AP – Microsoft on Wednesday let consumers start trying out its upcoming touch-based Windows 8 operating system, which aims to power a new wave of computer tablets and traditional PCs designed to counter Apple’s big gains in the market through its Macs and iPads.

Reuters – Microsoft Corp released an incomplete version of Windows 8 for the public to download and try out on Wednesday, looking to rev up excitement for the slick, new-look operating system that it hopes will restore its fading tech supremacy.

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Reuters – Microsoft Corp unveils the first widely available test version of Windows 8 on Wednesday, giving the public the first chance to try out the slick, new-look operating system it hopes will restore the company’s fading tech supremacy.

Reuters – Web-based software maker Salesforce.com Inc’s cancellation of plans to build a massive office complex in San Francisco has puzzled investors and city officials.

Appolicious – Apple has found a lot of success in adding the voice-activated personal assistant software Siri to its iPhone 4S. Apparently, other companies are taking notice.

Appolicious – Adobe has just launched a brand-new iPad version of its industry standard Photoshop image editing software. Adobe Photopshop Touch brings Photoshop to your tablet with touch controls, plus lots of iOS-specific features. It leads today’s Fresh Apps list, followed by StyleTag, a social network that lets users share their outfits with others and follow styles and trends

Reuters – Dell Inc launched a new line of servers for enterprise customers, boosting its corporate business unit and shifting its focus further away from consumers, who are increasingly choosing such devices as Apple Inc’s iPad.

Reuters – Chinese Internet users taking advantage of temporary access to Google Inc’s social networking site, Google+, have flooded U.S. President Barack Obama’s page on the site with calls for greater freedom in the world’s most populous country.

Appolicious – Word has it that Apple is getting uncomfortable with Evi, a voice recognition app not unlike its newly released iPhone 4S app, Siri.

Reuters – Finnish mobile phone maker Nokia unveiled a cheaper smartphone using Microsoft’s Windows Phone software on Monday, aiming to win back market share by targeting a wider audience.

InfoWorld – Life in IT is full of onerous tasks. Along with making good backups and maintaining a solid patching regimen, you must ensure that multiple levels of antimalware software are properly deployed. Unfortunately, in heavily virtualized environments, antivirus can go beyond being a pain to manage and actually become a threat in and of itself

Reuters – Chinese handset maker Xiaomi Technology is looking to raise more funds within the next year or two to boost production and sees revenue in the future coming from software applications rather than handset sales, the firm’s president told Reuters on Monday.

Reuters – An industry alliance including the top wireless chipset provider Qualcomm will step up competition in the smartphone software market on Monday, with a new Internet-based free technology for cheaper smartphones.

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