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Microsoft demonstrates upcoming Windows 8.1 update at Build conference

If you’re running Windows 8 on your Mac, this might be helpful. Per AppleInsider, Microsoft on Wednesday launched its latest effort to reverse the fortunes of its Windows platform, showing off a line of new devices and unveiling Windows 8.1, a new build designed to boost interest in the company’s underperforming Windows 8. At its […]

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Apple apparently unwilling to release Windows 8 version of iTunes

Well, this is kind of a new one. Per Mac|Life and CNN Money, Microsoft has apparently been pushing Apple for a Windows 8-native edition of iTunes, which currently only runs in traditional Desktop mode on the company’s Metro-style software — and not at all on the tablet-centric Windows RT. “You shouldn’t expect an iTunes app […]

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Rumor: Microsoft planning boot-to-desktop mode for Windows 8.1 update

If you’re using a Windows 8 partition, then there’s a fairly decent chance you want to strangle whoever created the Metro interface, as great as Microsoft seems to think it is. Per The Verge, in an apparent attempt to have its latest operating system better appeal to business customers, Microsoft reportedly plans to add a […]

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Apple secures 48 assorted patents, including inductive charging, integrating portable electronics with bicycles

It never hurts to have a patent for something. Much less 48 of ’em. Per AppleInsider , the United States Patent and Trademark office published 48 newly granted Apple patents on Tuesday, covering technologies ranging from inductive charging to bike-integrated iPods, as well as one property covering the touchscreen technology that enables the latest iOS […]

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Microsoft announces Office 365 Home Premium for Macs, PCs and Windows tablets, points to February 27th release date

If you were wondering when Office 2013 would find its way to the Mac, it’s on its way come February 27th. And in a subscription model. Per CNET, after existing in preview form since last summer, Office 2013, the next version of Microsoft’s productivity software, is now available for download. The company has begun offering […]