Will future releases of Avast run on tablets?
It appears that MSFT is going full speed ahead on making Windows 8 "a serious OS for tablets and touchscreen devices".
Windows 8 To Include Windows Phone-like IE, PDF Reader
April 4, 2011 | Andrew
Microsoft is pushing to position Windows 8 as not just a replacement for Windows 7 on desktops, but also as a serious OS for tablets and touchscreen devices – to that end, the company has been hard at work creating a new interface for the new operating system, (see link for photo) inspired at least partly by its work on the Windows Phone 7 OS.
We’ve already seen some of that in Windows 8′s new lock screen, but the SuperSite for Windows has given us another look at this interface overhaul in the form of Internet Explorer Immersive, a version of IE9 meant to be run in fullscreen on a tablet device.............
Interface is monumentally important for the modern tablet, but just as important is out-of-the-box simplicity – apps have always been selling points for tablets, but customers expect that a certain amount of basic functionality will be included right out of the box. That’s likely the reasoning behind the other Windows 8 addition revealed today: for the first time, Windows will ship with a built-in PDF reader.
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http://windows8news.com/2011/04/04/windows-8-includes/So Windows 8 for tablets will include a full screen version of IE as well as PDF reader. This of course means a greater risk for malware attacks on your tablets. Seems to me unless MSFT builds in a solid Internet Security program into Windows 8 that there will be a need for a 3rd party Internet Security program on your tablet if you are using one that runs on Windows 8.