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• What's it like building apps for Windows 8?

  Some developers already have begun building Metro-style apps for Windows 8. Here’s what they’re experiencing so far.

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• New Microsoft Office University product comes with tougher verification rules

  By Mary Jo Foley | February 10, 2012, 10:23am PST

  Microsoft is replacing its Office Academic SKU with a new Office University one that it hopes will help curtail fraudulent use.

• Microsoft: No plug-ins allowed on Windows on ARM

  By Mary Jo Foley | February 10, 2012, 6:21am PST

  Microsoft has changed direction and is now disallowing browser plug-ins on Windows 8 on ARM devices, according to a blog post from the president of the Windows division.

• Microsoft: Windows 8 on ARM to 'include' some Office 15 apps

  By Mary Jo Foley | February 9, 2012, 10:30am PST

  Microsoft is planning to include Word, Excel, PowerPoint and OneNote on Windows 8 on ARM devices. But exactly what does ‘include’ mean in this case?

• Microsoft: Windows 8 on ARM to launch simultaneously with Windows 8 on Intel

  By Mary Jo Foley | February 9, 2012, 10:11am PST

  Windows 8 on ARM devices will ship simultaneously with Windows 8 on x86/x64 PCs, Microsoft officials said.

• Microsoft's plan to bring its ERP users slowly but surely to the cloud

  By Mary Jo Foley | February 9, 2012, 7:02am PST

  Microsoft is moving ahead with plans to host its ERP products on Azure, but isn’t rushing users to make the jump.

• Microsoft to launch Windows 8 Consumer Preview at MWC

  By Mary Jo Foley | February 8, 2012, 10:06am PST

  The Windows 8 Consumer Preview is launching in Barcelona during the Mobile World Congress on February 29.

• Microsoft delivers another app on Android

  By Mary Jo Foley | February 7, 2012, 3:08pm PST

  Microsoft rolled out OneNote for Android phones, adding to its growing cross-platform app stable.

• Windows 8 on ARM: The desktop is still there

  By Mary Jo Foley | February 7, 2012, 1:27pm PST

  A new Microsoft blog post strongly implies that both Metro-style and Desktop apps will be supported on Windows 8 on ARM, as Microsoft originally promised.

• Getting touchy with Office 15, Surface 2.0 and Windows 8

  By Mary Jo Foley | February 7, 2012, 11:00am PST

  Touch technologies are advancing across the Microsoft product lines, in everything from Office 15, to Surface 2.0, to Windows 8.

• Microsoft offloads some speech-focused assets, employees to 24/7

  By Mary Jo Foley | February 7, 2012, 6:02am PST

  Microsoft is splitting up the people and speech technology assets it acquired in 2007 with Tellme Networks, with some going to customer-service software maker 24/7.