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Microsoft announces tons of enhancements to Bing integration with Start, SwiftKey, and Skype

Usama Jawad — Thu, 13 Apr 2023 15:00:02 +0000

Microsoft has unveiled improvements to its Bing integration with multiple apps and services including Microsoft Start, SwiftKey, and Skype. The company is on a mission to bring Bing everywhere. Read more...

Microsoft's ex-User Experience chief is "shocked" by poor design of Windows 11's Start menu

Usama Jawad — Tue, 30 Aug 2022 12:00:01 +0000

An ex-Microsoft executive responsible for UX design has slammed the implementation of Windows 11's Start menu . He has noted glaring consistency issues and that a Start ad actually looks like a virus. Read more...

Microsoft releases its August Patch Tuesday update (KB5016629) for Windows 11

Paul Hill — Tue, 09 Aug 2022 17:29:38 +0000

Microsoft has released its latest Patch Tuesday update (KB5016629) for Windows 11. It comes with various improvements, including a fix to open the Start menu for those who were having trouble with it. Read more...

Microsoft rebrands its news service to Microsoft Start

Abhay V — Tue, 07 Sep 2021 18:18:02 +0000

Microsoft Start is a unified brand for Microsoft's news service and a rebrand for MSN News and Microsoft News. The new name applies to all platforms, including the News apps on mobile. Read more...

StartIsBack++ 1.1.9 Beta

Razvan Serea — Tue, 15 Dec 2015 23:50:01 +0000

StartIsBack++ is the all-new StartIsBack version for Windows 10. StartIsBack++ returns Windows 10 a real fully featured start menu and start button, behaving exactly like the ones in Windows 7. Read more...

StartIsBack++ 1.1.7

Razvan Serea — Tue, 17 Nov 2015 21:56:01 +0000

StartIsBack++ 1.1.5

Razvan Serea — Tue, 06 Oct 2015 16:26:01 +0000

Windows 10 Start menu can't handle more than 512 items

Andy Weir — Wed, 16 Sep 2015 15:52:01 +0000

Windows 10's Start menu can't cope with more than 512 items - including apps, folders, files and shortcuts - and going over that limit can result in performance issues, crashes and 'missing' apps. Read more...

Microsoft has finally released Update 3 for Windows RT, brings Windows 10's Start Menu

Muhammad Jarir Kanji — Wed, 16 Sep 2015 00:00:01 +0000

After more than a month since the release of Windows 10, Microsoft has quietly started pushing out the promised Update 3 for Windows 8.1 RT devices like the Surface RT and Surface 2. Read more...

StartIsBack++ 1.0.2

Razvan Serea — Sun, 09 Aug 2015 20:40:01 +0000

Windows 10's Start Menu wins the IDSA Design Award

Muhammad Jarir Kanji — Thu, 06 Aug 2015 04:48:01 +0000

The return of the Start Menu in Windows 10 was not only greeted with open arms by users, but also the critical community, which was thoroughly impressed by Microsoft's new design. Read more...

StartIsBack++ 1.0 Windows 10 Start menu program released

Razvan Serea — Thu, 30 Jul 2015 19:32:01 +0000

Start Menu Reviver 3.0.0.14

Razvan Serea — Wed, 29 Jul 2015 17:36:01 +0000

Don't just replace your Start Menu - revive it. Start Menu Reviver is designed for you, whether you just want a Start Menu back in Windows 8/10, or want to have more control in Windows 7. Read more...

StartIsBack++ RC for Windows 10

Razvan Serea — Sun, 19 Jul 2015 09:22:01 +0000

Beta version of StartIsBack for Windows 10 is now available

Razvan Serea — Sun, 12 Jul 2015 09:40:01 +0000

StartIsBack+ 1.7.5

Razvan Serea — Fri, 06 Mar 2015 17:06:01 +0000

StartIsBack+ returns Windows 8.1 a fully featured start menu and start button, behaving exactly like the ones in Windows 7. Radically improves desktop usability and makes new Start screen clutter-free Read more...

Start screen folders are coming natively to Windows Phone 8.1

James Walker — Sun, 29 Jun 2014 16:02:47 +0000

Leaked images appear to show that it will soon be possible to create folders of Live Tiles on the Start screen of Windows Phone 8.1 by simply dragging a tile on top of another like in Android and iOS. Read more...

Image points to on-screen Back, Start, Search buttons in Windows Phone 8.1

Andy Weir — Sat, 14 Dec 2013 12:00:02 +0000

The latest revelation from the ever-reliable evleaks gives the strongest indication yet that Windows Phone's Back, Start and Search hardware buttons will be relocated to the display in the 8.1 update. Read more...

Windows 8.1 build 9385 images have leaked

Ben Buffone — Fri, 26 Apr 2013 02:23:32 +0000

Images of Windows 8.1 build 9385 have today leaked to the internet. The build is expected to include numerous bug fixes and the possibility of the returned Start button evident in code. Read more...

Rumor: The Start Button to return in Windows 8.1

Tim Schiesser — Tue, 16 Apr 2013 12:40:01 +0000

Mary Jo Foley of ZDNet is reporting that Microsoft may bring back the familiar Start Button in Windows 8.1 following user feedback, after a source revealed information about plans for the update Read more...

TechSpot: Why Windows 8 Start Menu's Absence is Irrelevant

Julio Franco — Wed, 18 Jul 2012 08:05:21 +0000

Although every product deserves healthy criticism, many opinions of Windows 8 seem to be based on misconceptions, especially when it comes to the viability of Metro as a Start menu replacement. Read more...

Microsoft explains decisions behind Windows 8's Start screen

Denis Wong — Tue, 04 Oct 2011 00:36:08 +0000

In the first of a series of posts on the Building Windows 8 blog, Microsoft explains the evolution of Windows's Start Menu and the reasons behind the sudden move to a new Start screen. Read more...

