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• Microsoft details Windows 8 upgrade program for consumers

  By Juan Carlos Perez | 01 June, 2012 19:33

  Microsoft provided on Friday more details about the Windows 8 OS upgrade program for consumers who buy Windows 7 PCs, clarifying certain dates, offer limits and impact on the company's accounting.

• Microsoft confirms $15 Windows 8 upgrade

  By Gregg Keizer | 31 May, 2012 23:47

  Microsoft said on Thursday that it would kick off a Windows 8 upgrade program on Saturday, June 2, giving buyers of new Windows 7 PCs the chance to grab a copy of the not-yet-released operating system for $15.

• Fedora Linux capitulates to Microsoft boot certificate

  By Joab Jackson | 31 May, 2012 21:34

  In order to get its Linux distribution to run on the next generation of secured desktop computing hardware, the Fedora Project will obtain a digital signature from Microsoft, a developer from the project announced Wednesday.

• Windows 8 update: All the latest news, rumours and rumblings

  By Tim Greene | 31 May, 2012 21:31

  Rumours of a version of Office for Apple iPads get more and more specific, with the latest claiming that the software will launch Nov. 10.

• Microsoft launches Windows 8 Release Preview

  By Gregg Keizer | 31 May, 2012 20:29

  As expected, Microsoft today shipped Windows 8 Release Preview, the final sneak peek the company will offer the general public before the operating system goes on sale later this year.

• Apple CEO Tim Cooks knocks Windows 8 'baggage'

  By Gregg Keizer | 31 May, 2012 19:05

  Apple CEO Tim Cook this week again slammed rival Microsoft's Windows 8 and its promise to be an operating system for all devices, whether tablets, desktops, laptops or hybrids that combine elements of all.

• Microsoft to ship Windows 8 Release Preview today

  By Gregg Keizer | 31 May, 2012 11:00

  Microsoft will ship Windows 8 Release Preview today, several days earlier than expected, according to a blog briefly posted by the company.

• Windows 8 Release Preview leaks to Web

  By Gregg Keizer | 30 May, 2012 10:54

  A Chinese edition of Windows 8, reportedly the same build that Microsoft will launch in the next week as the Release Preview, has leaked to file-sharing sites.

• Coming Attractions: Windows 8

  By John Moltz | 25 May, 2012 18:09

  Let's get a couple of things straight right off the bat. First, it's absurd to take the opinion of an obvious Apple partisan like me about Windows 8. I've been using the Mac for more than 20 years, so it's going to take a Star Trek-level time-travelling reboot to get me really excited about the next version of Microsoft's operating system. Second, I can't really review Windows 8. No one can. Even with a preview release set to arrive early next month, Windows 8 isn't due in its final form for months. Who knows? Maybe, like a movie, Microsoft will spice it up with a car chase or a happy ending.

• Opinion: Leaked Dell Windows 8 tablet specs seem weak

  By Tony Bradley | 25 May, 2012 22:41

  Some details are beginning to emerge of what we can expect from the first generation of Intel-based Windows 8 tablets. If the leaked specs of the Dell Windows 8 tablet are any indication, though, the devices may be severely underwhelming.

• Microsoft envisions 80-Inch Windows 8 Tablets

  By Jared Newman | 25 May, 2012 20:54

  If you thought Samsung's 11.6-inch Windows 8 preview tablet was on the large side, it's nothing compared to the touch screen Steve Ballmer has in his office.

• Windows 8 update: all the latest rumours, opinions and possibilities

  By Tim Greene | 25 May, 2012 14:35

  While it lacks the mobility usually associated with this class of device, there's an 80-inch tablet serving the head of Microsoft as a wallboard and as a substitute for other work-related gear.

• Microsoft clarifies Ballmer's claims of massive Windows 8 adoption

  By Gregg Keizer | 24 May, 2012 18:46

  Reports earlier this week that Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer predicted unprecedented sales of Windows 8 were wrong on multiple counts, Microsoft and independent analysts have agreed.

• Windows 8 puts end to endless reboots

  By Gregg Keizer | 23 May, 2012 18:48

  Microsoft yesterday promised that a feature it's added to Windows 8 will put a stop to endless reboots.

• Windows 8 touchscreen devices to be priced higher: Dell

  By Agam Shah | 23 May, 2012 09:43

  Touchscreen laptops and tablets with the upcoming Windows 8 OS will be priced higher than their non-touchscreen counterparts, according to Dell's CEO, Michael Dell.