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Intel has confirmed that Windows 8 ARM will not run x86/64 code, meaning it launch with a very small library of apps. Link Removed

By Joe Wilcox, Betanews That's a question many customers may ask, if a report from Bloomberg proves to be right: There will be at least five Windows 8 editions -- four for ARM processors. Is that a sound marketing strategy? Link Removed Link Removed Link Removed Link Removed Link Removed...

Microsoft will make at least four different versions of Windows 8 for devices with ARM processors, but you won't be running older Windows apps on any them, according to an Intel executive. Renee James, Intel's senior vice president and general manager of Software and Services Group, also...

Over at The Register there's a piece about Windows 8 and how the ARM flavor of that OS won't run legacy apps. The same article also features the revelation that Windows 8 will feature a 'Windows 7... More...

The head of Intel's software business says Microsoft plans multiple versions of Windows for ARM processors...and none will run existing Windows software. Source: Yahoo! News

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An Intel executive says Microsoft will make at least four different versions of Windows 8 for devices with ARM processors, but you won't be running older Windows apps on any them. Source: Yahoo! News

For some it may be an obvious thing to state, but Windows 8 on ARM will be a completely blank canvas with no compatibility mode for any software running on previous x86 versions of Windows. If a developer wants an older app to run on Windows 8 ARM, they need to develop a new version [...] Link...

Microsoft Corp. will make multiple versions of its next Windows operating system... Link Removed

Intel was quick to point out that the ARM version of Windows 8 won't have any backwards compatibility—"Our competitors will not be running legacy applications. Not now. Not ever." But the ol' friendly x86 version? You betcha! More*» Source: Yahoo! News

We already knew that there would be multiple flavors of the next version of Windows . This is, after all, Microsoft, and if it isn't available in dozens of different SKUs, one for each rung on the ladder from student to corporate executive, then it isn't worth stamping to a disc and throwing in...

Intel has gone ahead and leaked details of the Windows 8 ARM platform plans. Source: Yahoo! News

We're still waiting for Microsoft to blow us away with its strategy for tablet domination but, thanks to the latest build of Windows 8 to drip through onto the internets, we have yet another indicator that the company's hopes rely on that OS. Of course we already know that it'll run on ARM...

1. It just got about as official as it's likely to get: Agreeing with information obtained by Fast Company from inside Apple , Reuters has just confirmed , from "three people with direct knowledge" of Apple's supply chain, that the new iPhone 5 won't go into mass production until July/August...

Watch out Intel and AMD, power efficient ARM processors will soon be able to run Windows Link Removed

Android chief Andy Rubin took to the blogs Wednesday evening to combat recent reports of Google clamping down on Android's openness. "We continue to be an open source platform and will continue releasing source code when it is ready," wrote Rubin on the Android Developer Blog. "As I write...

ARM + Direct Computing = Google TV Like Windows TV With Windows 8. With Microsoft’s commitment to ARM they finally started talking about Windows 8. A while back there was a huge dump of slides that leaked regarding Windows 8. One of the features listed in the slides was “Instant On”, detailed as...

Foley of ZDNet reported that Windows 8 could arrive sooner than we expect, there has been some chatter on the Internet that the next-generation desktop Windows operating system could arrive on tablets with better touch support along with compatibility with ARM-based processors, a feature that...

Microsoft won’t be ready to deliver its first operating system built with tablets in mind, Windows 8, until late 2012, Bloomberg reports. That timing falls in line with what most expected for Windows 8. Since Windows 7 was released in late 2009, it seemed impossible for Microsoft to deliver its...

siliconbits writes "At CeBIT 2011, we went around the stands from some of the biggest component manufacturers in the world and asked them a simple question, would you consider bringing out ARM products (barebones, laptops, tablets, motherboards) for Windows 8? The answer was a unanimous yes...