Category Archives: Windows ’8′

Windows 8 Logo
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Posted on February 18, 2012 by

As we had posted earlier this week there had been rumors of a new ‘Windows 8′ logo coming. It is now official, Microsoft posted the new logo (as seen below along with the past logos) on Friday afternoon. So the … Continue reading →

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New ‘Windows’ Logo For Windows 8?
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Posted on February 16, 2012 by

Found this over on Tom’s Hardware and it has me wondering. First off, keep in mind nothing has been officially released by Microsoft, but rumors are that they are going to give the Windows Logo a makeover for the upcoming … Continue reading →

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Firefox for Metro Planned
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Posted on February 16, 2012 by

Interesting post over on Tom’s Hardware about Mozilla’s plan to create a special Firefox to support the upcoming Windows 8 (or whatever Microsoft ends up calling it) Metro Interface. For those not quite familiar with the planned Metro, interface it … Continue reading →

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Removing Java Console Extension
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Posted on November 7, 2011 by

We mentioned the Java Console Extension as one of those extensions that a program (in this case Oracle’s Java) installs into Firefox without the user’s knowledge. Unless you are a Java Developer, this extension serves no real purpose for most … Continue reading →

Posted in Add-ons, Fx 8.0, General Mozilla, Tips & Tweaks, Vista, Windows, Windows '8', Windows 7 | 5 Comments

Firefox 10 Nightly Windows Updates Resuming Soon
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Posted on October 21, 2011 by

Automatic updates for Firefox 10 Nightly Windows (x32 and x64) builds had been temporally disabled earlier this week due to start up crashes with ‘Windows 8′ [Bug 695161]. It appears this issue has been corrected on 10/20/11 and quite possibly … Continue reading →

Posted in Browsers, Firefox, Fx 10.0, General Mozilla, Windows '8' | 4 Comments

A Small Sneak Peek at ‘Windows 8′
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Posted on June 2, 2011 by

Well, this is certainly a major change for the next Windows operating system (code name Windows 8). Yahoo! says the new user interface is a lot like that of the Windows Phone UI. Big design emphasis to run on touch-screen … Continue reading →

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No IE10 for Windows Vista
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Posted on April 18, 2011 by

It seems the preview for IE10 release by Microsoft last week will only work on Windows 7 (32-bit or 64-bit) and the future Windows 8. Microsoft has already shut-out Windows XP users from IE9, so now they are following suit … Continue reading →

Posted in Blogs, Browsers, Firefox, Fx 5.0, Fx 6.0, IE, Microsoft, Vista, Windows, Windows '8', Windows 7 | 1 Comment