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Some of these lines sound very familiar…

The web site TheVerge has published a video that shows some of the navigation and UI changes in Windows 8 since the developer preview. The video shows the follow changes since the developer preview:

1. Pull down gesture from the top of the screen down will close a metro app
2. You can customise the colour of the background and UI
3. The mouse wheel will scroll the start menu horizontally
4. Holding the CTRL-and Mouse wheel will zoom out the start screen

This certainly shows that Microsoft are starting to address some of the navigation issues that the Developer preview had using a non-touch device.

Source: http://www.theverge.com/2012/1/10/2698435/windows-8-build-8175-pictures-video

If you have ever setup Office 365 for an enterprise environment you probably know there is a tool that is installed that syncs object with the cloud called DirSync. This tool was build on MIIS which was a 32bit only and it required you to install a 32bit OS for it to work. This meat that you could not use Windows Server 2008 R2 as this OS was only available in x64 flavour.

Well good news according to this link on the community http://community.office365.com/en-us/w/sso/555.aspx Microsoft have now released a x64 bit version of the DirSync tool. Meaning you can now ditch that old 32bit Windows Server 2008 server.

The Zune pass is now out for anyone in Australian by heading over to http://www.zune.net/ and clicking on the “Get Zune Music Pass” button.

One you have signed up you might the music option is not immediately available in the Zune PC software. If you cannot find this option then try closing and re-opening Zune and you should then be prompted with a “Features have changed” message.

If you then close and re-open the Zune software again you will find that all the music options have now appeared.

If you use the same live ID for you Xbox and Windows Phone you will also have access to the music on those devices. Now to find my favourite Katy Perry songs…

Update: According to @ZuneSupport If you have a Windows Phone you may not be able to access the marketplace until next Wednesday.