Windows 8 this week: dates and directions

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What Windows 8 needs to compete on tablets - is Windows

Microsoft knows where it’s going with Windows 8 and that’s a very different direction from any other tablet maker. And it's been going there since before the iPad came along...

http://www.techradar.com/news/mobile-computing/tablets/microsoft-we-know-where-we-re-going-with-windows-8-tablets-966757

Microsoft hints at a release date for Windows 8
A senior ‘softie does the same calculation we’ve been doing for months and comes up with the same answer; more importantly, he reveals more about how Microsoft sees tablets, phones and PCs…

http://www.techradar.com/news/software/operating-systems/microsoft-hints-at-windows-8-release-date-966233