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The Microsoft Windows 8 engineering team is sharing yet more information on the file-management app built into the next-generation Windows release. Source: All About Microsoft

By Paul Thurrott Late last week, the US Department of Justice announced that Google has agreed to forfeit $500 million in profits from advertisements for Canadian pharmacies that targeted consumers in the United States. But the DOJ’s criminal investigation also uncovered some unsavory information about the online giant’s CEO, Larry Page: Apparently, Page knew about the illegal ads years ago and did nothing to stop it. Source: Win Super Site

By Paul Thurrott In the latest episode of the Windows Weekly podcast, Leo, Mary Jo and I discuss Paul’s visit to Petaluma, an anniversary for Windows 95 and Windows XP, how HP killed webOS and mortally wounded its PC business through miscommunication, Microsoft’s bid for webOS developers, a plan for Amazon, Windows Phone Mango and Tango news, Skype’s purchase of GroupMe, and some Windows 8 tidbits ahead of BUILD. Source: Win Super Site

By Paul Thurrott Just a heads-up for the partisan bloggers a Wired: If the term "post-PC era" isn’t spin, then neither is "PC Plus era". Both terms come from the school of "when you make hammers, everything looks like a nail." Source: Win Super Site

By Paul Thurrott Rarely do Microsoft appearances at TechEd New Zealand generate this much excitement. But this week, when Microsoft principal architect Patrick Hevesi carted out a prototype quad core tablet aimed at next year’s release of Windows 8, the rumor mill went into overdrive. Here’s what’s really happening. Source: Win Super Site

By Paul Thurrott I’ve been lying to you. In my defense, it was the "good" kind of lie, where I was trying to prevent hurting your feelings. But I’m tired of it. And now I’m just going to tell you what I should have told you all along. And that’s this: When it comes to PCs, tablets, smart phones, whatever market share matters. In fact, it matters more than any other metric you care to name. Source: Win Super Site

Microsoft’s upcoming Build conference for Windows 8 remains mostly shrouded in secrecy. But a few of the Build speakers are bravely revealing themselves via their blogs. Source: All About Microsoft

Microsoft uses codenames and acronyms to disguise their products while still in development. Crack these acronyms and you’re well on your way to see what’s in Microsoft’s playbook. Source: All About Microsoft

By Paul Thurrott This week, Microsoft’s Steven Sinofsky issued another lengthy Building Windows 8 blog post in which he described upcoming changes to file management operations in Windows 8. But an accompanying video actually reveals a few other interesting Explorer tidbits, so I’m rolling up my sleeves and getting back to work. Source: Win Super Site

By Paul Thurrott An often irreverent look at some of this week’s other news, including a few more thoughts about Steve Jobs, a confirmation of two Windows Phone Mango features we already knew about, Windows Phone Tango is real, whether Microsoft should buy Nokia, Microsoft’s threat to game publishers, a temporary (and very limited) Xbox 360 price cut, RIM’s silly new music service, and an Amazing Facebook stat. Source: Win Super Site

Microsoft officials showed off some new devices at this week’s Tech Ed New Zealand show — none more potentially interesting than an unnamed quad-core Windows slate. Could this be its give-away for the upcoming Build conference? Source: All About Microsoft

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There is a new report about features and markets that will be the target of Microsoft’s Windows Phone Tango, the successor to Mango. Here’s my take. Source: All About Microsoft

By Paul Thurrott Continuing its recent "opening the kimono" trend, Microsoft’s Steve Sinofsky last night posted about some changes to file management--i.e. copy, move, rename, and delete--in Windows 8. Source: Win Super Site

Microsoft’s Windows 8 engineering team is continuing to trickle out information on some of the changes coming with the next version of Windows. Today’s tidbit is about how file management/copying will be getting an overhaul. Source: All About Microsoft