Thunderbolt on Windows gets hands-on, lacks Mac’s hot-swapping

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Thunderbolt's 10-gigabit interface is only just making its way to Windows after spending more than a year as a Mac-only feature , so it's not surprising that a lot of questions surround how well the Apple- and Intel-developed connection works for those of a Microsoft persuasion. A thorough test at AnandTech of one of the first motherboards to support the spec on Windows PCs, an Ivy Bridge -ready board from MSI , has shown some positive signs along with a few flies in the high-speed ointment. The good news

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Video Collaboration Service TenHands Launches Free Browser-Based WebEx Competitor

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As the capabilities of modern browsers expand and developing standards like Google’s WebRTC initiative for real-time communications slowly find their way into most popular browsers, we’ll likely see more video collaboration software that’s currently still client-based move to the browser as well. TenHands , which is launching its private beta today (you can request an invite here ) wants to be the first out of the gate in this market and sees itself as a direct competitor to Cisco’s WebEx , Microsoft Lync and other incumbents in this space

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Ringtone Maker Creates Custom Tones for Nearly Any Phone in Just a Few Clicks [Friday Fun]

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Windows: We've shown you a few ways to create a ringtone for your iPhone or Android device , but free app Ringtone Maker makes the process just about as quick and painless as possible—and it works for just about any phone you can think of. More

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Cubby Is Like Dropbox… If Dropbox Also Had Free, Unlimited Syncing (And We’ve Got Invites) [Video]

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Windows/OS X: Cubby is a new cloud syncing service with one major difference from its competition: It doesn't have any storage limits when you're syncing from computer to computer. More

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Spotify offers up playlist radio stations and more with latest upgrade

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For an upgrade with a fairly underwhelming number like 0.8.3 attached, the latest version of the Spotify desktop client brings the goods. First up is much requested the ability to create radio stations based on playlists or albums, with the click of a button (that would be the Start Playlist Radio or Start Album Radio button, for the record), generating a queue of similar music. A new boost to search brings up music in the main view when you hover over it in search results, while embeddable HTML codes have been added to right click functionality

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Samsung Omnia M revealed for Europe: 4-inch Super AMOLED and some software extras

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More new Windows Phones, this time for the old continent. Instead of the Focus 2 , Samsung announced that the Omnia M will take its place in Europe and it's looking an awful lot like its predecessor -- although we're a bit concerned the build quality may not match its older brother.

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Intel: Windows 8 on ARM Is an Uphill Fight [Intel]

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Windows 8 is stirring up a fair deal of controversy for Microsoft. Now, Intel has come out as saying that it thinks that running the new OS on ARM hardware is going to prove difficult. More

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CHKDSK is changing how it works (step 1 of 1) 56 percent completed…

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PC users of a certain age will be all too familiar with defragging and disk checking, normally as a last-ditch attempt to reinvigorate a flagging or faulty system. Fast-forward to 2012, and Microsoft is reassessing the role of the whole NTFS health model for the modern world (well, Windows 8 at least).

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How to Securely Share a Password with Someone Using LastPass [Passwords]

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Occasionally, you need to share a password with someone. Maybe it's a shared office-wide password, your family's Amazon login, or maybe you just want to share a Netflix account with your roommate.

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Is Microsoft Planning to Limit Your Browser Choice on Windows 8 Tablets? [Microsoft]

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If you're used to freely choosing which browser you use in Windows, brace yourself: Mozilla is claiming that Microsoft is planning to limit user choice for browsers on tablets running Windows 8. More

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