Month: May 2013

“Saxena, a professor of computer science at Cornell University, says the Xbox One announced last week will boost the realm of activities his robots can figure out because its HD camera will be able to detect more subtle human motions, such as hand gestures.”

Peter Bright, Ars Technica “The new operating system will keep the same core elements as Windows 8 but assemble them in a way that’s more flexible, more personal, and fundamentally more useful.”

Ed Bott, ZDNet “The Start button is back. But that’s just one of a very long list of changes you’ll find in Windows 8.1, which will be available as a preview in a few weeks and will be released before the end of the year. Don’t let the name or the price tag (free) fool you: this is a major update.”

Mat Honan, Wired “Windows 8.1 is getting real improvements over Windows 8, some of which will please longtime users who found the shift from Windows 7 jarring or uncomfortable. And yet it also goes even farther in the new direction Microsoft is taking.”

Tom Warren, The Verge “Originally codenamed Blue, Windows 8.1 sets the pace for changes to Microsoft’s software that will continue in the future for both the ARM (RT) and x86 versions of the OS.”