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Windows 8 Gets a Slow Start

Windows 8 software is off to a slow start, failing to boost demand for Microsoft computers.

Wall Street Journal
Dec 2, 2012

Microsoft Corp.'s Windows 8 hasn't perked up the sagging computer market.

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