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In this article, we’ll show you how to enable Hibernation on Windows 8. Step 1:In your system tray, click the battery icon and select More power options from the panel that pops up. Step 2:In the power options window, select either “Choose what closing the lid does” or “Choose what the power button does” from the left panel. Step 3:In the next window, click the blue text that says “Change settings that are currently unavailable” Step 4: At the bottom of the windows, a new set of options will become available. Check the box next to Hibernate and click Save changes. That’s it – Hibernate will now show up in power options. Pull up the Charms bar using the Win + C combination, go to Settings and click the Power button. You’ll see that Hibernate has been added to the list, allowing you to save your system state at any time and resume where you left off. Source : Redmondpie

Windows 8.1 Update 1 has hit RTM Escrow, which means development has stopped and finalizing has began. Everything is now in place for Update 1 and no new features are set to be added. Today, we've had our first screenshots of Update 1 at RTM Escrow. So to clarify. Update 1 includes a smaller footprint, improvements to the taskbar and Modern UI, along with mouse and keyboard enhancements. So overall a pretty welcomed update. Right now, Microsoft are working on fixing any last little bugs before submitting the RTM to partners. We're hearing that a leak of Windows 8.1 Update 1 build 9600.16610 is set to leak within the next day. This build is RTM escrow, and will be leaked in MSU form meaning it can only be applied to a system which has Windows 8.1 RTM installed. We recommend not installing the leak as RTM escrow is 'NOT FINAL'. So as RTM Escrow is now a thing, can we expect to see the final RTM soon? We know the update isn't set for release until April, but that doesn't mean Microsoft can't finalize the update and give it to partners beforehand. Keep an eye out here at WinBeta.org for more. We'll have a video of the new build up when we are able to get our hands on it! Source

The recent Windows 8.1 Update 1 leak (you can take a look at our hands-on video here) has revealed a number of new things which we can expect to see make it's way to all Windows 8.1 PC's in April, including the ability to pin and run Modern UI apps from the taskbar. It also appears Microsoft may be working on a return of the highly popular Aero Glass theme. From what can be enabled in the recent Windows 8.1 Update 1 leak, looks like a variation of the Glass theme can be enabled. In this build, it's extremely buggy and doesn't work as intended to. Dragging windows with Glass enabled lags and leaves many UI errors. So this is definitely a work in progress. It's currently unclear if Microsoft have plans on bringing back the Glass theme to Windows. We've heard rumors countless times claiming that Aero would make a return one day, so this could be those first steps towards said features return. Until we have official concrete information, we'll just have to let this one sit and hope for the best. So, I guess you're wondering how to do it? Well, it's pretty simple. Head over to Regedit.exe (WIN+R and type regedit) and go to the following directory: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows. From here, right click on 'Windows' and select New > Key and name it DWM. From there, create a Dword 32bit values and name it HideBlur, change the value to 1. Restart and voila! Remember it's pretty buggy! Would you like to see Aero Glass return in the final build of Windows 8.1 Update 1? Source

Thanks, i will give a try.