While we have known for some time that the upgrade path from Windows 7 to Windows 8 Pro will cost $39.99, a stand-alone copy of Windows 8 Pro is going to cost $199, reports TheVerge. Microsoft will offer the Windows 8 Pro retail package for $69.99 till January 31, 2013 but it will start charging $199 after the promotion expires. (more…)Google+

Microsoft has announced that any computer running Windows XP, Windows Vista and Windows 7 will be eligible for a $39.99 update to Windows 8 Pro through download that will be available in 131 countries.  Microsoft will even add the Media Center bundle in add-on package. (more…)Google+

This might not come as a surprise as Windows 8 is scheduled to hit the market later this year, but if any how Dell is reportedly planning a Windows 8 tablet according to Neowin.net.The boys at Neowin.net happened to get their hands on an internal Dell slide which suggests a Windows 8 tablet running a 10.8 inch tablet, 1366×768 resolution, dual core Atom processor, fingerprint reader, Intel graphics (x86 tablet), 2 GB of RAM, and 128 GB SSD.Furthermore, the device is expected to have two different batteri...

Microsoft recently announced on its building Windows 8 blog, that it was making last minute tweaks to the Windows 8 desktop UI, which involved dropping the Aero Glass UI introduced back in Windows Vista and adopting a more Metro like theme for Windows 8 which would complement the Metro environment.Ever since the introduction of Windows 8, experts have complimented Microsoft for the Metro UI, but have also said that the two Metro and Desktop environments feel disjointed, with the users experiencing jarring tra...

With the consumer release of Windows 8 only months away, Intel has released technical specifications for Intel powered Windows 8 tablets. According to CNET, Intel is saying Windows 8 tablets will run on Atom Z2760 “Clover Trail” chips, which will be dual-core capable with “burst mode” (for quick bursts of performance when needed) and will have Hyperthreading enabled. (more…)Google+

As the dust settles and people start to consider the idea of mainstream computing in a pure Metro environment we took the Windows 8 Consumer Preview and used it in a more traditional way – with a keyboard and mouse – and not touch. The way the new Metro UI and the updated desktop interact with the keyboard and mouse interface is crucial to 90 percent of the Windows user base as it the most familiar way of interacting with ones content and the most known way of getting work done. While BGR Classic has alre...

Apple’s iOS platform seemed to come out of nowhere and take the world by storm in 2007. The introduction of the first-generation iPhone set in motion a chain of events that lead up to the holiday quarter in 2011, when Apple recorded the most profitable quarter in technology history thanks mainly to unbelievable iPhone, iPod touch and iPad sales. No platform is selling as quickly as Apple’s mobile platform right now, but iOS is still in its infancy and the fact remains: as hot as iOS is right now, ...