Windows 8.1 is intended to “fix” many of the perceived problems of Windows 8. However, for the Bing team, the release of Windows 8.1 offered a new opportunity to more deeply integrate Bing into the OS ...

Microsoft reveals more information about how the Bing team worked with the Windows team to incorporate Bing's search engine inside Windows 8.1 for the new Bing Smart Search feature. Microsoft is ...

Once upon a time Windows-powered devices dominated the portable computer market. But these days many people use Android or iOS-powered phones or tablets to do many of the things that used to require a ...

One of the highlights of Windows 8.1 is the new “smart search” feature, which pulls together results from Bing’s search engine, Wikipedia, documents on your desktop and from apps that allow Windows ...

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Documentation allegedly associated with the “Windows 8.1 with Bing” release appears to show that, from a product sense, very little will differentiate it from a standard Windows implementation. Noted ...

Serving tech enthusiasts for over 25 years. TechSpot means tech analysis and advice you can trust. Last week we heard that Microsoft may be planning a low-cost or free version of Windows 8.1 dubbed ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Microsoft technically charges OEMs $10 for each copy of Windows 8.1 with Bing for installation on ...

The rumors were true: On Friday, Microsoft announced Windows 8.1 with Bing, a new version of Windows 8.1 available only to hardware manufacturers. The new edition of Windows appears to be the same as ...