After the Facebook Home event announcing an Android homescreen Facebook interface, Microsoft said, Hey, that’s pretty much our Windows Phone campaign from 2011.
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Windows 8 virus scanners were evaluated for the first time by AV-Test Institute, an independent testing house. Using the vendors’ default settings, AV-Test assessed protection, performance and usability categories before certifying 26 home user security products and nine corporate endpoint protection products. The German-based security firm ran its test throughout January and February 2013. Each product…
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Here’s a round-up of Microsoft-related news today.
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Rumors that Microsoft plans to eventually kill the Desktop only increased after the leaked Windows Blue screenshots appeared over the weekend. The upgrade to Windows 8, code-named Windows Blue, is expected to be offered later this year, possibly in late summer. If this is a preview of Windows 9, then Microsoft is sticking firmly to its decision to force people away from the Start button and to deal…
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