Windows Blue, Windows Server Blue, Windows Phone Blue, Windows Services Blue. The one thing missing from this list of next-generation Microsoft releases is a Blue version of Office. Is there one? Microsoft’s next generation of Office software looks like it’s going to be a rebel and not follow Microsoft’s new “Blue” codename. The software will instead go by the codename “Gemini”, and it will be composed of two waves that will be released over the next two years. The first wave will be released alongside Windows Blue, and will bring updates to Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and OneNote. ...

One of the top mobile games, Temple Run is finally coming to Windows Phone. Microsoft is actually bit late with this popular game. The original Temple Run has more than 170 million downloads since its launch in 2011, and there is already a Temple Run 2 available for play on iOS and Android. Microsoft just announced at this week’s Game Developer’s conference that Temple Run, along with other titles including Chaos Rings, Gravity Guy 2, 6th Planet, Propel Man, Fling Theory, Orcs Must Survive, Ruzzle and Drift Mania Championship 2 will soon be available on Windows Store. ...

With less than 24 hours before the launch of the next flagship Android phone (read Galaxy S IV) , Apple executive Phil Schiller made some negative comments about Google’s open source mobile OS; besides bring up the “F” word - fragmentation. According to Phil, “When you take an Android device out of the box, you have to sign up to nine accounts with different vendors to get the experience iOS comes with,” he said. “They don’t work seamlessly together.” ...

Official twitter app for Windows 8 is now available for download. It is available in the Windows Store now in 22 languages which brings the Home / Connect / Discover / Me tabs found in other official apps, plus support for Windows new UI features like snap view, the search charm and Live Tiles. You can download the app from this link and read more about in official Twitter blog post over here. ...

The wait is almost over. Samsung is set to finally unveil its next generation Samsung Galaxy S IV smarphone series on Thursday evening. If you want to watch the live stream of this heavily leaked phone event, bookmark this page. If all of the leaks are to be trusted, you would expect a device with 5-inch HD display, an eight-core processor (or a quad-core chipset in the U.S.), a 13-megapixel camera, up to 64GB of storage plus microSDXC support, 2GB of RAM and Android 4.2 Jelly Bean. ...

We have a super awesome giveaway lined up for you (entry form at the bottom of the post). This is from Cuponation.in. There are offering a Flipkart gift card worth Rs. 1500 exclusive only for iCosmoGeek readers. CupoNation is a startup company focused on providing a collection of the most valuable voucher codes to help Indian online shoppers buy the products they want a price that is more affordable. CupoNation.in website offers discount coupons, deals and voucher codes providing up to 60% discount on a vast selection of categories – ranging from items like Electronics, Books, Apparel, Flowers and Gifts to services like Insurance, Restaurant, Movies and many more. Out of these categories, you can avail coupon codes by copying and pasting in the promo field on the retailer’s checkout page. ...

One of my friends recently contacted me to help reset domain admin password on Windows Server 2008 R2 domain controller that I helped him set up a year back. There are many tools in the market which help resetting administrator password. In fact, most of them help in resetting local administrator password, but not domain administrator password. Here is an easy way to reset your Domain Administrator password. All you need is a copy of the Windows Server 2008 R2 installation disk and one simple command line trick. ...

Love it or hate it, you will get a new laptop pre-installed with Windows 8. The new UI is pretty gorgeous, but you’re confused! Something weird, you can’t find your own files easily as they have for the past 10 years. It’s just an unpleasant dream and you just want your old Windows back? Well, don’t worry! There are Microsoft Certified Professionals who can help you with downgrade option to Windows 7. And for that, they’ll charge you $125 only! This can’t be a good sign for the software giant. ...

The iPhone is a great device. It is a always a winner due to its build quality and reliability. But sometimes, the Home button on the iPhone can just behave a little funky, a little laggy, a bit unresponsive. I have experienced this issue on my iPhone 4S couple of times and I am sure it is an issue in other models as well. Most of the times, these issues are caused by software, unless you’ve dropped your iPhone in water! And a simple Internet research confirmed that a re-calibration is usually all that’s needed to fix most issues with the iPhone’s Home button. Follow these simple steps below which will hopefully leave you with a more responsive, happy home button. ...

If you have recently switched to Windows 8 (official release date to consumers is October 26) or going to migrate in next few months, you’ll notice a significant change when you delete a folder/file. Microsoft disabled the delete confirmation box and whenever you delete a file and they’ll automatically go to Recycle Bin without any confirmation. And here are simple steps to enable delete confirmation dialog in Windows 8. ...