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Microsoft Unveils Windows 10 Creators Update, Coming in Early 2017 (fortune.com)

Microsoft today announced Creators Update for Windows 10. The company said Creators Update will release with a slew of new features at no charge in early 2017. From a report on Fortune: The Windows 10 Creators Update lets users on mobile devices take three-dimensional photos by scanning an object as they walk around it. It also allows for 3D graphics in Microsoft's popular PowerPoint presentation software, and a new "Paint 3D" application lets people edit photos and other designs in three dimensions. Terry Myerson, Microsoft's executive vice president for the Windows and devices group, said the update was tailored for gamers who are increasingly interested in augmented and virtual reality experiences. "Windows 10 will be your platform for gaming glory," he said at a product launch event in New York.

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  1. Re:And it's a *free* update by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    oooh - troll moded not 1 minute after posting - I see the M$ shills are out in force.

    Look pal - the point is that it's a bunch of unnecessary features used to strengthen their failing position in the market place for a Windows-as-a-service that they've ramrodded down everyone's throats and they have the audacity to proclaim it's a "free update" as if they're doing us a favor.

    They're not.

  2. NICE TIPO by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    >Microsoft's exclusive vice president

    Oh, you mean he's not a vice president for anyone else? Or is he a limited time offer just for me?

  3. Re:... what? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Funny

    There's probably some way this is leveraged to provide yet another way of tracking and spying on users

    One word: Nudes.