{"id":39326,"date":"2012-11-15T02:18:39","date_gmt":"2012-11-15T02:18:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pcmatic.com\/blog\/?p=39326"},"modified":"2012-11-15T12:56:19","modified_gmt":"2012-11-15T12:56:19","slug":"cool-things-windows-8-can-do","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pcmatic.com\/blog\/cool-things-windows-8-can-do\/","title":{"rendered":"Cool Things Windows 8 Can Do"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<p><em>Tip submitted by kburra on <a href=\"http:\/\/forums.pcpitstop.com\/index.php?\/topic\/200200-windows8-tutorial-geek-squad\/\" target=\"_blank\">October 29 2012<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p><h3>Cool Things Windows 8 Can Do<\/h3>\n<\/p>\n<p>Thinking of buying or just curious&#8230;video tutorials very good.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.geeksquad.com\/windows-8\/ \" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.geeksquad.com\/windows-8\/ <\/a><\/p>\n<p><iframe width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/tTJzsZMCL7k?rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" 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