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Rumor: Microsoft may ship Windows 8 public beta in late February

Windows 8: It’s on its way, though it might take a little while to get here. Per TNW, Microsoft’s Windows 8 public beta might have been moved further into the year. A rumor from “sources close to Microsoft” has the release tentatively slated for late February, more than a month after the CES expo intro […]

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Hardware News

Leaked Intel documents present ideas for Thunderbolt-based docking components

This could turn into something nifty. Per VR-Zone, Intel is hoping to formalize a standard for docking on ultrabooks with Thunderbolt ports, leaked internal notes demonstrate. The implementation would combine the Thunderbolt port with a wider companion dock connector to handle other forms of data, such as Ethernet or USB, VR-Zone said. To keep the […]

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Microsoft looking towards digital delivery system for Windows 8 upgrades/installs

You may not be in love with Windows, but it does become handy from time to time. Per the MSDN blog, Microsoft looks to be gearing up to release its next-generation Windows 8 operating system via digital release. In a post to the company’s official blog this week, Steven Sinofsky, president of Microsoft’s Windows Division, […]

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Parallels Desktop updated to 7.0.14924.699487

On Thursday, Parallels released version 7.0.14924.699487 of its Parallels Desktop virtualization software. The new update, a 289 megabyte download, adds the following fixes and changes: – Add support for Windows 8 Developer Preview (new Windows 8 installation is recommended after installing the update). – Improve compatibility with Quicken 2011. – Improve support for Autodesk 3ds […]

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iPhone Rumor

Purported 8 megapixel image taken with iPhone 5 surfaces

The iPhone 5’s camera, it might be looking forward to. Per PocketNow, a picture has surfaced online that is alleged to have been taken by an Apple engineer with an 8-megapixel camera from the still-unannounced fifth-generation iPhone. The data associated with the so-called “test photo” states that it was shot with an iPhone 4, but […]