Images have revealed the design of 'Moonraker', a smartwatch developed by Nokia that came very close to launching last year, but which Microsoft killed off in favor of its own Band wearable device.
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The modern version of Skype - the one that could be downloaded from the Store in Windows 8 - is being killed off in favor of its more powerful desktop counterpart. The move takes place on July 7th.
During the Windows 8 lifecycle, the name for the store apps went from Metro to Modern but as we move forward with Windows 10, they will now simply be called Windows app.
While today's Windows event was mainly focused on the desktop we still got to see a few tidbits regarding the future of touch on devices running Windows.
Mozilla has announced that it has put the development of its Firefox browser made for the Modern UI of Windows 8 on hold and it sounds like it will be in that position indefinitely.
Two years, almost to the day, since announcing plans for its development, Mozilla today released a beta of Firefox for Windows 8 Touch, its finger-friendly browser designed for Microsoft's Modern UI.
Samsung has announced Magazine UX, a new user interface for its Galaxy tablet devices that looks a lot like the Modern UI for Microsoft's Windows 8. However a Samsung exec has brushed off those claims
Mozilla has revealed a new start screen UI for the upcoming Windows 8 port of its Firefox browser - referred to as the 'Metro' version - which is expected to come out of beta testing in early 2014.
Microsoft's Windows Phone head Joe Belfiore posted up word on his Twitter account that today is the third anniversary of the Windows Phone 7 launch, and the first use of the "Metro-Modern" UI.
The RTM build of Windows 8.1 includes an option not available in the preview version that lets users run Modern Windows 8 apps and then return to the desktop after closing the app.
It was one year ago today that Windows 8 was released to manufacturing amid heavy criticism and high hopes. Now we take a look back and see where the OS has succeeded and where it has failed.
Microsoft Chief Evangelist Steven Guggenheimer is quoted in a new interview that the desktop UI in Windows will never "go away completely" as some apps still need keyboard and mouse controls.
A new report says Microsoft is targeting a launch for Modern-style Office apps such as Word, Excel, and PowerPoint for sometime in 2014, a delay compared to a previous rumor of an October 2013 launch.
In a new and extensive article, Microsoft goes over how the company has been changing their product design themes over the last few years and how they have influenced Windows 8, Surface and more.
A post on Mozilla's Wiki development page states that at the moment, the expected launch for the first non-beta version of the Modern UI version of Firefox is slated for November.
Arturo Toledo, the former Senior User Experience Designer for Windows Phone, has offered his thoughts on the evolving Modern (Metro) UI design that is in place in the Windows Phone WP8 beta.
Microsoft will be releasing updates for its Bing apps on Windows 8 and RT. These updates bring new features and bug fixes to the Bing News, Travel, Sports, Finance and Maps applications.
A company called MarkedUp has launched MetroAppSite, a free way for Windows 8 app developers to quickly make a website that users the Modern style to help promote their apps.
VLC is a fantastic video player for the Windows and OS X platforms. To help expand their reach, the team behind the product is trying to crowd source the funding to developer a Modern app for Win 8.
We chat with "BoneyardBrew" a long time Neowin forum member who has launched a new version of his popular Steam skin that makes the download client look like the Windows 8 "Metro" interface.
After breaking the 1,000 app milestone earlier this week, the Windows Store now has a total of 1,080 apps that are specifically for the "Modern" UI of Windows 8.
Despite an official memo several weeks ago that tells the company to stop using the "Metro" brand for Windows 8 apps, Microsoft continues to use Metro in new online documents.
We all knew that it was coming but Neowin has been sent images from what we are told is Skype for the Modern UI. Make the jump to see some of the first images for the Modern UI platform.
According to a statement from Microsoft, the company will not certify any Windows 8 apps for posting in its Windows Store that has the word "Metro" in its title.
Microsoft references to the interface previously known as Metro on its websites appear to refer to the interface as "Modern" instead of the previously reported "Windows 8 style."
The wait is over as Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 was released worldwide this week. Developed by Infinity Ward and published by Activision, this is the sixth installment in the series and a direct...
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Electronic Arts has announced that Battlefield 2 has gone gold. Modern Combat hit gold for PS2 and Xbox. B2:MC is the first game in the popular PC shooter series to make its way to consoles....
DICE's financial report reveals its much-anticipated PC shooter won't deploy until the final part of Q2; console version due on "Microsoft's forthcoming platform" by year's end. Throughout history, major military offensives have...
In an announcement that seemed to have slided by, Digital Illusions CE (DICE) announced that it was working on two next-gen platform games for Microsoft and Sony--one is Battlefield: Modern Combat for the Xbox Next,...
Electronic Arts and Digital Illusions announced today that Battlefield: Modern Combat will feature a single-player mode, also slipping in the news that the game is getting pushed back to fall 2005. The decision to add...
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A bit earlier than planned, the playable demo for Lock On: Modern Air Combat is now available, offering the chance to take off in this eagerly anticipated modern combat flight simulation by Flying Legends/Eagle Dynamics...
Activision has released not one but two playable demos for Empires: Dawn of the Modern World, allowing you to try out the upcoming 3D real-time strategy game by Stainless Steel Studios. The first demo is...
Feel the power of commanding a modern jet fighter. Fly a variety of combat aircraft in the most graphically rich, audio intense game environment ever created for a combat flight simulator. Lock On: Modern Air...
Feel the power of commanding a modern jet fighter. Fly a variety of combat aircraft in the most graphically rich, audio intense game environment ever created for a combat flight simulator. Lock On: Modern Air...
Found this over at Slashdot. An interesting article which show what happens when the heatsink "falls" off your precious processor, with some horrible results. News source: Tom's Hardware...
