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2012,Aug
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Microsoft Announces Windows 8 is Finished

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Windows 8 has been released to manufacturing (RTM)! This means Microsoft completed the product development and testing of the product and have started handing off the final code to our OEM partners. They can now begin preparing new Windows 8 PCs and devices they’ll introduce starting with General Availability.  (more…)

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2012,Aug
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New Windows 8-ready Mice and Keyboards From Microsoft Hardware

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Microsoft Hardware is announcing new mice and keyboards that are designed to take advantage of Windows 8. These new mice and keyboards will help people interact with their Windows 8 PCs and devices. They will be perfect companions to Windows 8.  (more…)

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2012,Jul

The 10 Most Useful Windows 8 Keyboard Shortcuts

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These keyboard shortcuts all work in the Windows 8 Release Preview, and there’s no reason to assume they won’t be supported in the final release. Virtually all of them use the Windows key in combination with another key. (more…)

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2012,Jul
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Attack Points of Windows 8

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Windows 8 is looking like it will be a more secure operating system to install than Windows 7, but that doesn’t mean it’s 100 percent. A security researcher claims that he has found at least three attack points in Windows 8 that could leave the OS open to exploits. (more…)

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2012,Jul
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Windows 8 Computers Will be on Sale in October This Year

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Computers with the next version of the Windows operating system, Windows 8, will be on sale in October this year. The announcement was made by Microsoft in Toronto, but a specific sales date was not announced. According to most of the analysts, the Windows 8 PCs will be available in the market during the holiday period so that more and more customers could go for it. (more…)

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2012,Jun
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Windows 8 Release Preview Has Been Officially Launched

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Microsoft recently announced the release of the Windows 8 Release Preview, the prerelease of the highly anticipated Windows 8 operating system. Since the February release of Windows 8 Consumer Preview, which was downloaded more than 1 million times in the first 24 hours, Windows 8 has become the most tested Microsoft operating system of all time, and with the Release Preview, it enters its final phase of development before it releases to manufacturing. (more…)

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2012,Mar
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Windows 8 Store

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The Windows 8 Consumer Preview, came packed with pre-installed Metro-style apps. These include Camera, Messaging, Mail, Calendar, SkyDrive, People, Photos, Video and Music and more.

From the Start screen you can go to the Windows Store. Here you can find familiar, new and popular apps. It is easy to discover new apps with New releases, Top free, Top paid, and All stars lists or you can even see a list of recommended Picks for you. You can also browse through the different categories. Apps are grouped together by type, making it easier to browse rather than searching directly. (more…)

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2012,Mar
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Start Button Removed From Windows 8

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Microsoft has gotten rid of the start button from the latest build of Windows 8.  Screenshots of the new Windows 8 build display the “super bar,” but without the start button orb on the left, according to The Verge. Build 8220 will be the final version released before the beta, now known as the Consumer Preview, debuts before the end of the month. Until its untimely (or timely) death, the Windows 8 start button located in the Metro UI offered access to the search, share, devices, and settings panels. The Windows start button in the desktop simply returned you to the Metro UI. To replace the start button, Microsoft will reportedly turn that space into a hot corner, sources told The Verge. (more…)

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2012,Mar
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Windows 8 Consumer Preview Already Launched! Download and Try!

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Microsoft recently launched its Windows 8 Consumer Preview. Steven Sinofsky revealed that Microsoft has made over 100,000 major code changes to Windows 8 since the Developer Preview was released in September. 

Antoine Leblond, vice president of Windows Web Services, showed off how the OS ran on a typical computer with a mouse and desktop. Simple tasks like copying and pasting have been drastically improved in Windows 8.

Now, you can easily manage copying multiple files at once. He also showed how easy it is to move between the Windows 8 Explorer view back to the Start screen. Basically, it looks like you won’t miss the traditional Start button too much.  (more…)

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2012,Feb
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Windows 8 Consumer Preview is Finally Here!

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Microsoft finally compiled the public Windows 8 Consumer Preview build, 8250 (Beta version). The public release of the following build its scheduled for later today 29th February. Microsoft announced that they would unveil the Consumer preview version of Windows 8 today  during the Mobile World conference in Barcelona, Spain. The estimated time when Windows 8 consumer preview would be available for download is 3:00 PM (Barcelona local time ).  (more…)

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