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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

Microsoft briefly showed off a social-networking application/service coming for Windows 8 back in June. It seems Tweet@Rama is not just a mockup. But what, exactly, is it? Source: All About Microsoft

Microsoft has signed a confidential legal agreement with Chinese Linux vendor CS2C and will be extending its Hyper-V Cloud private-cloud stack with the ability to run Linux. Source: All About Microsoft

The Windows Phone Mango app marketplace is open for business, as of August 22. Microsoft also has made available to developers a near-final test build of its Mango SDK today, as well. Source: All About Microsoft

Microsoft officials are promising USB 3.0 support will be part of Windows 8, which will help with battery-life and power-consumption on tablets and desktop PCs. Source: All About Microsoft

Microsoft’s new review and compensation system — designed to help the company attract and keep tech talent — is beginning to roll out. Will the new system slow or spur more Microsoft defections? Source: All About Microsoft

GroupMe — a startup that has built a cross-phone-platform messaging and conference-call service — is going to be part of Skype… which is going to be part of Microsoft. Source: All About Microsoft

PCbeta posted new info on a Windows 8 build. I'm not sure if this is a real Windows 8 build or if it is fake. If you have any more information add to the topic. It does look to be an Intel OEM build.

In recent blog posts, Microsoft has begun revealing small bits of information about the next update for Windows, Windows 8. One recent post listed all the teams working on the project, and that list included an app store team. OS X already has an app store, but if Windows began shipping with an app store, it could cause a major shake-up in the way desktop software is distributed. Source: Inquirer

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Microsoft’s patent infringement case, filed with the U.S. ITC against Motorola Mobility, kicks off next week. Here’s what you need to know about what’s at stake. Source: All About Microsoft

Microsoft is informing customers hit by its Office 365 cloud outage this week that a “networking interruption” caused the problem, and that the company is planning to offer them a 25 percent credit for their trouble. Source: All About Microsoft

The biggest PC vendor, HP, is getting out of the PC business. What’s this mean, if anything, about the future of Windows? Source: All About Microsoft

Microsoft has 35 different feature teams building Windows 8. The list provides some new official confirmation and additional clues on what to expect with the next Windows release. Source: All About Microsoft

Microsoft CRM Online and Office 365 users were hit with outages to their cloud services on August 17. Microsoft has yet to respond as to what’s going on. Source: All About Microsoft

Microsoft is continuing to inch toward the roll-out of Mango, the next version of its Windows Phone operating system. The company just made available to developers a new Silverlight toolkit for the Mango release. Source: All About Microsoft

Microsoft has no plans to follow VMware’s lead with new pricing/licensing changes in the virtualization space that have led to VMware customer outcry. In fact, with Windows 8, Microsoft is taking the opposite tack, officials said. Source: All About Microsoft

Microsoft is cautioning users of its BPOS cloud suite of applications against attempting to manually migrate to Office 365 and is advising them to wait until September for the transition period to begin. Source: All About Microsoft

Starting October 1, Microsoft is making adjustments to its Windows Azure pricing and terminology in the hopes of attracting developers building and running smaller apps on its cloud platform. Source: All About Microsoft

Microsoft kicked off a new Windows 8 engineering blog about a month before the company is expected to release a first widespread test build of the next version of Windows. Source: All About Microsoft

Does Google’s acquisition of Motorola mean it’s finally time for Microsoft to buy Nokia or RIM? I still don’t see the potential gains from a handset-maker purchase offsetting the losses. Source: All About Microsoft

With the Google announcement that it intends to buy Motorola Mobility, the Microsoft vs. Motorola patent battle just took a new turn. Source: All About Microsoft

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Microsoft has overhauled its innovation pipeline from both a technology and process standpoint. Here are five slides that explain some of the changes made. Source: All About Microsoft