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   Parallels 8.0.18314

   Agen G. N. Schmitz

   Improving support for Windows 8, [1]Parallels Desktop has been updated
   to version 8.0.18314 with full speed support for USB 3.0 devices,
   easier access to OS X applications from the Windows 8 Start Screen,
   capability to launch Windows 8 applications from the shared
   applications folder in the Dock, and support for the Windows 8
   one-finger swipe gesture to display the application menu, list of
   running applications, and Charm Bar. The update also adds download
   access to Kaspersky Internet Security 2013 from within Parallels
   Desktop and improves the visual process of switching Windows to
   Coherence. Additionally, you can now assign up to 16 GB of memory to a
   single virtual machine and support is added for Windows Server 2012.
   ($79.99 new, $49.99 upgrade, free update, 343 MB, [2]release notes)

References

   1. http://www.parallels.com/products/desktop/
   2. http://kb.parallels.com/en/115067

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