes blaring and email inbox set to off — and all was looking well. Third story of the morning, here I come! But no. Windows had decided, in its infinite wisdom, that its arse-shagging auto-updates were more important, so it [...]]]> http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/05/whats-the-most-annoying-thing-your-computer-does/feed/ 81 http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/04/windows-8-tablets-now-own-7-4-per-cent-of-the-tab-market/ http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/04/windows-8-tablets-now-own-7-4-per-cent-of-the-tab-market/#comments Fri, 26 Apr 2013 12:15:11 +0000 Gary Cutlack http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/?p=161267 Microsoft’s Windows 8 and RT tablets have seemingly got off to a bit of a flyer, with number crunchers estimating Windows is now the OS on 7.4 per cent of all portable tabs. Not a bad beginning given the fashionable and cheap Apple and Android onslaught. The data, released by Strategy Analytics, claims Microsoft has gone [...]]]> http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/04/windows-8-tablets-now-own-7-4-per-cent-of-the-tab-market/feed/ 6 http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/04/the-microsoft-surface-pro-is-finally-coming-to-the-uk/ http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/04/the-microsoft-surface-pro-is-finally-coming-to-the-uk/#comments Wed, 24 Apr 2013 09:15:10 +0000 Sam Gibbs http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/?p=160580 We’ve waited long enough. After getting Microsoft’s Surface RT late, we’re finally going to get its bigger brother, the fully-fledged Surface Pro, but not until the end of May. Well, before the end of May, but that normally means May 31st. Is it too much future too soon? We can’t wait to find out for [...]]]> http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/04/the-microsoft-surface-pro-is-finally-coming-to-the-uk/feed/ 23 http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/04/rumour-acers-8-iconia-w3-is-the-first-small-windows-8-tablet/ http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/04/rumour-acers-8-iconia-w3-is-the-first-small-windows-8-tablet/#comments Tue, 23 Apr 2013 09:45:46 +0000 Gary Cutlack http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/?p=160275 Microsoft’s promise that we’ll see smaller and cheaper Windows 8 machines might be about to be made true by Acer, with leaked images showing something smaller and running Windows 8. Just like it said. The device, which tech site Minimachines says is called the Iconia W3, is an eight-incher, supposedly powered by a 1.8GHz dual-core Atom Z2760 processor, [...]]]> http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/04/rumour-acers-8-iconia-w3-is-the-first-small-windows-8-tablet/feed/ 4 http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/04/the-start-button-is-coming-back-to-windows/ http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/04/the-start-button-is-coming-back-to-windows/#comments Mon, 22 Apr 2013 13:30:15 +0000 Jamie Condliffe http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/?p=159977 If you’ve been pining for the Start button since Windows 8 arrived on the scene, perhaps some good news: sources who’ve spoken to the Verge claim that it will reappear in Windows 8.1. Following up on what we’ve heard recently, the sources have suggested that the newly reintroduced button will let users access the Start [...]]]> http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/04/the-start-button-is-coming-back-to-windows/feed/ 21 http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/04/microsoft-will-have-smallercheaper-windows-8-tablets-this-year/ http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/04/microsoft-will-have-smallercheaper-windows-8-tablets-this-year/#comments Fri, 19 Apr 2013 11:15:16 +0000 Gary Cutlack http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/?p=159362 In Microsoft’s Q3 financial update last night, the tech giant confirmed rumours that it’ll be increasing the range and decreasing the size of Windows 8 tablets, saying it’s currently working with OEMs to build smaller devices. The news comes via Microsoft’s chief financial officer Peter Klein, who says the company’s usual range of PC-making suppliers [...]]]> http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/04/microsoft-will-have-smallercheaper-windows-8-tablets-this-year/feed/ 7 http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/04/microsofts-thinking-about-giving-you-a-traditional-desktop-with-start-button-back/ http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/04/microsofts-thinking-about-giving-you-a-traditional-desktop-with-start-button-back/#comments Wed, 17 Apr 2013 10:30:47 +0000 Sam Gibbs http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/?p=158695 Windows 8 is like Marmite. Some people love it, many, many people hate it. And while I personally quite like it, it certainly has its quirks, especially when you’re using it without a touchscreen. It seems Microsoft might be backtracking a bit. Windows 8.1, aka ‘Blue’, might come with a Start button and could boot [...]]]