Windows Weekly 261: Don't Nudge Me
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By Paul Thurrott
In the latest episode of the Windows Weekly podcast, Iyaz Akhtar and I discuss the cost of Microsoft’s coming Windows 8 update offer, a Windows 8 Release Preview ... preview, Windows 8 and DVD playback, dueling search engines, and Microsoft Signature....
Windows 8 Feature Focus: Contracts
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By Paul Thurrott
Unless you’re a serious old timer, you probably don’t remember when copy and paste functionality, now a common and expected feature, was added to Windows. Well, this time you have no excuse: Microsoft is adding a new capability to Windows 8 called contracts. And as with copy and paste, you’re going to have a hard time remembering us...
WOF: Windows 8 ditches Aero Glass -- will you miss it?
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In a lengthy blog post, Microsoft has explained some of the logic behind Windows 8's interface. Much of the article discusses Metro, but a sizable chunk focuses on the desktop environment, including some significant changes that haven't been revealed in the Consumer Preview yet. Most notably, Microsoft says it's scrapping... 
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Weekend tech reading: Facebook from inception to IPO
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The Facebook story: from inception to IPO Just over eight years after Mark Zuckerberg launched thefacebook in a Harvard dorm room, Facebook has officially gone public today. And, what better time to dig back into the company's history, as documented by everyone from The Harvard Crimson and The New Yorker to... ...
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Zortam Mp3 Media Studio Pro 13 is all-in-one Mp3 applications.
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Zortam Mp3 Media Studio Pro 13 is all-in-one Mp3 applications. It provides Zortam Auto Tagger that gets cover arts, lyrics, albums, genres and other tag information using batch processing from Zortam database, MP3 Organizer, Mp3 Normalizer, ID3 Tag Editor, Mp3[…]
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Alienware M17x R4
Dell's gaming powerhouse features the very first mobile Ivy Bridge processor. We find out how fast it goes
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Motorola Motoluxe
Motorola aims to crack the budget market with its latest Android phone, but is the 4in screen enough to brush aside strong competition?
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Qnap TS-412 Turbo NAS
Qnap takes the fight to Synology with this feature-packed, highly affordable four-bay NAS device
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Ubuntu 12.04 LTS
The latest release of Ubuntu is a long-term support version - but is there enough here to persuade desktop users and businesses to switch?
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AMD Trinity for laptops
AMD unleashes its latest mobile architecture, Trinity, and sets its sights on clawing back Intel's market share
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Qsan Technology P300Q-D212
Qsan Technology's latest IP SAN device focuses closely on data redundancy