Want to upgrade from Windows 8 or Windows 8.1 Home to Pro editions or buy an upgrade pack to add Windows Media Center to the operating system? You’d better act fast: Microsoft will be discontinuing Media pack and Pro Pack sales on October 30th, 2015. Right now you can upgrade from Windows 8.1 Home to […]
Mozilla kills Firefox for Windows 8 Metro, figures you probably won’t notice
Developers at Mozilla have spent the last few years getting the Firefox web browser ready to run on Windows 8 computers with Microsoft’s new Metro-style, touch-friendly user interface. A beta was released just over a month ago. But now Mozilla is pulling the plug. It’s not that the browser didn’t work well on Windows tablets… […]
VLC Beta hits Windows 8 with a touch-friendly media player
VLC is a media player that’s earned a reputation as a Swiss Army Knife thanks to its ability to handle just about any audio or video file you can throw at it. There are versions of the app for Windows, Linux, OS X, Android and iOS — and now there’s a version optimized for Windows […]
Lilbits (2-13-2014): Testing the Asus VivoTab Note 8 stylus
The Asus VivoTab Note 8 is a Windows tablet with an Intel Atom Bay Trail processor, 2GB of RAM, an 8 inch, 1280 x 800 pixel display, and support for digital pen input. That means you can use a special stylus to write or draw on the screen or hover over the tablet to move […]
Mozilla releases Firefox for Windows 8 Touch beta
If Firefox is your preferred web browser, but Windows 8 is your preferred tablet operating system then you may have been waiting a long time for Mozilla to release a touch-friendly version of its web browser for Windows 8 and later. Now the wait’s kind of over. Firefox for Windows 8 Touch beta is now […]
51Cube iwork 10 is a Bay Trail convertible that’s thinner than an iPad Air
Chinese manufacturer 51Cube is ready to jump into the Windows 8 convertible fray. Their newly-announced iwork 10 is a dockable tablet that follows in the footsteps of the Microsoft Surface and Asus Transformer Book T100. Like the Transformer Book, the iwork 10 ships with an Intel Bay Trail Atom processor. It’s clocked at 1.8GHz and […]
Dell Venue 8 Pro Windows tablet review
The Dell Venue 8 Pro tablet is just a bit bigger than an iPad mini, but it packs enough power to handle desktop apps. It ships with Windows 8.1 software, comes with Microsoft Office 2013 Home & Student pre-installed, and has an Intel Atom Bay Trail processor which provides the long battery life you expect […]
$299 Asus VivoTab Note 8 Windows tablet with stylus coming soon
There’s mounting evidence that Asus plans to launch its first 8 inch Windows tablet soon, and it looks like the company is taking a page out of Dell’s playbook. The upcoming Asus VivoTab Note 8 appears to be a tablet with an 8 inch screen, an Intel Atom Bay Trail processor, and support for pen […]
Lilbits (12-13-2013): Emulating an Amiga 500 in your browser
Google’s Portable Native Client is software that lets a web app use your computer’s hardware much the way that a native app would do — and this allows you to develop web games, services, and even more complex software that acts like something that would normally run straight from your PC, not a web browser. […]
Toshiba Encore 8 inch Windows 8 tablet up for pre-order for $330
The Toshiba Encore is an 8 inch tablet with an Intel Atom Bay Trail processor, Windows 8.1 software, and Microsoft Office 2013 Home & Student. Toshiba introduced the tablet in September, and now it’s up for pre-order from Amazon for $330. Tosihba’s first 8 inch Windows tablet is powered by an Intel Atom Z3740 quad-core […]
Mozilla launches preview of Firefox for Windows 8 tablets
Mozilla’s new Firefox browser for Windows 8 tablets isn’t expected to be ready for the masses until January. But you can now try out a pre-release version by downloading Firefox Aurora and setting it as your default web browser on a Windows 8 device. If it’s not your default, you’ll only be able to use […]
Hands-on: HP’s Spectre 13 x2 is the first fanless detachable Haswell notebook
The HP Spectre 13 x2 hybrid ultrabook/tablet gets the distinction of being the first fanless, ventless Haswell convertible, which is an achievement considering how thin it is. It will be available for pre-order October 16th, releasing soon after that, and will start at $1,099. The hybrid version looks a lot like the regular ultrabook Spectre […]
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