Microsoft Announces Windows 8.1 Update

Microsoft announced a significant update to Windows 8.1 today at the company's Build developer conference in San Francisco.

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The Windows 8.1 Update, announced in conjunction with Windows Phone 8.1, comes just five months after the previous major upgrade, Windows 8.1 itself. Although Microsoft announced Windows 8.1 in June last year, it didn't debut until October.

Today's update leaked last month when Microsoft put the software on an unsecured server, but with non-obvious filenames. By tricking their systems into thinking they were Microsoft employees, outsiders were able to obtain the files and install the update. Read more...

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