The most innovative security feature available on Android handsets is now ported to work with the latest innovation from the Redmond based software giant. Yes, the pattern unlock is available on Windows 8 system now albeit through third party software. While Apple’s insouciance proved fatal for many users, which often exploited by au fait developers, Android has been a pioneer in security. Per contra, Android pattern lock has provided more solid security to the end-users (even you can bypass it). Well, if you’re a big fan of Android security, then you can enjoy the same privilege on Windows 8. Enabling or implementing pattern unlock on Windows 8 is a reality now. Neophytes or those who are unaware can look at the pattern unlock system as
Windows 8 Archive
Windows 8 countenance is pleasant, and bit different from any of the previous versions of the Windows. Especially, the new OS by Microsoft looks superior than the previous versions of the OS. However, the pet peeve of Windows 8 is that it is different from any of the previous versions. Absence of start menu orb, modern tile based start screen and Windows store are often discussed topics among the new users. The new Windows store offers a single place selling point from where you can find and download new apps for your Window 8 system. Unfortunately, Microsoft restricts you from changing the location of installed apps from the default location. There is also no easy to follow option to install the app to a different
While there are a plethora of decent browsers available for Windows 8, none of them come even close to what big players like Firefox, Google Chrome and IE10 have to offer. Opera has been around for a while, but is still struggling to steady its ship. A biggest rival of Opera, in context of the mobile browser segment, UC Browser has ventured into the desktop browser as well. With all guns blazing UC Browser HD for Windows 8 has arrived in the Windows store. The download link of UC Browser HD for Windows 8 is provided at the bottom of the article. Previously, Chinese version was made available for the selected set of users
In spite of poor sales in the holiday season, many tech pundits indomitably believe that Windows 8 will get some respectable position soon. However, software developers have a different opinion. Much like any of the previous Windows versions, software developers have heavily invested in Windows 8, which resulted in many popular applications landing in Windows 8 landscape. Therefore, we’ve created a separate Windows 8 category where we offer best of Windows 8 apps and tips. There are already an array of twitter applications and browsers available in the store which we shared previously. With integrated music and video player, Microsoft ensured a maximum entertainment facility is provided to the end-users. But when you look out of the window, there are many good media player available
Microsoft and Google are battling in the court room for the right of Windows Phone 8 users. On the other hand, Windows 8 OS, which is inspired from the same Modern UI of WP8, has started growing at a slow but steady pace. The new Windows store has become a synonym of marketplace for applications. The idea of creating a single place or a so called marketplace and share the apps with the user is not new. Apple and Google are already using the same concept to distribute apps to their users. Consonantly, Microsoft learned the how to be organized and manage applications from the competitors. The mantra of the successful ecosystem seems to be infallible: everything depends on the quality of apps available in
So you have just bought the new Windows 8 system, but found yourself in an unknown territory. Well, where has start orb, hibernate mode, power option and applications gone? Personally, I started loving the new Windows 8 OS by Microsoft. Despite of having some striking differences from the predecessor, it offers more ease and options. However, some features are buried down so deep inside the system that often makes it impossible for users to utilize it to its full capacity. Start Orb, new Windows Start Screen, control panel, notifications, hot corners doesn’t bother me anymore. In fact, the more I use the system, more I start liking it. But, there are some missing options or settings which makes me ponder over its usefulness for normal
Windows 8 has finally hit the market and chances are there that you might be running the same on your computer. Windows has announced its official app store for Windows 8 and more than 40 million licenses have been sold out so far. Even the developers seem to be having great interest in Windows 8, which has resulted in the apps’ count to 20,000+ and counting. With Windows 8 OS, Microsoft has approached a totally different way to handle the software or apps downloaded from Windows store. First of all, for those who are still new to Windows 8 ecosystem, Windows store is a concept similar to the iTunes store, Google play or Windows phone marketplace. In essence, it is a marketplace for Windows 8
We all love customization, don’t we? It is human tendency to get easily bored of the same repetitive and monotonous things. Every human being (let’s not fight over this) wants to be different from another. This is how man invented innovative things. Such greed or hunger to become better made human race the most intelligent creature on the earth. Even, Microsoft tried to be different from its past alms by completely changing the system from the ground. The resultant is one of the most beautiful OS till date, also known as Windows 8. However, it comes with limited customization capability, and this is the reason why we covered options like Decor8, which lets you personalize Window 8 the way you want
The all-in-one and cross platform remote control desktop application, TeamViewer, has also been made available to Windows 8 users, though in a beta mode. TeamViewer for Windows 8 comes with a few tweaks of its own, which we will cover later in the post. The widely known and recognized applications is being used by billions of people across various industry. It facilitates you to access remote computer with ease and without any complex set-up process or configuration. Probably, this is the reason why TeamViewer is the best remote control and administration application. Though, largely used by corporate and tech support system providers, it has found a place of its own in household computer system. As a normal user, many people need help to solve basic Windows
Ostensibly, the most protruding and distinctive feature in Microsoft’s Windows 8 is Start Screen. All you can see is beautiful and colorful tiles flipping around providing you the latest updates fetched from the web. Initially, bewildered by such tile based interface and notifications, tech pundits vituperated Microsoft adapting to such Windows Phone like interface. The striking resemblance with WP7 interface was also cursed, and they predicted that it will meet the same fate. The tech industry was divided into two battalions, one who strongly felt that Modern UI concept will fail miserable, and the second group of people believed that it is a just a matter of time before people get used to it (read Windows 8 for dummies free book). After few weeks of