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• Windows 8 Consumer Preview to be Launched by Microsoft in the Leap Year

  thewall.com.au | 9:27 pm Feb 8, 2012

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• Windows 8 Consumer Preview Event Set for Feb. 29

  mashable.com | 9:35 pm Feb 8, 2012

  Microsoft chose a special day — Leap Day — for its special event: the official unveiling of the Windows 8 Consumer Preview. The Redmond software giant began seeding invites for its exclusive event in Barcelona, Spain, where the Mobile World Congress trade…

• Microsoft celebrating leap year right by launching Windows 8 Consumer Preview at MWC

  engadget.com | 9:11 pm Feb 8, 2012

  Perhaps celebrating a push toward the mobile space with its traditionally desktop-bound OS -- or maybe just doing its best to further confuse the similar naming conventions with its forthcoming smartphone operating system -- Microsoft today sent out…

• Windows 8 Consumer Preview coming February 29th

  arstechnica.com | 9:11 pm Feb 8, 2012

  The Windows 8 Consumer Preview—notably it's not being called a "beta"—will be launched on February 29th. Microsoft will launch it at an event it's hosting in Barcelona to coincide with Mobile World Congress. Taking full advantage of the opportunity…

• Microsoft to launch Windows 8 'Consumer Preview' on February 29th

  theverge.com | 9:12 pm Feb 8, 2012

  Microsoft revealed today that it plans to launch the highly anticipated "Consumer Preview" version of Windows 8 on February 29th. The company will hold an event at Mobile World Congress (MWC) in Barcelona on February 29th to launch the Windows 8 Consumer…

• Microsoft To Launch Windows 8 Consumer Preview At MWC On February 29

  techcrunch.com | 10:07 pm Feb 8, 2012

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