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• Microsoft stealthily rebrands Bing Finance, with other Bing apps to follow

  Posted on September 30, 2014 at 07:41 CDT by woody • Comment in the Forums

  MSN recycled.

  (I’m amazed that MS threw away the Hotmail brand, but insists on recycling MSN.)

  InfoWorld Tech Watch.

  Windows News Bing apps, Metro, MSN apps

• HP leads Microsoft in Metro app usage

  Posted on September 25, 2014 at 09:11 CDT by woody • Comment in the Forums

  People with a choice rarely choose Metro apps.

  InfoWorld Tech Watch.

  Windows News Metro, Surface, usage

• Windows rumor roundup: Cloud hypervisors, Threshold RT, and Metro too

  Posted on August 27, 2014 at 07:46 CDT by woody • Comment in the Forums

  There’s a whole lotta talkin’ – and some of it looks likely to appear.

  InfoWorld Tech Watch.

  Windows News hypervisor, Metro, RT, Threshold, Windows 9

• There’s no way out of a bad Win8 Metro patch

  Posted on April 16, 2013 at 08:26 CDT by woody • Comment in the Forums

  Or Windows RT, either…

  InfoWorld Tech Watch.

  Windows Patches/Security bad patches, Metro, uninstall

• Windows 8 should never have mashed up desktop and mobile

  Posted on March 12, 2013 at 23:10 CDT by woody • Comment in the Forums

  For once, I disagree with Hal Berenson.

  InfoWorld Tech Watch.

  Other Metro, Windows 8, Windows Phone

• Minimize Metro!

  Posted on October 26, 2012 at 22:22 CDT by woody • Comment in the Forums

  How desktop fans running Win8 can reduce the intrusiveness of the Metro interface.

  There’s a handful of tricks that really do minimize the amount of Metro intrusion, but still let you use Metro whenever you really want to.

  InfoWorld.

  Windows News Metro, Windows 8

• Death of the Metro Brand: Windows 8’s latest flub

  Posted on August 3, 2012 at 22:56 CDT by woody • Comment in the Forums

  Place your votes for the new version of “Metro.”

  I like “Wetro” but somehow I don’t think Microsoft will agree.

  C’mon over to InfoWorld Tech Watch.

  Windows News Metro, Windows 8

• Google Chrome vs IE 10 in Windows 8 Metro

  Posted on June 13, 2012 at 19:11 CDT by woody • Comment in the Forums

  I was stunned by how well Chrome works.

  If you have Windows 8 RP, follow along with the steps in my InfoWorld Tech Watch article. Bet you’ll be surprised!

  Windows News Chrome, Internet Explorer 10, Metro, Windows 8
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