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Next pre-release version of Windows 8 to support 38 markets for Windows Store apps

By Tom Warren on April 19, 2012 03:58 am + 1 comments

Microsoft is planning to extend its Windows Store service to accept app submissions from developers Continue reading…
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Windows 8 Metro style apps can hibernate and resume quickly to free up memory

By Tom Warren on April 18, 2012 07:12 am + 35 comments

Microsoft has detailed its power efficiency work for Metro style apps previously, involving Continue reading…
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Windows Server 8 to be named Windows Server 2012, due later this year

By Tom Warren on April 17, 2012 12:09 pm + 8 comments

Microsoft announced today that Windows Server "8" will be named Windows Server 2012 when it is Continue reading…
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Intel Cove Point Windows 8 ultrabook hybrid may cost $1,000, says Intel

By Tom Warren on April 17, 2012 07:13 am + 80 comments

Intel showed off its Windows 8 hybrid tablet / ultrabook prototype at its Developer Forum (IDF) in Continue reading…
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Windows on ARM officially named 'Windows RT,' joins Windows 8, Windows 8 Pro, and Windows 8 Enterprise

By Nilay Patel on April 16, 2012 07:10 pm + 585 comments

Microsoft has just announced its full suite of Windows 8 editions, and the major news is that Continue reading…
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Windows 8 gets its first third-party Metro Twitter client along with new apps and games

By Tom Warren on April 16, 2012 07:47 am + 41 comments

Microsoft's summer interns may have created Windows 8's first Twitter client, Tweet@rama, during the Continue reading…
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Microsoft reportedly pushing Windows 8 ultrabook vendors for touch-enabled hardware

By Tom Warren on April 16, 2012 05:49 am + 110 comments

Microsoft may be hard at work tweaking its Metro style Windows 8 user interface for a public release Continue reading…
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Splashtop remote desktop app brings Windows 8 to the iPad

By Nate Ralph on April 12, 2012 01:11 pm + 83 comments

Slashtop has released a $25 remote desktop client that brings the Windows 8 experience to the iPad. Continue reading…
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Intel expects retina-style displays to reach laptops by 2013

By Andrew Webster on April 12, 2012 12:56 pm + 66 comments

Mobile devices like the new iPad are getting consumers used to high-resolution, pixel-dense Continue reading…
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Toshiba announces Ivy Bridge-powered all-in-one PCs, the LX835 and LX815

By Sean Hollister on April 10, 2012 08:01 am + 2 comments

We're still a ways away from the availability of Intel's third-generation Core processors, not to Continue reading…