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Ten ways Windows 8 outshines the iPad
Windows 8 is now available for anyone to download, and it already shows a ton of potential. In fact, Microsoft’s bold new OS, which reminds us a lot of Windows Phone, outshines the iPad in some key areas. Granted, there were things we didn’t like in our Windows 8 Consumer Preview – — and the iPad 3 or iPad HD is just around the corner– — but there’s no question that Apple will soon have a real fight on its hands. Here are the top 10 ways Windows 8 is better than the iPad right now.
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10 most intriguing tablets of 2012
From the inevitable iPad 3 to the mysterious Google Nexus tablet, here are the 10 tablets to watch in 2012.
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Horizons Microsoft and Best Buy team up to open mini-stores
Microsoft and Best Buy announced on Thursday that they're teaming up to open 600 Windows Stores this summer. The Windows Stores will replace the computer sections of certain Best Buys, and might help both companies move past a depressing fiscal quarter.
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Apple calls iOS 7 its biggest update since iPhone's launch
Apple tries to keep its users coming back with new iOS 7 operating system
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Saving Money Buying a laptop? Score extraordinary deals this summer.
Windows 8 failed to live up to the hype; tablets have surged in popularity; and back-to-school sales are continuing into the summer. For those looking to buy a new laptop, it's the perfect time to score great deals.
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Chapter & Verse Microsoft buying Barnes & Noble's Nook Media? Microsoft insider says no
An anonymous Microsoft source calls talk about Microsoft planning to buy the Nook Media branch of Barnes & Noble 'nothing more than a rumor.'
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Modern Parenthood Parents: 'This is the way we've always done it' doesn't work in digital world
The 'ultramobile' is replacing desktops. We're turning a new corner on the highway of parenting kids surrounded by technology. It's an increasingly individual experience in constant flux. What worked today may not work tomorrow. Be ready.
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Saving Money Laptop sales: Windows 8's loss is your gain
Windows 8 isn't meeting expectations, which means deep discounts on laptops and software.
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Saving Money The best and worst things to buy in April
Get a start on your Mother's Day gifts, but wait on vacuum cleaners and mattresses. Your complete guide to April shopping.
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What's big at Mobile World Congress 2013
New hardware, gadgets, and business partnerships are creating buzz at Mobile World Congress, and it's only day one.
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Horizons Enter the Penguin: Steam for Linux arrives
Valve launches its Steam video-game marketplace for Linux and, in typical Valve fashion, is having a huge sale to celebrate.
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The Surface Pro: A tablet with PC guts and PC price, to boot
Microsoft's new tablet is high-powered and quite expensive.
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Horizons CES 2013 rumors: Smart fridges, translucent TVs, and more
The 2013 Consumer Electronics Show is just a week away, and rumors are flying about what products will be unveiled at the show. CES 2013 will likely bring 'smart' appliances, Windows 8 devices, and maybe a weird new TV from Samsung.
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Ultrabooks learn to twist, twirl, tilt – and compete
New Ultrabook convertibles take many forms, as manufactures try to figure out what people want.
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Surface Pro: Heart of a PC, body of a tablet, price tag of a Mac
The Microsoft Surface Pro tablet will debut in January, Microsoft reps confirmed today.
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Horizons Weeks after launch of Windows 8, Microsoft's Windows guru waves goodbye
Windows and Windows Live President Steven Sinofsky is leaving Microsoft. What's behind his exit?
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Home Depot soars, stocks fall in uneven trading
Home Depot earnings beat expectations, sending its stock up 3.6 percent. Despite signal of housing recovery from Home Depot results, 'fiscal cliff' in US and postponement of aid package for Greece drag down broader market.
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With Windows Phone 8, Microsoft finds a middle way
Windows Phone 8 doesn't feel like Apple or Android, though it's borrowed good ideas from both.
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Horizons Acer to Microsoft: Hardware is our game, stick to software
An Acer exec has compared hardware manufacturing to a tough meal – and speculated that Microsoft may find it difficult to chew.
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Patents suit filed against Microsoft's Windows 8
Patents suit involves Windows 8 use of tiles. SurfCast claims it developed dynamic tiles used by Windows 8. Microsoft, a veteran of patents suit, says it can prove the claims are without merit.
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Horizons Windows 8 is a go. Now which Windows device to buy?
Windows 8 tablet? Laptop? Finding a Windows 8 device to love.
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Windows 8 marks a major make-over for Microsoft
Windows 8 arrives. Microsoft's new 'Modern' interface works just as well on a desktop monitor (Windows 8) as on a smart phone (Windows Phone 8) or on a tablet (Windows RT).
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With Windows 8, Microsoft seeks to re-imagine PC industry
Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer said that the new Surface tablet and the Windows 8 operating system will shake up the ailing PC market.
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Horizons Microsoft Surface already backordered in US, sells out in UK
Microsoft is bullish about the future of Windows 8 and the Surface tablet. Others aren't so sure.
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Microsoft announces Skype for Windows 8
Skype, a video-chat service owned by Microsoft, will be deeply integrated into Windows 8, says Microsoft.
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Horizons iPad Mini set to debut Oct. 23, arrive on doorsteps Nov. 2: report
Apple will likely take the wraps off the iPad Mini at an event in Calif. on Tuesday, Oct. 23. The Mini would hit store shelves a little more than a week after that.
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Microsoft earnings: a miss. Its new era? Unclear.
Missing profit expectations, Microsoft looks to Oct. 26 launch of Windows 8. But skepticism is growing that Microsoft's 'new era' will propel slumping PC sales.
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