BlackBerry Storm makes a bumpy start

Chakkaradeep Chandran — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 21:55:02 +0000

Despite a 100 million dollar marketing campaign, the Blackberry Storm has gotten off to a bumpy start. Early buyers have complained about technical bugs with Research In Motion's (RIM) first touch screen BlackBerry, according to... Read more...

'Million solar roofs' program gets off to a bright start

Sat, 20 Oct 2007 16:26:11 +0000

California's solar initiative, better known as the million solar roofs program, has had "a very healthy start," according to Polly Shaw, the solar initiative analyst for the state's Public Utilities Commission. At San Jose's SunPower,... Read more...

ICANN To Start Tests Of Non-English Domains

Fri, 05 Oct 2007 17:05:44 +0000

Next week may begin a test of non-English Internet addresses, enabling local users to create Web pages and domains. If successful, non-English top-level domains, such as ".com" or ".net", could be used by the finish... Read more...

Asustek to start volume shipments of Eee PCs in September

Daniel Fleshbourne — Mon, 20 Aug 2007 14:04:18 +0000

Asustek Computer will begin shipping its ultra low-cost notebook, the Eee PC, simultaneously to clients in the US, Europe, China as well as Taiwan, in mid-September, with the first-round shipments targeting 20,000 units, according to... Read more...

Nvidia Plans to Start Transition to PCI-e 2.0 This Fall

Mon, 04 Jun 2007 19:28:43 +0000

Nvidia Corporation's new code-named MCP72 core-logic series will fully support new AMD Phenom processors based on AMD's new micro-architecture that belong to the "Stars" family of chips. All versions of the MCP72 will support HyperTransport... Read more...

MySpace bug hunt off to a slow start

Mon, 02 Apr 2007 15:25:51 +0000

The duo that call themselves Mondo Armando and MÃ¼staschio have kicked off their first month of MySpace vulnerabilities, with what they acknowledge as a slow start. The first problem, credited to mybeNi websecurity, involves URL... Read more...

Dish Network Rumored to Start IPTV Service

Wed, 20 Dec 2006 17:51:56 +0000

The DISH Network is rumored to be soon announcing an IPTV service. DISH already has the IPTV section of its website ready but empty. SatelliteGuys.us is reporting the DISH IPTV service will offer SD... Read more...

Microsoft: Fast start for Vista in businesses

Steven Parker — Sun, 01 Oct 2006 13:05:14 +0000

Microsoft is predicting that Windows Vista will be adopted by companies at twice the speed as its predecessor, Windows XP. Twelve months after the release of Vista, Microsoft expects that usage share of the oft-delayed... Read more...

2006 GUI Championships set to start next week

Brad Wardell — Fri, 08 Sep 2006 00:07:19 +0000

Windows Vista is set to show off a ton of changes in the way we look at Microsoft Windows. Meanwhile, the third bi-annual GUI Championships are set to begin next week. The GUI... Read more...

Launch of AMD Turion 64 X2 CPUs may start price war

Daniel Fleshbourne — Fri, 24 Mar 2006 19:10:54 +0000

Notebook makers in Taiwan predict that AMD's first batch of dual-core Turion 64 mobile processors, which will reportedly be released on May 9, may start a price war in the dual-core notebook market sooner than... Read more...

Microsoft to Start $10 Hits Program

Fri, 03 Mar 2006 20:01:48 +0000

Popular Xbox titles to sell for $9.99; Microsoft confirms 16 participating games in program's "first wave." Greatest Hits, Player's Choice, Platinum Hits... Whatever the program is called, each current-generation system has a... Read more...

Xbox 360 Sales Start Slowly in Japan

Tue, 13 Dec 2005 19:34:42 +0000

Microsoft launched its Xbox 360 in Japan recently, merely weeks after the United States launch of the product. According to a survey conducted by Enterbrain, a company that publishes Japanese gaming magazine "Famitsu," less... Read more...

Microsoft Small Biz Accounting To Start At $149

Thu, 08 Sep 2005 07:30:56 +0000

Microsoft's new small business accounting software will weigh in at $149 a pop after rebate. And the SBA/Office combo will list for $569, or $399 as an upgrade, after rebates. Pricing will be among the... Read more...

Napster to start on-campus music service

Thu, 07 Jul 2005 23:35:21 +0000

Computer giant Dell and the music service Napster stated today that they would partner together to bring a new digital music download service to U.S. college campuses. The deal will call on Dell... Read more...

IRam Speeds Windows XP Start Up

Thu, 02 Jun 2005 14:37:45 +0000

Taiwanese hardware maker Giga-byte Technology has stumbled upon a faster way to boot up PCs based on Microsoft's Windows XP operating system. Giga-byte's IRam is a PC add-in card with four DDR DRAM (double data... Read more...

Samsung to start producing NAND flash memory chips.

Tue, 31 May 2005 06:59:55 +0000

With mobile gear getting smaller as time goes on, the demand for a smaller storage device has increased. With that in mind, Samsung has recently begun production of its new NAND flash memory chips. ... Read more...

PS3 will be cheaper to start developing for than PS2

Thu, 19 May 2005 15:07:08 +0000

Speaking in an exclusive interview with GamesIndustry.biz, SCEE development chief Phil Harrison has said that the PS3 will be cheaper to develop for than the PS2 was initially, with the system's power being much easier... Read more...

AOL, XM Satellite to Start Web Radio Service

Mon, 11 Apr 2005 14:42:00 +0000

America Online on Monday announced plans to launch a Web-based radio service with XM Satellite Radio in a move that may help XM win customers from AOL's 24 million subscribers, driving XM shares higher. The... Read more...