Google has had an interactive, shared online calendar like the one in Windows Live since April 2006.

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Google (nasdaq: GOOG - news - people ) has had an interactive, shared online calendar like the one in Windows Live since April 2006.

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He declined to give any projection on calendar Q4 PC sales, or how the Windows 8 upgrade cycle might unfold.

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Clarke offered few details, but he said the technology relies on a second processor and an embedded Linux system that allows users to bypass Windows to surf the Web, check e-mail and calendar, and view attachments the moment users flip up a laptop's lid.

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No Google Exchange Active Sync (EAS) mail service through Outlook: Google is not supporting Windows 8 and EAS, which means that you cannot merge and sync contacts and calendar in one program like we are all used to doing in Outlook.

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Running on the software giant's Windows CE operating system, a stripped-down version of its desktop software, the devices will offer a calendar, address book, memo pad, voice recorder, e-mail and limited web browsing.

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