New York Microsoft is preparing an update to Windows 8 for release later this year. It says the changes are designed to address complaints and confusion with the new operating system.
Windows 8 is the most radical overhaul of Microsoft's operating system since Windows 95 came out nearly two decades ago. It was revamped to embrace the types of touch-screen controls popular on smartphones and tablet computers, devices that are siphoning sales from the desktop and laptop PCs that have been Microsoft's traditional stronghold. Windows 8 was released with much fanfare in October, but got a lukewarm reception from consumers.
Part of the problem is that Windows 8 tries to be all things to all people. It's designed to respond to touch-screen controls, but it also works with traditional mouse and keyboard commands. It offers a new layout that resembles tablet computers, but it also has a desktop mode that looks like previous versions of Windows. What results is confusion.
In addition, many of the controls to launch programs and change settings have been tucked away. That gives Windows 8 a cleaner look, but it also requires people to do more work finding all the controls....
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12:11 PM, May 08, 2013
Bulandshahr: The callous response of police came to fore when a 10-year-old girl, who was allegedly raped, was put behind bars by women police officials after she approached them to file a complaint along with her mother. Two women constables have been suspended while two sub-Inspectors including the station-in-charge have been sent to police lines following the incident, SSP Gulab Singh said. The survivor spent several hours behind the bars...
02:32 AM, Apr 09, 2013
New Delhi: Railway Minister Pawan Kumar Bansal on Wednesday expressed concern over cleanliness and the quality of food served in trains and at stations and urged zonal managers to regularly monitor the situation. "He also asked senior officers to pay attention to punctuality of trains and safety of the network," said an official after the minister reviewed the functioning of the railways with zonal general managers in Delhi. According to...
04:05 AM, Apr 04, 2013
Chandigarh: As many as 1448 complaints relating to corruption have been received in the past one year in Haryana, state Lokayukta Justice (Retd) Pritam Pal said in Chandigarh on Sunday. Out of these, action has been taken in 900 cases and investigations into remaining complaints will be completed soon, he said. The complaints related mainly to police, revenue and food supply departments, the Lokayukta said. Anyone can file a complaint...
02:50 AM, Mar 25, 2013
In a major embarrassment for Punjab Police, the Punjab and Haryana High Court on Monday directed it to keep away from a young woman, recently assaulted in full public view by policemen in Tarn Taran district after she complained of being sexually assaulted by taxi drivers. ...
01:08 AM, Mar 19, 2013
Police in Bihar are searching for eight doctors charged with dereliction of duty following complaints they abandoned survivors who needed medical assistance during devastating floods more than four years ago, police said. ...
05:52 PM, Mar 05, 2013
India has lodged a formal complaint with China against its move to build three dams on the Brahmaputra river in Tibet. India has asked Beijing in its complaint to ensure that the interests of Indian states are not harmed in the construction. ...
10:21 PM, Jan 31, 2013
A case was filed in a local court in Bihar against the self-styled godman Asaram Bapu for his remarks in connection with the Delhi gangrape case and the court has taken cognisance of it. The complaint case against the godman was filed by advocate Sudhir Kumar Ojha in the court of Chief Judicial Magistrate(CJM) SP Singh, under various sections of the Indian Penal Code (IPC). ...
02:52 PM, Jan 09, 2013
Almost 10 days after All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (MIM) chief Asaduddin Owaisi's brother Akbaruddin Owaisi made an alleged hate speech against a community, state Congress has finally promised to take action against him, who, not for the first time, has been proved controversial. "Our government has taken cognizance of speech and we are collecting evidence to build a strong FIR and a water-tight case where we can book the person...
08:45 AM, Jan 03, 2013
According to BCCC officials, there is a lot of double-meaning language being used in comedy shows. ...
