Friday, 2 March 2012

Windows 8 Consumer Preview: A Visual Tour

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March 2, 2012
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Windows 8 Consumer Preview: A Visual Tour Windows 8 has come a long way since the Developer Preview last year. While you wait for the download, heres a look at what you can expect.
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Hands-On With Windows Server 8 Beta The Metro user interface doesn't serve well as the default for a server OS, but so far the ingredients for success are here.
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Microsoft Releases Windows Server 8 Beta Closely following the company's public preview of Windows 8, Microsoft has released a beta version of its Windows Server 8 operating system.
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Intel Ivy Bridge Processors Delayed, but Don't Panic The first Ivy Bridge chips were due to arrive in April, but they've been pushed back.
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Burning Questions the Windows 8 Consumer Preview Should Answer When Windows 8 Consumer Preview is available Wednesday it should answer questions that the earlier developers' preview didn't.
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Microsoft Launches Windows 8 Consumer Preview With Free Apps Microsoft shows off Windows on ARM and the Microsoft Store at Mobile World Congress, but doesn't discuss Windows 8 for phones or an arrival date for the OS.
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Windows 8 Consumer Preview Available Now Want to try out the next version of Windows? The Windows 8 Consumer Preview is ready to download. Heres how to get it.
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Facebook Timeline Arrives for Business: Prepare Your Page Facebook is introducing major new features for branded pages. Here's what you need to know before March 30, when the radical new layout goes live for all.
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OnLive Desktop Brings Office and Windows 7 to Android OnLive Desktop lets Android tablet users access Windows 7 files and applications, including Microsoft Office, on the road.
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How Cloud Computing Is Forcing IT Evolution To say cloud computing is having a dramatic effect on IT is an understatement.
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Five Windows 8 Features Businesses Should Watch As consumers get a preview of an early version of Windows 8, here are key features that should turn the head of any business manager.
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Defeating Hackers and Malware With Disorder Security company Vigilant leverages the laws of probability to detect maliciousness in data and on machines.
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Researcher: Internet Voting Systems are Too Insecure Internet voting systems are inherently insecure and should not be allowed in the upcoming general elections, a noted security researcher said at the RSA Conference 2012 being held here this week.
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Women Take Social Media Privacy More Seriously Than Men Do Social media privacy awareness is increasing among Americans, according to a new study. However in the battle of the sexes, women trump men when it comes to locking down the privacy of profiles.
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Interpol Arrests 25 Alleged Anonymous Members International law enforcement rounded up suspected members of the hacking group in four countries in South America and Europe.
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Community Cloud Services: The Next Big Thing? When Mathew Lodge, senior director of cloud services for VMware, looks out over the cloud landscape and envisions how it will continue to evolve, he sees community clouds playing a big role.
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Yammer Plans to Boost Sales, Engineering Staff With New Funding Enterprise social networking software vendor Yammer plans to beef up its sales and engineering staff with the latest funding infusion from investors, an $85 million financing round.
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