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Microsoft has revealed that Windows 8 will be released on 26 October. 微软透露,Win8将于10月26日发布。 The declaration was made at the firm's annual sales meeting and was published on its blog shortly after. The firm has described the update as the most important redesign of its interface1 in more than a decade. The announcement was made a day before the firm releases its fourth quarter earnings2 report. Analysts3 say it may post its first ever loss after writing down the value of a troubled takeover. The firm paid $6.3bn (£4bn) for the online advertising4 service Aquantive in 2007 but has said the service did not perform as expected. As a result its earnings will be offset5 by a $6.2bn charge. Touchscreen controls The company's future efforts are now focused on its upcoming system software release. Windows 8 includes a touch-controlled interface dubbed6 Metro7 as well as a more traditional desktop8. It will be released in a version that runs on ARM-based chips for the first time, as well as versions for x86-based ones designed by Intel and AMD. Some consumers will have delayed buying new computers ahead of the release, depressing Microsoft's sales in the meantime. However, many companies have continued with their roll-out of Windows 7 as it typically takes big firms' IT departments months or years after a major system update to approve its installation on workers' computers.
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1 interface | |
n.接合部位,分界面;v.(使)互相联系 | |
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n.工资收人;利润,利益,所得 | |
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分析家,化验员( analyst的名词复数 ) | |
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4 advertising | |
n.广告业;广告活动 a.广告的;广告业务的 | |
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5 offset | |
n.分支,补偿;v.抵消,补偿 | |
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6 dubbed | |
v.给…起绰号( dub的过去式和过去分词 );把…称为;配音;复制 | |
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7 metro | |
n.地铁;adj.大都市的;(METRO)麦德隆(财富500强公司之一总部所在地德国,主要经营零售) | |
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8 desktop | |
n.桌面管理系统程序;台式 | |
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