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Russian president, Vladmir Putin is looking into sending away foreign software companies from Russia as soon as possible. The move is to cut down the usage of foreign software companies in Russia, especially Microsoft products, as he believed they could be used in Cyber warfare against Russia by the U.S.

        

The president believes that Microsoft products like Windows and office could be used to infiltrate Russia systems.

In a document obtained from the US Homeland security, it was revealed that Russian hackers used malware injected into a Microsoft product to shut down the Ukrainian electrical grid last year, and Putin thinks such tactics can be used by the Americans on Russia as well, NBC reports.

Russia is now in the process of getting rid of both Microsoft products from local or state-controlled level, and will push for the adoption of a local solution that can be easily controlled and looked into in the case of spying.

The social network for professionals, LinkedIn have recently been banned in Russia. This is one of the company Microsoft just purchased, and now it is going to ban the Microsoft products too.

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In what might have caught Microsoft off guard by the Chinese authority recently as it released a statement for all public offices not to use the new Windows operating system released by Microsoft last year. 

A statement released on the procurement website states that all laptops, desktops, tablet and personal computer bought for government use are not to install Windows 8. A full explanation for this action is not being released.

                                             

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In a statement released by Microsoft spokesperson:

Microsoft has been working proactively with the Chinese central government procurement center and other government agencies through the evaluation process to ensure that our products and services meet all government procurement requirements, and we'll continue to do so.

Reports reaching the press also states this might be a good time for locally produced Linux operating system. The Linux distro produced by the Chinese locals have not gained much attention as it said it lacks co-operation of hardware manufacturers to support its local made linux distro software.

The ban might also have come with Microsoft ending its support for the Microsoft Xp which was said is used by 70% of the government sector in China. Software major companies have decided to help prevent users in China against hackers or vulnerabilities. 

The ban is said not to affect personal computers in China.

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This is a good news for all windows users, as we all have been expecting this lovely new Os from Windows...but i can now tell you officially that windows 8 is finally out. If you are thinking of Ugrading  your windows operating system. I am going to give you some requirement that must be present on your current computer system. 

You need to download the Windows Pro version from directly from microsoft for $39.99

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But before you head over to microsoft in a rush, you need to know if your system can operate this new operating system, dont be scared as microsoft gave the assurance that the new operating system will work with most system running on windows 7 now...(Good news).

SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS FOR WINDOWS 8 OPERATING SYSTEM 

Processor :1 GHz processor or faster with support for PAE, NX, and SSE2

RAM: 1 Gigagbyte(GB)(32Bit) or 2GB (64Bit)

Hard Disk space :16GB (32-Bit) or 20GB(64Bit) available hard disk space

Graphics Card: Microsoft DirectX 9 graphics device with WDDM driver

Additional requirements to use certain features:

 To use touch, you need a tablet or a monitor that supports multitouch.

 To access the Windows Store and to download and run apps, you need an active Internet connection and a screen resolution of at least 1024 x 768.

 To snap apps, you need a screen resolution of at least 1366 x 768.

 Internet access (ISP fees might apply)

FAQ 

Question : I think my system can do this, because its new, but am using Windows Vista and my second system is windows XP. Can i still use Windows 8 please?

 

Answer: To use windows 8, Check your system specifications, it doesnt matter the operating system you using at the moment, if you have the minimum requirement above, you are good to go

 To check your system requirements on Windows XP Operating system

Click Start > Control panel > System ( That will show all system properties)

 To check your system requirements on Windows Vista Operating system

Click Start > Control panel > System and maintenance > System

 To check your system requirement for Windows 7 Operating system

Start > Programs > Accessories > System Tools > System Information

 Shorcut for all Operating system : Go to desktop or anywhere you have the MY COMPUTER icon,  right-click and click

 PROPERTIES.

This will show you the system information you need to check your system information.

 

You can ask any QUESTION at the comment section or search microsoft website for more information on Windows 8

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