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By now you've probably heard that the final name of the version of Windows 8 that will run on ARM-based systems will be called "Windows RT." (I have no idea what the "RT" stands for or why there's no "8" in the name like the x86 versions.) Also you've...
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Brian Madden
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April 30, 2012
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From the I-swear-I'm-not-making-this-up department, yesterday Microsoft announced a new license for Windows 8 which will be known as the "Companion Device License" (CDL). This is a license for users who want to access their Windows desktops (either locally...
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Brian Madden
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April 19, 2012
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We already know that Microsoft is working on Office 15 for use with Windows 8 . We know that Office will be largely a desktop application, but will also have some modifications to make it more touch-friendly for use with Metro. We have to assume that...
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Gabe Knuth
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March 16, 2012
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A few weeks ago I was in Seattle giving my first VDI Road Show presentation, which is essentially a rundown of where we are with desktop virtualization today. It talks about why we're all still using Windows XP, why we didn't all use Windows 7 as an excuse...
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Gabe Knuth
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March 07, 2012
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Two days ago, Brian wrote a post " Microsoft releases details about Windows 8 on ARM (WOA) tablets, confirms it's safe for enterprises to keep buying iPads. " In his article, he said that WOA will not be good for enterprise. I don't agree. I first attempted...
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Denis Gundarev
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February 15, 2012
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By now you've probably heard that Microsoft's main Windows guy Steven Sinofsky wrote an 8,000-word blog post last week describing the technical details of how Windows 8 will run on ARM-based tablets. Recall that we talked quite a bit about some of the...
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Brian Madden
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February 13, 2012
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While we've had a lot of conversations on BrianMadden.com over the past few weeks about Microsoft's plans for Windows 8 and tablets, there still a few open questions that we haven't talked about yet. The one on my mind today is about the business model...
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Brian Madden
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January 16, 2012
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At the Consumer Electronics Show this week, there’s been a lot of buzz created by Microsoft. Most of the activity surrounds consumer technology like Kinect, phones, and tablets, though, and not Windows 8 like I’d hoped. I have seen stories...
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Gabe Knuth
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January 11, 2012
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Last night Microsoft gave its final keynote at the Consumer Electronics Show. We spent all last week talking about what Windows 8 for ARM tablets might be like , hoping that we would get some answers at CES. Unfortunately, the keynote offered little in...
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Jack Madden
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January 10, 2012
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We had three great articles this week on BrianMadden.com and ConsumerizeIT.com talking about Microsoft, tablets, and applications: If you think delivering Windows apps to iPads will keep users happy, you’re in trouble! Is Microsoft really building...
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Brian Madden
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January 06, 2012
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Back when the iPad came out in April 2010, I showed mine to a friend who didn't like it. "This thing is nothing more than an iPod Touch with a bigger screen." "Yeah?" I thought, "that's why it's so brilliant!" The iPad is just a big iPod Touch. They didn...
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Brian Madden
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January 04, 2012
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Last week I read an article on Ars that suggested that companies might be considering keeping Windows XP until Windows 8 comes out . For the record, the article is dismissive of the idea, and I have to say, I am too. The main reason for me is that Windows...
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Gabe Knuth
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October 03, 2011
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Ever since Microsoft released a bunch of details about Windows 8 at their BUILD 2011 conference a few weeks ago, I've been getting questions like, "Is it true that Microsoft is finally getting serious about desktop virtualization with Windows 8?" or ...
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Brian Madden
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September 22, 2011
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There's been an increasing amount of buzz lately around the fact that Windows 8 will be shipping with integrated Hyper-V (or at least features of Hyper-V). Nerds and admins and such ( Tim , Benny , et al.) will be happy to hear that they don't need to...
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Gabe Knuth
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September 14, 2011
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