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Microsoft outs the new features in Windows 8.1: Here's what you need to know

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		Microsoft outs the new features in Windows 8.1: Here's what you need to know 05.30.2013 7:40 AM Microsoft has pulled back the curtain on Windows 8.1. Lots of changes are a-coming, and the Start button is back... kind of.

		Windows 8.1 paints over the problems with Windows 8 05.30.2013 9:32 AM The new features Windows 8.1 (or Windows Blue) should appeal to power users, but really don't change the fundamental concerns newcomers will have with Microsoft's OS.

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