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What Windows 8 features
Windows 8 will work on both tablets and traditional PCs. The operating system's home screen is filled with big, touchable panels, like the live tiles in Windows Phone 7, and from there you can tap and swipe your way to other touch-based applications. But underneath that touchy layer is plain old Windows, with a task bar, file manager, app icons--everything.
How does the touch interface work?
From the start menu, which shows basic information like time and unread e-mail counts, users swipe upwards to reveal the home screen and its tiles.
As with Windows Phone 7, apps can show some information within the tiles--users needn't click on the weather app to see the current temperature, for example. Swiping from the right bezel brings up a menu that can take users from an app back to the home screen.
Users can multitask between open apps by swiping across from the left bezel. And therein lies the coolest-looking feature of Windows 8: When swiping in a new app, users can snap it in place next to the app that's currently running. This allows users to view two apps at the same time--something that no existing tablet OS can do.
Windows 8 Weather App 
How will Windows 8 apps work?
Microsoft says it's created a new kind of app for Windows 8 using HTML5 and Javascript, and they're a lot like the apps you'd expect to find on a tablet. A weather app shows the five-day forecast. A news reader displays stories and thumbnail images in big, rectangular panes. Internet Explorer 10 is optimized for touch.
Legacy apps and new apps can run side by side 
What about existing Windows apps, such as Office and Photoshop?
They'll still work. Loading one of these apps will bring up a more familiar version of Windows. According to All Things Digital, classic Windows apps will use "fuzzy hit targeting" to aid finger taps, but they won't be optimized for the touch screen like Windows 8's HTML5/Javascript concoctions. Legacy apps can, however, run side by side with the new Windows 8 apps.
Information from PC World
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Greetings!
Many of you asked for more information about Windows 8 so we are dedicating this newsletter to additional facts and helps for it. We hope you enjoy reading about Windows 8.
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Windows 8 brings tons of new features and exciting new looks, but one item many relied upon is missing. Once you upgrade to Windows 8 or purchase a new computer with it already installed, typically you will find yourself navigating to the start menu, but where is it? Windows 8 does not come with the familiar start menu windows users are accustomed to. Instead, the start menu is a separate user interface that has its limitations, as well as its new features, including live tiles. One limitation is the lack of multi-tasking with multiple windows using the start menu screen.
There is an alternative to this and a fix. A program called Classic Shell has been around for a few years and offers a solution to this. Once installed, the program has only one function, bringing back the classic start menu as we all use and know today. The program is offered free through the website ninite.com and easy to install the results are immediate. (scroll down to find the icon for the Classic Shell).
This program brings back the functionality we all love from the windows products, with an exciting new look and feel and with the best price tag, free. | |
Windows 8 Shortcut Keys
*Windows key + start typing: Search your PC
*Ctrl+plus (+) or Ctrl+minus (-): Zoom in or out of many items, like apps pinned to the Start screen or in the Store
*Ctrl+scroll wheel: Zoom in or out of many items, like apps pinned to the Start screen or in the Store
*Windows key + C: Open the charms
*Windows key + F: Open the Search charm
*Windows key +H: Open the Share charm
*Windows key +I: Open the Settings charm
*Windows key + K: Open the Devices charm
*Windows key + O: Lock the screen orientation (portrait or landscape)
*Windows key + Z: Open commands for the app
*Windows key + PgUp: Move the Start screen and apps to the monitor on the right (apps in the desktop won't change monitors)
*Windows key + PgDn: Move the Start screen and apps to the monitor on the left (apps in the desktop won't change monitors)
*Windows key + Shift+period (.): Snap an app to the left
*Windows key + period (.): Snap an app to the right
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Ask the Professor - Cecile Bendavid | | Professor of Computer Science - California State University Northridge and Director of New Business Development for CEO Computers.
Q. When will we see patches and upgrades to Windows 8?
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Windows 8 and RT are set to receive their second lineup of bug fixes Tuesday December 11.
There will aso be patches available that are aimed at the other current versions of Windows, including XP, Vista, and Windows 7, as well as Server 2003 and 2008.
Five of the patches are rated critical, while two are deemed important. The critical ones are designed to shore up holes in the OS that could allow an attacker to infect a PC with malicious code.
If you have set Windows Update to automatic, critical patches are automatically installed, while those considered important can be manually installed by the user if needed.
This month will mark the first time that many Windows RT users will see a security update, according to Wolfgang Kandek, chief technology officer of security provider Qualys. "And it will be interesting to see how they react and what the uptake of the patches will be," he added.
Microsoft did roll out the first bug fixes for Windows 8 and RT as part of November's patchs automatic updates. |
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