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According to Microsoft's timeline of releasing a new operating system every few years, Windows 8 is scheduled to be released sometime around 2012 as the successor to Windows 7.

At the time of this writing, specific details have yet to be released for Windows 8.

Microsoft aims for Windows 8 support to start on July 1, 2011. Support for Windows Server 2012 is estimated to start on July 2, 2012.

For the upcoming version of Windows, new features are being worked on, including cluster support, and support for one way replication.

You'll find bloggers talking about Windows 8 at sites like Geek.com and Windows.Blorge.

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  • ‘This is Spinal Tap’ album reissued on vinyl for the first time in 30 years


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    It’s a fine line between clever and stupid, but the 1984 faux-documentary This is Spinal Tap walked it perfectly, and Spinal Tap’s self-titled album is coming back in its original black vinyl. While it’s obviously been available in modern formats, this is the first time in decades that record aficionados can get ...
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  • US Navy drone flies two days straight using liquid hydrogen tank


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    As the US military discovers just how useful drones can be, it’s eager to keep them flying as long as can be, and the US Office of Naval Research now has a drone that can fly for two whole days. The Ion Tiger, an experimental surveillance plane that uses a hydrogen fuel cell as its power source, flew for a record 26 ...
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  • Microsoft: That Windows 8 "New Coke" Analogy is Silly


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    Will the launch of Microsoft’s forthcoming update to Windows 8 next month be the company’s “New Coke” moment ? Is its rumored plan to revive the traditional “Start” button it killed when it debuted Windows 8 a massive and humiliating reversal of course following an ill-concieved reimagining of the ...
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  • iTunes is not expected to come to Windows 8 Metro anytime soon


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    Are you waiting for a Windows 8 Metro optimised iTunes version to go with your slick new Windows 8 experience? Unfortunately, you may be waiting for a while as Microsoft suspect Apple have no plans to release iTunes for Windows 8. This come from CNN who heard from Tami Reller, chief financial officer at ...
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  • Microsoft confirma la llegada de Windows Blue; la atención principal será para las tabletas


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  • Google Play Games allegedly leaks with achievements, cloud saves, and in-game chat


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    Google may be preparing to unveil an Android gaming service in the vein of Xbox Live or iOS’ Game Center. That’s the indication from a leaked build of Google Play Services obtained by Android Police , which appears to reveal several details about a platform to be known as Google Play Games. The file contains ...
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  • ‘Geography of Hate’ maps racism and homophobia on Twitter


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    Twitter, even more than many other social media tools, can feel disconnected from the real world. But a group of students and professors at research site Floating Sheep have built a comprehensive map of some of Twitter’s most distasteful content: the racist, homophobic, or ableist slurs that can proliferate online. ...
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  • Behind the VFX and stuntmen who created ‘Iron Man 3′s’ Air Force One rescue scene


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    One of Iron Man 3′ s defining action scenes is the so-called “barrel of monkeys” scene ( minor spoilers ahead ), in which Tony Stark saves the passengers of Air Force One after a hole is blown in it at 30,000 feet. While it’s a scene that may stretch the laws of physics , it’s also one of the film’s high ...
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  • All About Upcoming HTC Windows 8 Tablet [Rumors]


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    Smartphone and Tablet manufacturers are now very much confident over the success of Windows 8 as tablet operating system. Microsoft has been successful with its Surface tablet experiment that was running Windows 8 operating system. Windows 8 operating system has already crossed 100 million mark and Microsoft has kept ...
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  • ‘Several hundred’ Bloomberg reporters were watching Wall Street sources through terminals


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    Yesterday, wire and news company Bloomberg admitted that its reporters had been clandestinely using the company’s data terminals to gather news. Now, The New York Times has revealed the full scope of the tracking: of the news branch’s roughly 2,400 reporters, “several hundred” had used it, according to a ...
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  • 微软高管谈 Windows 8 更新 Windows Blue


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    在宣布确认 Windows Blue 更新年底正式推出 和 6 月底推出公开预览版 之后，微软 Windows 部门 Julie Larson-Green 今天在 Windows 官方博客上撰写了 一篇简短的文章 来谈论 Windows 8 和 Windows Blue，其中提到 Blue 部分更是简短： Blue 是 Windows 8 的更新 ...
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  • Windows Network Traffic Monitor Software


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    Windows Network Traffic Monitor Software If you want to monitor your network and analyze your internet bandwidth usage, NetworkTrafficView is the perfect solution for you. NetworkTrafficView is a freeware network monitoring tool for Windows that displays general statistics about your network and internet traffic ...
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  • Tesla Motors CEO Elon Musk leaves Mark Zuckerberg’s immigration reform group


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  • Forget sex: how the idea behind Bang with Friends could revolutionize social interaction


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    Apple’s Find My Friends, a mostly-unrelated concept. Perhaps you’ve heard of Bang With Friends . It’s a rather controversial thing. Simply put, it’s a Facebook and mobile app that lets you pick which of your friends you’d like to “bang.” Oh, but it’s more clever than that: the app won’t reveal your ...
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  • The Weekender: an entrepreneurial monk, fires in space, and GI Joe


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    Welcome to The Verge: Weekender edition. Each week, we’ll bring you important articles from the previous weeks’ original reports, features, and reviews on The Verge. Think of it as a collection of a few of our favorite pieces from the week gone by, which you may have missed, or which you might want to read again. ...
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  • Dear Microsoft, Don’t Bail on Windows 8


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    The sheer audacity of Windows 8 was enough to set it apart. It was startling, the kind of uncompromising upheaval you almost never see from a frontrunner. Despite obvious missteps—big, idiotic, self-inflicted... The post Dear Microsoft, Don’t Bail on Windows 8 appeared first on ioTechie Technology News .
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  • Watch live: astronauts perform emergency spacewalk to attempt to find and fix ISS leak


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    NASA is carrying out emergency repairs on the International Space Station today to try to fix an ammonia coolant leak discovered earlier this week . While the crew of the ISS is safe, NASA has sent astronauts Tom Marshburn and Chris Cassidy on a short-notice spacewalk to attempt to find the source of the leak. ...
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  • VIDEO: Microsoft Responds to ‘extreme’ Windows 8 Criticism


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