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Microsoft targets Windows 8 for 2012
Microsoft wants to stick to the three-year OS development track, with the latest roadmap showing Windows 8 due for release around 2012. Did the Mayans know something we don't?
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Windows Home Server gets Power Pack 3 update next week
Got Windows 7 on your PCs and a Windows Home Server box sitting in the corner? Then you’ll want to grab the Power Pack 3 update as soon as it’s released next week.
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Samsung details new ‘Bada’ smartphone OS
Do we really need another smartphone OS? Samsung thinks so... its new Bada OS will debut next month, with the first handsets and Bada app store due by min-2010.
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Office 2010 beta released to public
Microsoft has opened the floodgates for public downloads of Office 2010 Beta 2, along with its smartphone sibling Office Mobile 2010.
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Advertising coming to your Windows 7 desktop theme
Big-name companies may soon be able to place adverts on the Windows 7 desktop thanks to a marketing-friendly initiative from Microsoft
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App stores a go-go at App Planet 2010
App stores are where it's all happening – so much so that the annual Mobile World Congress is launching the App Planet 2010 expo to claim slice of the action.
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Smartphone shake-up: Windows Mobile falls behind iPhone and BlackBerry
Microsoft’s slice of the worldwide smartphone market slumps into single digits and is barely twice the share of newcomer Android, while the iPhone and BlackBerry pull well ahead.
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Intel preps new home server designs for Atom
January could see a new wave of compact mini-servers marrying second-gen Atom chips to Windows Home Server systems.
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Windows 7 NOT a Mac rip-off, says Microsoft
A lot of tech sites were reporting an admission from Microsoft that it was "inspired by" Mac OS X. That's not the case according to an actual Windows 7 designer.
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Office 2010 Beta 2 leaks onto BitTorrent
Microsoft will release the public beta of its next-gen Office suite on Wednesday but it’s already landed on popular BitTorrent file sharing sites.
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Office 2010 Beta 2 and Office Web Apps set for public release this week
Microsoft will release public beta editions of Office 2010 and the online Office Web Apps components this coming Wednesday.
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Windows 7 hits 4% penetration rate in PC market
Windows 7 is removing the bad taste Vista left in the mouths of consumers.
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IN PICTURES: Zut alors! Inside the Windows Cafe in Paris
In what may well be the weirdest promotional strategy ever, Microsoft has opened a Windows Café in the heart of Paris. APC takes you on a tour.
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Upgrading to Windows 7? Check the compatibility site
If you're thinking of upgrading to Windows 7 but haven't started yet, you can check your software and hardware on a Microsoft site to see if your PC can enter Win 7th heaven
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Vista: goodbye and good riddance!
Almost three years to the day of its debut, Windows Vista is shunted off the stage to make way for Windows 7. What won’t you miss about the much-maligned OS?
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