Microsoft's 'terrible, horrible, no-good, very bad' week

Leaked Windows 8.1 Build 9471 surprises, disappoints

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August 17, 2013
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10 microscopic devices that are changing our world

From a diagnostic computer that can be implanted into the eye of a glaucoma patient to memory circuits made from only a dozen atoms, scientists have been doing a lot with a little. It all shows that the next big thing just might be very, very small.

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Issue highlights

1. Microsoft's 'terrible, horrible, no-good, very bad' week

2. Leaked Windows 8.1 Build 9471 surprises, disappoints

3. Review: New Nexus 7 takes on iPad Mini and Kindle Fire HD

4. The futility of the single-device solution

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Microsoft's 'terrible, horrible, no-good, very bad' week

With apologies to author Judith Viorst, Microsoft has Alexander beat hands down. This week's damage: Surface RT lawsuits, botched security patches, SkyDrive and Outlook.com outages, and a subpar Windows 8.1 leak. READ MORE

Leaked Windows 8.1 Build 9471 surprises, disappoints

Windows 8.1 X 64 Pro Build 9471 -- apparently leaked, but very close to final -- hit torrents and download sites worldwide. Here's what our blogger found after a few hours of experimenting. READ MORE

Review: New Nexus 7 takes on iPad Mini and Kindle Fire HD

Google's revised media tablet is a lot better than the original, but not enough to unseat the iPad Mini in our media tablet deathmatch. READ MORE

The futility of the single-device solution

Maybe one day a single device will adapt to different use cases, but until then, embrace the power of having multiple devices. READ MORE

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