> http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/04/microsofts-thinking-about-giving-you-a-traditional-desktop-with-start-button-back/feed/ 29 http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/04/rumour-htc-moving-to-windows-8-tablets/ http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/04/rumour-htc-moving-to-windows-8-tablets/#comments Tue, 02 Apr 2013 10:15:33 +0000 Gary Cutlack http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/?p=154534 Rumours coming out of HTC’s home country suggest it’s about to make a return to the tablet world, although it’s said to be moving away from its Android past to embrace the slightly less competitive world of Windows 8 tablets. According to supply chain gossip reported by Focus Taiwan, HTC is looking to assemble a [...]]]> http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/04/rumour-htc-moving-to-windows-8-tablets/feed/ 3 http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/03/how-to-make-windows-8-look-and-feel-like-windows-7/ http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/03/how-to-make-windows-8-look-and-feel-like-windows-7/#comments Fri, 29 Mar 2013 15:00:13 +0000 Laptop Magazine http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/?p=153940 If you have a PC with Windows 8 but miss Windows 7, there’s no need to downgrade. Following a few simple steps, you can make Microsoft’s current operating system look and feel almost identical to its predecessor. Here’s how to bring back the Start menu and the attractive aero glass theme how to hide other [...]]]> http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/03/how-to-make-windows-8-look-and-feel-like-windows-7/feed/ 14 http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/03/windows-8-blue-all-the-updates-to-the-main-windows-8-apps/ http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/03/windows-8-blue-all-the-updates-to-the-main-windows-8-apps/#comments Tue, 26 Mar 2013 08:00:35 +0000 Kyle Wagner http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/?p=153132 Later today, Windows 8 and RT’s Mail, Calendar, and People apps will all receive updates in the Windows Store. Meaning, later, Windows 8 gets a little bit better! Here’s how the updates to the apps will break down. Mail Mail gets the most improvements of the three apps. It’ll add the ability to create, delete, [...]]]> http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/03/windows-8-blue-all-the-updates-to-the-main-windows-8-apps/feed/ 16 http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/03/ever-wanted-to-dual-boot-android-and-windows-8-well-now-you-can/ http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/03/ever-wanted-to-dual-boot-android-and-windows-8-well-now-you-can/#comments Wed, 13 Mar 2013 14:30:31 +0000 Chris Mills http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/?p=150023 Intel updating BIOS code is normally the sort of eye-glazing sorta-not-really-news that we do our damndest to avoid. What they’ve only just gone and done, though, is release the developer version of code for Android 4.2.2 that among other things will let you dual-boot Android and Windows 8 on any Intel-powered device. The switch from [...]]]> http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/03/ever-wanted-to-dual-boot-android-and-windows-8-well-now-you-can/feed/ 9 http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/03/the-13-inch-retina-macbook-pro-kicks-all-windows-8-laptops-in-battery-life-test/ http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/03/the-13-inch-retina-macbook-pro-kicks-all-windows-8-laptops-in-battery-life-test/#comments Tue, 12 Mar 2013 12:15:23 +0000 Sam Gibbs http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/?p=149612 If your laptop can’t last long enough to get your stuff done, what’s the point of having a portable? The product testing gurus over at Which decided to see how the current generation Windows 8 laptops and ultrabooks stacked up. Their conclusion? The 13-Inch Retina MacBook Pro is the best, even running Windows 8. Which [...]]]> http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/03/the-13-inch-retina-macbook-pro-kicks-all-windows-8-laptops-in-battery-life-test/feed/ 16 http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/03/an-oem-windows-price-slash-could-make-upcoming-laptops-cheaper/ http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/03/an-oem-windows-price-slash-could-make-upcoming-laptops-cheaper/#comments Wed, 06 Mar 2013 14:15:49 +0000 Jamie Condliffe http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/?p=148048 The Wall Street Journal is claiming that Microsoft has started offering discounts to OEMs for Windows 8 and Office 2013, in a bid to drive sales of small, touch-enabled laptops. The newspaper claims that the deal will see OEMs stumping up just £20-odd for a Windows 8 and Office bundle — which is around £60 [...]]]> http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/03/an-oem-windows-price-slash-could-make-upcoming-laptops-cheaper/feed/ 1