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Microsoft Offers Windows 8 Pro Upgrade To Students For $70

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Microsoft’s Windows 8 Pro Upgrade offer for general users expired on January 31, 2013, Windows 8 Pro now retails for $199.99. Microsoft has announced a new promotion exclusively for students across 50 countries. The Windows 8 student offer, through which students in the U.S. and in 49 additional countries can purchase Windows 8 Pro upgrade license for $69.99. Windows 8 student offer will be available in the U.S. from February 1st, and by March 19th, the offer will be available in the rest of 49 countries. Students in the U.S. can get the Windows 8 Pro upgrade edition online via the Microsoft Store for just $69.99. The price may vary slightly across other countries. [Read more...]

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Download Kaspersky Now for Windows 8 for Free

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If you are using Kaspersky Internet Security 2013 or Kaspersky Anti-Virus 2013 on your Windows 8 system, you may be excited to know about Kaspersky Now. Kaspersky Now is a free Windows 8 app developed by Kaspersky to keep its customers up to date with the latest security news, threat alerts and expert views. Other than keeping you up to date with the latest happenings, it will also let you do common tasks like quickly see your computer’s security status, scan your computer with KIS 2013 or KAV 2013, update KIS 2013 or KAV 2013 database, etc without leaving Windows 8 Modern UI. You can also renew the license for the two security software products. [Read more...]

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All Windows 8 Preview Versions Expires Today, January 15, 2013

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Microsoft officially released the latest version of its flagship operating system, Windows 8 on October 26, 2012. Before the release of the retail version, the software giant released three preview builds of Windows 8 for testing. Those preview builds of Microsoft’s newest operating system were still being tested by plenty of users, because it was available free of cost. All of these preview releases are set to expire after a preset date. As of today, January 15, 2013, Windows 8 preview builds, namely Developer, Consumer and Release will expire.

If you are running any one of the preview builds of Windows 8 on your system, you will now need to purchase a valid Windows 8 license and upgrade to the retail build, to continue running the operating system. Windows 8 Developer Preview build was originally set to expire on March 11, 2012, but Microsoft released a patch to extend its testing lifetime until January 15, 2013. [Read more...]

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Enable Flash For Any Website In Internet Explorer 10 [Windows RT / Windows 8]

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Microsoft has limited which domains can load Flash contents on Internet Explorer 10 running on Windows RT or Windows 8. The list of domains are actually saved in a “whitelist” in Internet Explorer 10, which tells the browser if the domain you are visiting is allowed to run the plugin or not.

If you are running Internet Explorer 10 on Windows 8 or Windows 8 Pro, then this is not a big issue. You can simply run IE 10 in Desktop mode to overcome the limitation or you can run any alternative browser like Chrome or Firefox, to run Flash on all websites. But, if you are running IE 10 in the new Windows 8 user interface (Metro/Modern UI) or have a Windows tablet with RT (as the Surface, or Asus), where there are no alternative browsers available, only whitelisted domains are allowed to run Flash content.

There are two ways to enable Flash for any website in Internet Explorer 10 Metro Browser running on Windows RT or Windows 8. You can manually edit the “whitelist” file, iecompatdata.xml or use the Windows RT Whitelist Flash Tool to whitelist flash domains. [Read more...]

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How To Create System Image To Refresh Windows 8 PC

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Windows 8 comes with a new feature known as “Refresh your PC“. When your Windows 8 PC is not working properly, you can use the “Refresh your PC” as the last option to revive the ailing operating system. By default, when you refresh your Windows 8-based computer, it keeps your personal data and re-installs Metro style applications. But it removes Desktop apps, and their names will be placed in a file on your desktop called Removed Apps, unless you have created a custom system image. Once you create system image of Windows 8, the custom system image is used by the operating system as the refresh image, instead of any existing image or OEM restore image. [Read more...]

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Play Songs According To Your Mood, Weather, Time Of The Day With Smart Music App For Windows 8

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Are you a music-freak? Here comes a new app that stores and satisfies your soul with music for your different moods. You know one thing, from morning till night you are always in different moods and in another day you are in a different mood but music helps you re-energize yourself easily. What about if you could listen to music according to your different moods without creating custom playlists?? With Smart Music app for Windows 8 you can do the same; its built-in player enables you to stream the right song directly on to your Windows 8 computer device and thus helps you re-energize yourself without the hassle of creating playlists. [Read more...]

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Download Best Windows 8 Apps Free, Including “Where’s My Water?” and “Where’s My Perry?” Games

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Happy Holidays! As holidays have started, Microsoft has created a special category in the Windows Store called “Great offers on apps.” From this special category, you can buy some of the best apps for Windows 8 at special prices, you can even get premium Windows apps or games for free.

The description of the “Great offers on apps” reads, ”Check out these offers and save some money. You’ll find great apps, subscriptions and premium services for a reduce price or, in some cases, for free! The fine print: offers valid through January 31, 2013 (while supplies last), in the Windows Store, in the United States only and made available by the app publishers, not Microsoft.” [Read more...]

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Customize Windows 8 Lock Screen Using TuneUp IncrediLock

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Are you bored with the default images offered by Windows 8 for its Lock Screen? You can always browse through your wallpaper collection and customize Windows 8 lock screen. There’s a freeware Windows 8 App available which does the job for you. TuneUp IncrediLock is a freeware Windows 8 App which comes with a huge collection of nearly 400 images, which you can use to customize the Lock Screen wallpaper in Windows 8.

Apart from the usual huge collection of Lock Screen images, but the app also has a pretty neat trick up its sleeve. The app makes the Lock Screen more useful through the use of widgets, beyond simply showing the time. At the time of writing, TuneUp IncrediLock app has only one useful widget available for use but the developer plans to add a picture frame, calendar and a weather widget soon. You can use the Sticky Notes widget for quick reminders, to-do lists, etc. The addition of useful widgets might make you change your mind if you have disabled Windows 8 Lock Screen. [Read more...]

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