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Windows 9 Preview on the Way<\/h4>\n

Multiple reports suggest that Microsoft is preparing to release a preview of the next Windows OS (Windows 9) within the next month.<\/p>\n

Microsoft to deliver Windows ‘Threshold’ tech preview around late September<\/strong><\/p>\n

Microsoft is aiming to deliver a “technology preview” of its Windows “Threshold” operating system by late September or early October, according to multiple sources of mine who asked not to be named. <\/p>\n

And in a move that signals where Microsoft is heading on the “servicability” front, those who install the tech preview will need to agree to have subsequent monthly updates to it pushed to them automatically, sources added.<\/p>\n

Threshold is the next major version of Windows that is expected to be christened “Windows 9” when it is made available in the spring of 2015. Threshold is expected to include a number of new features that are aimed at continuing to improve Windows’ usability on non-touch devices and by those using mice and keyboards alongside touch.<\/p>\n

Among those features \u2014 according to previous leaks \u2014 are a new “mini” Start Menu; windowed Metro-Style applications that can run on the Desktop; virtual desktops; and the elimination of the Charms bar that debuted as part of Windows 8. Cortana integration with Windows Threshold is looking like it could make it into the OS, as well.
—By Mary Jo Foley for All About Microsoft |\tAugust 15, 2014<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

More great information about Windows 9 – at http:\/\/www.windows9update.com\/<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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