Windows 8.1 Improvement

Windows 8.1 Adds a Few Mouse & Keyboard Improvements, Coming April 8th!

Microsoft showcased a small update to Windows 8.1 today, which adds a few improvements to using the mouse and keyboard. Here's what you'll find when the update goes live on April 8th.

This is the same update that Microsoft accidentally leaked a month or so ago, so you may be somewhat familiar with it. It contains mostly small changes, but welcome ones:

• Windows 8 will now automatically boot to the desktop instead of the Start screen on new PCs.
• You can make the taskbar visible on the Start screen and tiled apps, making it easy to switch between desktop and Modern apps using the Taskbar—just like you would on the desktop
• The Start screen now contains a power button for easier shutdown (thank God), a search button, and a tile that takes you right to Settings
• Start screen tiles are now easier to select, move around, and resize using the mouse

The update will be available for download on April 8th from the Windows Store. 
Keep an eye out and hook up with the latest update.

Microsoft's Start Menu to Return

Microsoft is Bringing it Back!
Have you heard this?

Likely Sample

If the rumor is true; this could be another good thing from Microsoft.
Though several people have been asking for it (whether spoken or murmured), and Microsoft is providing it: the old Start Menu is coming back.

At its Build conference today, Microsoft announced a new Start Menu that looks like a hybrid of the best of Windows 7 and Windows 8. It's around the same size as the Windows 7 menu, but also features miniature Live Tiles along one side.

In the same demonstration, Microsoft also showed a new mode that allows modern Windows 8 apps to run in the desktop environment inside their own windows. It's a return to Windows' roots for Microsoft, and will make a lot of keyboard and mouse users very happy. If any of these ideas sound familiar to you, that might be because they bear more than a passing resemblance to a concept by a graphic designer that The Verge highlighted late last year. 

The new desktop won't replace the current  Windows environment entirely — the full-screen Start Menu and apps will still be around for those who want them.

A major Windows 8.1 update is coming later this month, but neither of the new features will make it into that refresh.

They're likely to be a major selling point for the next version of Windows, thought to be called Windows 9.

Source: theVerge