10:50 AM, Dec 29, 2012
New Delhi: It's not even been a month that Windows phone 8 handsets hit store shelves and users have started complaining about Windows Phone 8-powered HTC and Nokia handsets. In a thread over at WPCentral with over 143 replies, numerous HTC 8X users have reported that handsets randomly reboot while it is being used. On the other hand, people have complained about the similar issue on Microsoft's own support forums....
10:30 AM, Nov 19, 2012
Washington: Google subsidiary Motorola Mobility has dropped a complaint of patent infringement against Apple without explanation. In a brief filing with the International Trade Commission on Monday, Motorola Mobility said it was dropping without prejudice a complaint that Apple had infringed on seven Motorola patents. Apple did not return telephone calls seeking comment and Google said only: "As we have said many times before, we will continue to vigorously defend...
10:11 AM, Oct 03, 2012
New Delhi: After griping about Apple's home-grown Maps feature on the new iPhone 5, users now are moaning about the scratch-prone sides and rear panel of the new iPhone 5. According to reports, the back case of the recently launched Apple iPhone 5 is highly susceptible to scratching, while some are even claiming that Apple's new iPhone is arriving with a variety of scuffs and scrapes out of the box....
04:47 PM, Sep 24, 2012
New Delhi: A patient hearing to the grievances of the common man and an honest effort to help him should be the mantra for police, President Pranab Mukherjee told a gathering of top police officers of the country in New Delhi. The President, while addressing the police Director Generals and Inspector Generals at Rashtrapti Bhavan on Friday night, said there was no room for "complacency" for the forces and the...
02:16 AM, Sep 09, 2012
Chennai: There seems to be no end to the flip-flops on part of the IIT-Madras management. While on Saturday they had clearly stated to media representatives in front of senior police officers that they would ensure withdrawal of the false complaint filed against The New Indian Express photographer Albin Mathew, this stand was reversed at a faculty meet held inside the campus on Sunday where professors were apparently told that...
02:27 PM, Aug 27, 2012
Chennai: Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa on Monday filed a complaint against PMK Founder S Ramadoss for criticising her stay at Kodanad estate at Kotagiri recently and the editor of a Tamil weekly for publishing his remarks in its August one edition, which were allegedly defamatory. In the complaint filed in the Principal Sessions Court on behalf of Jayalalithaa, City Public Prosecutor ML Jegan alleged that Ramadoss had "maligned" the...
01:27 AM, Aug 14, 2012
Mumbai: The suspension of five final-year students of LS Raheja College of Art in Bandra on charges of ragging a group of juniors outside the campus last week has put the focus back on the menace of ragging. In the wake of these developments, one wonders what effect the national anti-ragging helpline has had on the problem. MiD DAYs investigations have revealed some shocking stats: out of over 1.6 lakh...
03:12 PM, Aug 09, 2012
London: India's protest against the controversial opening-round loss of boxer Sumit Sangwan (81kg) on Monday in the Olympic Games has been rejected by the jury that reviewed his bout against Brazilian Yamaguchi Falcao Florentino here. "The protest has been rejected. The reasons were not given to us but in cases like these, it is extremely rare that a protest is accepted and the decision overturned," national coach Gurbax Singh Sandhu...
10:41 AM, Jul 31, 2012
London: India have lodged an official complaint after the 19-year-old Sumit Sangwan went down 14-15 under controversial circumstances to Brazilian Yamaguchi Falcao Florentino in the round of 32 of boxing 81kg category at the London Olympics here Monday. Union sports minister, Ajay Maken, tweeted after the match, "Our Cuban coach was protesting at the top of his voice. Everyone felt SUMIT should have been declared a winner. Asking COM Brig...
09:11 PM, Jul 30, 2012
Indore: Taking cognisance of a complaint made by an accused in the Samjhauta Express blast case that he was unlawfully detained and subjected to torture, a local court in Depalpur town has issued a warrant directing the Ambala Jail Superintendent to produce him in the court on June 11 next. The accused Kamal Chouhan had alleged that he was kept in illegal custody from February 10-13 and subjected to torture....
02:24 AM, May 09, 2012
