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Windows Blue may restore Desktop, Start button, Microsoft's hopes
The two most disliked aspects of Windows 8 - the lack of a Start button and inability to boot to desktop - may finally be addressed in Windows 8.1, aka "Windows Blue," an update to the maligned due later this year. Read More


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Microsoft may recant its Windows 8 design theology, bloggers reported Tuesday, by offering Windows 8 users an option to bypass the "Modern" UI and by restoring the Start button and menu to the beleaguered operating system. Read More

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