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The problem with iTunes and Windows 8

By Rene Ritchie, Saturday, May 11, 2013 a 8:34 am

According to the chief financial officer of Windows -- what, your company doesn't have a product-level CFO? -- Microsoft has laid out the welcome mat for iTunes for Windows 8, but Apple has yet to come a knocking. Why ever could that be?

MacBook Pro is the best performing Windows laptop

By Peter Cohen, Thursday, Apr 25, 2013 a 9:30 am

The MacBook Pro was judged to be the "best performing" Windows laptop, according to a new study by PC services company Soluto. Soluto used "frustration analytics" to make the determination, according to Brooke Crothers at CNet.

View multiple windows on your iPad with Quasar jailbreak tweak [Updated]

By chrisoldroyd, Monday, Apr 30, 2012 a 9:19 am

A new jailbreak tweak called Quasar has just been released that will let you have multiple app windows open and live all at the same time. If you yearn for the opportunity to have your iPad running like a desktop, Quasar could be just what you've been looking for.

Splashtop puts Windows 8 on your iPad in the ultimate show of sacrilege

By Simon Sage, Friday, Apr 13, 2012 a 2:49 pm

Splashtop's desktop-to-mobile virtualization app has just perversely enabled users to access their Windows 8 PC desktop on their iPad. Of course, this sort of VPN is nothing new, but it is the first time we're seeing it with Windows 8, much of which was designed specifically for touch input.

Windows 8 Consumer Preview now available for download

By Rene Ritchie, Wednesday, Feb 29, 2012 a 10:32 am

Sure iPhones and iPads are made by Apple, but many if not most iOS users are also Windows users, and just today Microsoft has made their next-generation operating system available for test driving via the Windows 8 Consumer Preview.

It's Windows reimagined and reinvented from a solid core of Windows 7 speed and reliability. It's an all-new touch interface. It's a new Windows for new devices. And it's your chance to be one of the first to try it out.

Microsoft rolls out its MSN iPad app to the USA and Canada

By chrisoldroyd, Friday, Feb 10, 2012 a 3:56 am

Microsoft has rolled out its popular MSN app to the USA and Canada. It was originally launched at the end of January as a UK only release. The MSN app brings you all of the latest news, sports, entertainment and much more form the Microsoft network in a beautiful magazine style layout on your iPad.

iPone 4S, iPad 2 jailbreak tool Greenpois0n Absinthe for Windows now available

By Allyson Kazmucha, Saturday, Jan 21, 2012 a 7:51 pm

We finally got an untethered jailbreak for iPhone 4S and iPad 2 yesterday via Greenpois0n Absinthe. Until now the tool was only released for Mac users. It has now been updated with support for Windows users.

How to jailbreak iPhone 4S and iPad 2 on Windows now via redsn0w CLI 0.4.3

By Allyson Kazmucha, Saturday, Jan 21, 2012 a 11:42 am

If you're running Windows, you can now jailbreak your iPhone 4S or iPad 2 on iOS 5.0 or iOS 5.0.1. The Dev Team has issued an update to redsn0w that adds support. This process isn't as easy as a simple one click tool like Greenpois0n Absinthe but if you absolutely can't wait any longer to jailbreak, we've got you covered.

How to quickly upgrade all your local music to 256Kbps iTunes Match versions

By Rene Ritchie, Saturday, Nov 19, 2011 a 10:27 am

MacWorld's Jason Snell has written up a quick way to force your local Windows or Mac iTunes library to upgrade all your songs to the 256kbps iTunes Match versions. If you're still syncing your iPhone, iPod touch, or iPad to iTunes via USB or via the new Wi-Fi sync, it's a quick way to get them on your device(s) as well.

Apple releases iTunes 10.5.1, launches iTunes Match in the US [Updated]

By Rene Ritchie, Monday, Nov 14, 2011 a 12:36 pm

Apple has released iTunes 10.5.1 and along with it, their paid music locker service in the U.S., iTunes Match. Coming after several extended betas, and past the previously announced October time frame, iTunes Match costs 24.99 a year and allows users to scan their iTunes libraries and either gain access to matching, 256kbps tracks from the iTunes Catalog, or upload their own, off-catalog tracks for access from any iPhone, iPad, iPod touch, or iTunes client on Mac or Windows.