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Windows 8’s new world without walls awaits all – or will it?

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http://www.itwire.com – Written by: Alex Zaharov-ReuttWindows 8’s big changes mean that not everyone will want to jump in to the Windows 8 waters, with Microsoft allowing sales of computers pre-loaded with Windows 7 to continue for two years after Windows 8 launches, probably as “downgrade rights”, alongside sales of Win 7 in retail boxes for a year – just as we’ve seen with previous Windows releases. Just because Microsoft is launching a new version of Windows does not mean that everyone is coming to the party, given the radical changes in Windows 8 compared with the current and familiar Windows 7 – or (IT news)

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Microsoft earlier this week made a point of noting that there have been 40 million downloads of Windows 8 since it launched a month ago, putting it ahead of where Windows 7 was at the same point in its sales cycle. But according to figures out today from NPD, in the midst of an overall slowdown in PC sales, this is not translating into robust hardware sales in the influential U.S. market. U.S.

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The Linux Foundation just announced that they have found a solution for the new BIOS of the upcoming Windows 8 PC. In short, if you are to purchase a Windows 8 PC in the near future, you will be able to install your favorite Linux distro on it.

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Written by: Alex Zaharov-Reutt | Published in: SecurityAlthough some competitors such as Symantec have already announced Windows 8 compatibility, it should come as no surprise to see other security software makers, like McAfee, now announcing security suites to suit the soon-to-arrive Windows reboot that is Microsoft Windows 8.