Windows 8: What we've learned lately

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As the Oct. 26 launch date for Windows 8 creeps closer, more information about Microsoft's next operating system is trickling out.
I'm not talking about the major ideas, about which we've learned plenty through the Windows 8 Consumer Preview and Release Preview. It's mostly little things that until recently have gone unanswered. Lets take a look at some of the blanks that Microsoft has filled in lately:

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We'd previously heard chatter that Microsoft will disable any hacks that bring back the Start button in Windows 8, and this week ZDNet's Mary Jo Foley reported that the ability to boot directly into the desktop is gone as well. In other words, if you use Windows 8, even in the enterprise, you must confront the suddenly unnamed new Start screen.

http://www.itworld.com/operating-systems/289022/windows-8-what-weve-learned-lately