Microsoft gives us a glimpse at Windows 8

Posted by Robert Dow on June 3rd 2011 | Comments Closed
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Microsoft debuted Windows 8 at the D9 Conference in Southern California and also in Taiwan at Computex. It is a new tile-based interface replacing the classic Windows start menu which is better suited to tablets and touch screens. It will have Web-connected and Web-powered apps built using HTML5 and JavaScript, you can see a video of Microsoft Windows Unit President Steven Sinofsky and VP Julie Larson-Green demo'ing the new OS here.

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Robert Dow is the senior researcher and benchmark analysts at JPR. Afectionetly known by his co-workers as Master Chief he is the COQC (chief of quality control). A former tennis, basketball, and golf star, after a almost fatal accident on the courts where he lost his left leg, he devoted his time to obtaining a degree in history from the University of San Francisco.

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