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Microsoft has announced a series of updates to Windows 8 designed to improve a number of areas ahead of the platform's general release in just over two weeks' time.

The improvements target a number of areas of the platform including performance, power management and battery efficiency, media playback, and compatibility. They will be made available from the firm's Windows Update service.

Steven Sinofsky, president of the Windows and Windows Live Division, said in a blog post that the firm was pushing itself to get as many updates pushed through to manufacturers before the operating system is launched publicly.

  Microsoft issues Windows 8 update ahead of general release