Microsoft Sets Windows 8 Release Date; Bring On The Surface Tablets!

We’ve known for a while now that Microsoft will release Windows 8 sometime this fall, but so far the company had yet to provide a hard date for the platform’s retail launch. With just over three months to go, Microsoft has now revealed October 26 as when Windows 8 will finally arrive.

Microsoft’s announcement of its Surface tablets last month caught us all a bit by surprise. Sure, some sort of tablet news was rumored, but the quality of the products Microsoft ended up revealing, along with that very compelling keyboard cover, were really an unexpected slam dunk. Today’s revelation of the Windows 8 retail launch doesn’t mean we’ll be seeing Surface arrive at the same time, but you can bet the first of those tablets will be hot on its tail.

That’s the case for the Windows RT version of Surface, at least. Don’t forget that there’s also a more full-featured Windows 8 Pro version, with an Intel processor and specs more in-line with those of a typical laptop. Last we heard, that model could be landing another three months after the RT Surface debuts, meaning we’re looking at some time around late January or early February of next year.
Surface won’t be alone in the Windows 8 tablet market, and once the OS arrives, we’ll be seeing models from a number of additional manufacturers.

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Nexus 7 Tablets Arriving With Loose Screens; Luckily, The Fix Is Simple

With shipments of the Nexus 7 now arriving, tons of Android users are getting their first hands-on experiences with the tablet. At least some of them, though, have been finding that their new tablets arrived with loose screens that tended to come away from the tablet’s framework a bit. If you’d rather not ship things back to Google and wait even longer to get a replacement, there’s a quick fix you can do yourself that seems to full resolve the issue.


Basically, all you need to do is pop-off the tablet’s rear casing, and then tighten-up all the little screws you see exposed.
The rubber backing can be pried-off (carefully) with a piece of plastic to avoid marring the finish. Then you’ll need to grab a tiny Phillips head screwdriver and give all the screws around the edge another twist. Reportedly, they’re in about 80% of the way already, and making them just a smidge tighter manages to hold the screen securely in place.
Obviously, don’t attempt this fix if anything here sounds confusing or makes you apprehensive, but if you’re up for it, it sounds like a pretty darn elegant solution.

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