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Windows 8 Hits Its Next Milestone -- Release Preview Is out Now

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Windows 8 Hits Its Next Milestone -- Release Preview Is out Now Microsoft has released the latest test version of its upcoming Windows 8 operating system, which is now officially in what the company calls its "final phase".
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Intel Intros Dual-Core Ivy Bridge Chips; Releases Sneak Peek of Upcoming Ultrabooks The chipmaker also ramps up the standards for Ultrabooks.
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Chrome Steals Second From Firefox in Browser Wars Google's Chrome passed Mozilla's Firefox in May to become the world's second-most-popular browser, according to data released today by a Web analytics company.
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Windows 8 Release Preview Impressions Microsoft's Windows 8 Release Preview demonstrates just how far the company has come with its new OS. Will it be enough to convert the naysayers?
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How to Download and Install the Microsoft Windows 8 Release Preview The latest fine-tuned beta version of Window 8 is now available for your testing pleasure. It's free.
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Apple's iPad Will Be More Popular Than PCs in 2020 Piper Jaffray analysts think that in the long run any cannibalizing of Mac sales by iPads will pay off.
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Games Forecast: 10 Awesome Titles Coming Soon Some of the video game industry's heavyweights will be coming out to play in the second half of 2012. Let's take a look.
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Windows 8 iPad Rivals Ahoy! As Microsoft's refreshed operating system nears release, tablets running Windows 8 are starting to appear -- and the next batch may be at Computex.
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HTC Evo 4G LTE Clears Customs, Gets New Release Date on Sprint HTC's Evo 4G LTE has finally been allowed into the country after customs agents stopped shipments at the border to ensure they didn't infringe on Apple patents.
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Anonymous Claims Attack on Facebook The social network experiences scattered service interruptions; Facebook says it's fixed, but some issues continue.
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Google Files EU Antitrust Complaint Over Use of 'Patent Trolls' by Nokia and Microsoft Google has asked European Union regulators to investigate alleged collusion between Nokia, Microsoft, and so-called patent trolls.
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Report: Obama Ordered Stuxnet Attacks on Iran UPDATE: U.S. President Barack Obama ordered the Stuxnet cyberattacks on Iran in an effort to slow the country's development of a nuclear program, according to a report.
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Online Services Try Harder to Protect User Data, Watchdog Says The Electronic Frontier Foundation rates services' online privacy efforts as getting better, but still with plenty of room for improvement.
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Facebook Reins In Spammy Auto-Sharing Apps with New Rule Is your newsfeed is packed with dozens of videos and articles shared by apps your friends use? Facebook hears your pain and scales back the sharing.
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Confirmed: Windows 8 Upgrades for $15 Microsoft confirms it will kick off a Windows 8 upgrade program this week, giving buyers of new Windows 7 PCs the chance to get the unreleased Windows 8 at a steep discount.
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Apple Wins Battle Over Nano-SIM Standard UPDATE: Apple has won a battle over the standard for a smaller SIM card, use of which would leave more room for other components in future phone designs.
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Windows 8 Upgrades Cost $15, But You Should Wait Securing your upgrade now might seem like a deal, but on second thought, consider whether today's hardware is best equipped to run Microsoft's new operating system.
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Kim Dotcom's Lawyers Seek Dismissal of Megaupload Indictment Kim Dotcom's US lawyers have filed an application with the US District Court of Eastern Virginia, seeking a dismissal of a copyright infringement indictment...
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Judge Clears Google of Java Copyright Infringement A U.S. judge has ruled that the Java application programming interfaces used in Android are not protected by copyright, marking a defeat for Oracle in its high-stakes lawsuit against Google.
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BYOD's Phone Number Problem A simple smartphone number can be an incredibly important corporate asset, but companies will have to give it up in a BYOD scenario.
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