Operating system news
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Windows Blue gets official name: Windows 8.1
Tami Reller, the top Windows marketing and financial exec, tells a JP Morgan conference that Windows 8.1 will be free and available later this year.
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Microsoft responds to 'extreme' Windows 8 criticism
Microsoft has posted a rebuttal to the mounting attacks on the company and Windows 8. 3
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Windows Blue: what's new? FAQ
The top marketing and financial executive in Microsoft's Windows group dished, just a little, on the next Windows update. CNET offers up a guide on what to expect when Blue finally arrives. 1
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Windows Blue preview to hit in late June: Microsoft exec
The corporate vice president for Windows said there won't be any major changes to Windows 8 with the forthcoming update.
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The untold story behind Apple's $13,000 operating system
CNET had the opportunity to look at newly surfaced contracts, design specs, and page after page of schematics and code, revealing how Apple created its first disk OS, a chapter of Silicon Valley history critical to its later success.
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Windows Blue poised to become Windows 8.1
The Windows Blue operating system update is likely to be named "Windows 8.1" when it arrives midyear, according to sources.
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Windows 8 core app updates due tomorrow
Microsoft is starting to roll out major updates to its Mail, Calendar and People apps for Windows 8 and Windows RT. What other updates are coming and when?
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Windows Blue leak shows changes large and small
In an alleged newly leaked build, the Windows 8 Start screen appears with both bigger and smaller Live Tile setups, an additional snap view and new personalisation options. It also shows a hint of IE 11. 1
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Ubuntu Touch OS heading to smartphones, tablets
Developers are working to bring the operating system to more than 20 varieties of smartphones and tablets.
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Microsoft said to be readying public preview of Windows Blue
Microsoft's Windows Blue operating system update is rumoured to be coming in the next couple of months.
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