About Stephen Pate

Stephen Pate has been consulting and writing about computers for three decades. His IT career has included IBM370. System 33, and the original IBM PC. He is the founder of a publicly traded Microsoft Dynamics developer.

Windows 8.1 Live in New York City 7 AM

One year after Windows 8, a major update arrives to cement Microsoft’s position as the leading operating system developer and fix user concerns

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Windows 8.1 will improve the Start screen, return the missed Start button, add Internet Explorer 11, integrate a richer Bing Search into the operating system and apps, add multi-tasking and embed SkyDrive for the cloud everywhere.

Terry Myerson, EVP, Operating Systems at Microsoft reflected on the “Windows everywhere” theme on The Windows Blog. Continue reading