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Windows 8 Launch Twitter Highlights: 'At Least All the Demos Worked'

Thursday's launch event for Windows 8 was short on news, but long on...well, it was short on news. But Scott was there to live-Tweet the entire proceedings, anyway. Check out the highlights below and follow him at @scottbekker.

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Posted by Scott Bekker on October 25, 2012


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