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Where to get the Windows 8 Release Preview

Microsoft's next big Windows 8 update, the Windows 8 Release Preview, is out. Here's where you can download it from. Go!

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Microsoft has pulled back the curtain on the penultimate update to Windows 8 today, the last step before it gets shipped to manufacturers. Read CNET's Windows 8 Release Preview First Take on the new touch-pad drivers, new default apps, and improved features, and then go see for yourself. You can get the release candidate for free.

Download it from Microsoft's own site or CNET's Download.com.

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