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Microsoft BUILD 2012 puts developer focus on Windows 8 and WP8

Chris Davies — Wed, 25 Jul 2012 15:31:10 +0000

Microsoft has announced the dates for BUILD 2012, its next big developer conference, held at the Microsoft campus the week after Windows 8 goes on sale. Kicking off October 30 and running until November 2, BUILD 2012 will focus not only on the new desktop platform – and its ARM-focused Windows RT counterpart – but cover Windows

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NVIDIA Kal-El tablet shown running Windows 8

Rue Liu — Wed, 14 Sep 2011 22:18:11 +0000

At Microsoft’ Build developer conference, a reference tablet was spied sporting NVIDIA’s Kal-El quad-core processor while running Windows 8. The tablet has been rumored to show at the event and at one time even thought to be the giveaway. But alas, the tablet given away turned out to be from Samsung sporting an Intel chip,

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Microsoft’s Ballmer boasts 500,000 Windows 8 downloads last night

Rue Liu — Wed, 14 Sep 2011 21:07:36 +0000

During Microsoft’s Build developer conference, CEO Steve Ballmer made a surprise appearance to talk about the future of Microsoft, Windows 8, and cloud computing. He also touted that the Windows 8 preview, which was made available last night, has already seen 500,000 downloads within the last 12 hours. Ballmer notes that they still have a

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Windows 8 proves there’s more to tablets than iPad

Chris Davies — Tue, 13 Sep 2011 21:50:36 +0000

Windows 8 is here, and it’s all eyes on Microsoft’s tablet strategy as the industry gages whether it’s game-on or game-over against Apple’s iPad might. You’d be forgiven for your skepticism, mind: Microsoft’s previous idea of finger-friendliness was to ratchet up the font size and hope for the best. Yet with this latest demonstration, Windows

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Windows 8 Developer Preview available for download tonight [UPDATE: Available now!]

Cory Gunther — Tue, 13 Sep 2011 18:05:47 +0000

Today we finally were able to see what Microsoft has been working so hard on, and that is Windows 8. With the Microsoft BUILD keynote going today there should be plenty of Windows 8 details and we’ve already received some good news. For those waiting for an official version instead of those iffy leaked builds

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Microsoft Windows BUILD keynote coming up next

Cory Gunther — Tue, 13 Sep 2011 16:01:24 +0000

This week Microsoft Build developer conference is set to start off with a keynote this morning and there’s been a bit of speculation as to what we might see. We are here live and will be bringing you all the news and updates as they happen so be sure and stay tuned. Could we see

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