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The latest Windows news, analysis and feature articles from NetworkWorld.com.
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Microsoft fine-tunes Windows 8 Beta with input from users
Microsoft continues to tinker with Windows 8 even as it finalizes its beta version, acting on suggestions it received from users who have experimented with the Windows 8 Developer Preview.
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Microsoft Windows Phone 7 app fights malaria
Microsoft has awarded an Imagine Cup Grant to a team that developed a custom Windows Phone 7 and application that can diagnose malaria then upload the data to cloud servers that map the data to help track outbreaks.
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First look: Windows 8 breaks new ground
The first public beta for Windows 8 is expected to be released in February, but we've been testing pre-beta code in our lab. Our overall impression is that Windows 8 represents an aggressive effort by Microsoft to deliver a single OS that runs just about everywhere and takes on all of Microsoft's key rivals.
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Mac attack
Over the years, Apple has earned a less-than-stellar reputation among purchasers of enterprise desktops. Macs were seen as overpriced to begin with. And Apple didn't offer huge discounts for bulk purchases, like the PC makers. Plus, Macs didn't come with the ecosystem of integrated productivity and management apps that are taken for granted in the Windows world.
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5 key takeaways from CES
As is often the case, the expectations of what will be the big story at the Consumer Electronics Show are different from what actually becomes the big story.
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Looks like October for Windows 8 general release
Microsoft is aiming for October to release the commercial version of Windows 8, based on comments attributed to a Microsoft spokeswoman at CES.
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4 sweet smartphones from CES 2012
Who needs ultrabooks? Some of the coolest devices at this year's CES so far have come from our old friend the smartphone.
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Microsoft aims Windows 8 storage at enterprise data centers
Windows 8 includes a storage scheme suitable for business deployment that can treat hundreds of disks as a single logical storage reservoir and ensures resiliency by backing up data on at least two physical disks.
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Windows 8 can scrub data from disk, but not up to tough security specifications
Windows 8 includes a reset function that restores the operating system to a clean state and scrubs data applications from the disk, but falls short of making that data unrecoverable, according to Microsoft.
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Microsoft Research delves into economics
You might think Microsoft?s research centers would be all about software, security, mobile technology and the like, but the company?s New England research group highlights in its year-end wrap-up the work it has done in areas such as economics, biology and maybe less surprisingly, social media.
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