Like 2009, this year is one of dueling operating system upgrades, when the two biggest OS rivals face off with new editions. We've covered both the Windows 8 and OS X Mountain Lion upgrades, and spelled out what's known so far about their ...
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Computerworld-Microsoft confirmed Wednesday that owners of Windows RT hardware,including the company's own Surface RT,must acquire a commercial license for Office 2013 to use those devices'bundled Office apps at and for work. The ...
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With just weeks before the public launch of Windows 8,users are five times less likely to be running the new OS than they were Windows 7 at the same point in its countdown,an analytics firm said today. The newest numbers from ...
Computerworld - As promised, Microsoft today released the final version of Windows 8 to MSDN and TechNet subscribers. But it also posted a 90-day evaluation copy of Windows 8 RTM (release to manufacturing) that anyone can download. At ...
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Computerworld - A final copy of Windows 8 leaked to the Internet on Thursday, just a day after Microsoft stamped the new operating system as finished. Identified as Windows 8 Enterprise N -- the "N" marks it as aimed at European users -- ...
Computerworld - Microsoft today announced that it's wrapped up Windows 8 and declared that the operating system has met the "release to manufacturing" (RTM) milestone. "A short while ago we started releasing Windows 8 to PC OEM and ...
Windows 8,the next major upgrade of Microsoft's operating system for PCs,tablets and laptops,will be released to manufacturers in August and will ship commercially in October,the company announced on Monday. Microsoft had previously said ...
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