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Microsoft makes it easier to navigate touchscreens by sound with new Windows 8 Narrator changes

By Adi Robertson on July 18, 2012 10:36 am + 6 comments

After rolling out a new version of its Windows 8 accessibility tools and taking feedback, Microsoft Continue reading…
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Microsoft adds desktop app listings to Windows Store release preview

By Nathan Ingraham on June 1, 2012 04:04 pm + 25 comments

We've known this was coming for a while, but Microsoft has just added desktop apps to the release Continue reading…
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Start button and Start Menu hacks still work in Windows 8 Release Preview

By Tom Warren on June 1, 2012 07:10 am + 24 comments

Despite reports that claimed Microsoft was taking steps to remove legacy code from its Windows 8 Continue reading…
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Windows 8 Release Preview now available to download

By Tom Warren on May 31, 2012 03:02 pm + 132 comments

Microsoft's highly anticipated Windows 8 Release Preview is now available to download. The software Continue reading…
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Windows 8 Release Preview: new apps, improvements, and Flash support (hands-on)

By David Pierce on May 31, 2012 03:00 pm + 485 comments

Two months after giving people a first taste of Windows 8 with the Consumer Preview, Microsoft's Continue reading…
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Microsoft reportedly working to block apps that re-enable the Windows 8 Start button

By Tom Warren on May 31, 2012 06:10 am + 596 comments

Microsoft appears to be taking steps to remove legacy code from its Windows 8 operating system that Continue reading…
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Windows 8 Release Preview leaks out ahead of official debut

By Tom Warren on May 29, 2012 02:16 pm + 53 comments

A Chinese edition of Microsoft's Windows 8 Release Preview, due in the first week of June, has Continue reading…
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Windows 8 Release Preview to include Metro style News, Sports, and Travel apps

By Tom Warren on May 21, 2012 07:42 am + 131 comments

Microsoft appears to be expanding its built-in Windows 8 apps for the upcoming Release Preview. Due Continue reading…
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Microsoft reveals Windows 8 desktop UI changes, drops Aero Glass

By Andrew Webster on May 18, 2012 06:05 pm + 703 comments

Microsoft has revealed that it has made some big changes to its desktop UI for Windows 8, which Continue reading…
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Windows 8 Mail, Calendar, People, Messaging, and other apps updated for Release Preview

By Tom Warren on May 16, 2012 05:40 am + 125 comments

Microsoft has started to update a range of its core Windows 8 communications applications ahead of Continue reading…