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Microsoft provides an early peek at Windows 8.1

Windows 8 might represent the biggest change in Microsoft’s flagship operating system since the jump from Windows 3.1 to Windows 95. While the desktop view looks a lot like earlier versions of Windows, Microsoft added a full-screen, touch-friendly Start Screen and support for a whole new class of full-screen apps. The idea was to treat […]

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Lilbits (5-29-2013): The Windows Start Button returns (probably)

One of the more controversial moves Microsoft made with the launch of Windows 8 was the removal of a dedicated Start Button. It’s still sort of there… but it only pops up when you hover your mouse over the lower left edge of the screen in desktop mode. Some folks have been unhappy about that […]