Update to Microsoft’s touchy-feely operating system edges closer to general release

Microsoft releases Windows 8.1 to manufacturers

Microsoft has today released Windows 8.1 to manufacturing, ahead of a general release on October 18th.

The update to Microsoft’s Windows 8 is supposed to include more personalisation, integrated Bing-flavoured search, new and updated apps, and tweaks to management and security.

A new wave of Windows 8 devices with the new update is due for launch in the autumn – or fall for US readers.

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