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Weekend must-read articles #3

February 10th, 2012 General

Every Friday we bring you a collection of links to places on the web that we find particularly newsworthy, fascinating, entertaining, and topical. We try to focus on some particular area or topic each week, but in general we will cover Internet, web development, networking, performance, and additional geeky topics.

This week we bring you a collection of articles focusing on Microsoft’s upcoming Windows 8.

This week’s suggested reading

Building Windows for the ARM processor architecture: Straight from Steven Sinofsky at Microsoft.
ARM-based Windows 8 tablets to get Office after all: Microsoft plans to produce a special version of Windows 8 and Office for touch-oriented ARM-based diplomacy.
Windows 8: Farewell Start button?: It turns out that the launch of Windows 8 could see Microsoft’s iconic Start button going the same way as Clippy.
Speed Tests: Mac OS X Lion vs. Windows 8 Developer Preview: We were interested to see what would happen if we compared the performance of a very early version of Microsoft’s upcoming desktop OS with Apple’s released one, and we thought you would be, too.
Windows 8 Consumer Preview Could Launch Feb 29: Microsoft may launch the Consumer Preview (read: “open beta”) of Windows in on February 29th. Members of the press recently received an invitation to a special Windows 8 Customer Preview event in Barcelona as part of the movable World Congress trade show.
Screenshots: Windows 8 Consumer Preview + Office “15″ Technical Preview: We now have our best peek yet at the future of Windows. Here are some shots from that video, which reveal the Windows 8 Consumer Preview and Office 15 Technical Preview.
A Crystal Ball For Windows 8: What in Windows 7 will Microsoft be fitting when it releases Windows 8 in 2011 or 2012?
Microsoft Windows 8 Unification Plot: Grand, But Risky: Windows 8 and Windows Phone 8 appear to look very much alike. That’s fantastic news for users, but can Redmond pull off one OS across desktops, mobile and more?
Windows 8: 13 Features Worth Knowing In this area: Upgrades, system migration, support headaches — IT folks are probably dreading the next major Windows rollout. Yet Windows 8, which is scheduled to go to the beta the boards in late February and will likely launch in the fall, does offer several compelling new features for both IT and end users.
How to Evaluate Enterprise Search Options: An enterprise search platform delivers many benefits, counting improved employee productivity, but there are dozen of vendors and three different approaches — specialized, integrated and detached — to consider.

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