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Windows 8 Consumer Preview: One Step Closer to the PC’s Future

Last September, Microsoft showed off Windows 8 in public for the first time. One glance at the operating-system upgrade–heavily influenced by the company’s inventive Windows Phone–was enough to tell ...
Tulsa World

PC sales fall; Windows 8 cited by market researchers

NEW YORK - Microsoft's Windows 8 software appears to be driving buyers away from PCs and toward smartphones and tablets, research firm IDC said Wednesday. That's leading to the fastest drop in PC ...
VentureBeat

Samsung exec blames Windows 8 for PC sales decline, calls it ‘no better than Vista’

Windows 8 has had a tough run, and the number of people taking issue with the OS keeps growing. Now Samsung executive Jun Dong-soo has taken shots at the operating system, blaming it for not improving ...
Gear Live

You can now pre-order Windows 8 Pro and Windows 8 PCs

Microsoft has just announced that, starting today, you can now pre-order Windows 8 Pro. The normal price for the disc is $199.99, but during the upgrade promotion period, the package will cost $69.99, ...
Time

Windows 8 Speed: It’s Not About the Benchmarks

PCMag.com’s Michael Muchmore has helpfully performed an array of speed tests of various sorts on the Release Preview of Windows 8, comparing it to Windows 7. The news is mostly good: Windows 8, which ...