Today Microsoft casually showed off Office 15's new interface in a video, revealing the new Metro style interface, and some sort of cloud integration.
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Windows 8 Metro-based apps will be able to add web content into those apps with no performance hits, compared to iOS apps that use Safari-based web content, according to a new blog post from Microsoft
In a new interview, Microsoft's Director of User Experience Sam Moreau talks about how the company has made the decisions for the overall design of Windows 8's user interface.
Another day, another leak of screenshots from Windows 8 build 8220. While the classic desktop is still more of the same, there is a new tasty UI tidbit - and it's not the Start orb.
Microsoft has once again repeated that Internet Explorer 10 Metro won't support plug-ins, but did offer a way to direct IE10 users to use the desktop version of the browser for older web sites.
Metro is an all in design change for Microsoft, but will one of its biggest products, Office, go Metro when it launches? At this point, it is a bit unclear what the directions is for the product.
As we approach the beta, or the "Consumer Preview" to be released sometime next month, there are new details on the changes we can expect for daily file management tasks in Windows 8.
The upcoming beta release of Windows 8 will allow users to use more customization features but won't allow users to use their own picture as the background of the Metro Start Screen.
In a new post on the official Windows Store blog, Microsoft goes over how it is designing the user interface and experience for Windows 8's upcoming app download store.
Microsoft's new Skype division has two new job listings on its web site looking for developers to create Metro style apps for the upcoming Windows 8 operating system.
Microsoft has constructed a giant metro styled wall at its CES 2012 booth. THe live wall cycles through various Microsoft metro products and is rather mesmerizing to observe.
Windows 8 will be getting some Metro style applications from Cyberlink, including Windows 8 versions of their PowerDVD, YouCam and PowerDirector software programs.
An investigation into video quality on the Xbox 360 Metro update has revealed some worrying results: while Zune content plays at full 1080p, third-party video has been limited to 720p.
Windows 8 is being used as a demo platform for Gaze, a new PC eye-tracking tool. The device, which can let users control PCs with their eyes, was revealed today and will be shown at CES 2012.
As Microsoft continues to deploy its 'Metro' user experience to all of its products, the design agencies behind the overhaul of its corporate intranet offer a glimpse into its Metro-focused redesign.
A new rumor claims that both Acer and Lenovo are prepping to launch Windows 8-based tablets, using the touch screen Metro interface, in the third quarter of 2012.
The Metrotube, a WP7 front-end app for YouTube, is to be discontinued at the beginning of 2012, due to some difficulties in its development.
More screenshots from a new but pre-beta build of Windows 8 have found their way to the Internet with claims that Microsoft will sign off on the beta version of the operating system by the end of 2011
Unlocking a mobile device with gestures isn't new. But Microsoft takes gesture passwords to a whole new level in Windows 8, and has the calculations to prove it.
In a new video interview, Microsoft's design director Steve Kaneko talks about the design choices that the company has made for the Windows 8 OS and other products, including the Metro interface.
Windows 8 will have a media player and newly leaked screenshots from the latest pre-beta build of Microsoft's operating system show how the media player looks with the new Metro interface.
Kobo has announced that it will be developing an number of eReader apps specifically for the Windows 8 Metro interface, to be offered via download on the Windows Store feature .
We go hands-on with the public version of the Fall 2011 Metro-styled Xbox 360 Dashboard in a video overview, showing you most of the new features and new tiled style present in the update
Windows 8 apparently now includes a way to close Metro style applications just by touch gesture, rather than by using the task manager which is in the developer's preview version of the OS.
A new rumor suggests that Microsoft has made the decision not to allow standard desktop apps from being run on the ARM version of Windows 8, making the ARM port running Metro only apps.
It looks like the BBC has grown fondly of Microsoft's new design language as a recent update to their beta website takes Metro to heart.
Finally, it looks like the new Fall 2011 Dashboard is about to hit everyone's Xbox 360 consoles, as word from Microsoft has pegged the upgrade date for December 6. Metro, here we come.
Intel CEO Paul Otellini said today that the company will make selling low cost Windows 8-based ultrabooks a priorty in the next year, with an emphasis on the Metro-style touch interface
The Xbox 360 enters the holiday season on a high, as the latest independent figures reveal another month of amazing sales, as Microsoft readies new games and a new dashboard for the console.
Since the Nokia Lumia phones were announced last week, Nokia has launched a full scale advertising assault across TV, billboards and on the internet in the UK. A good sign for the future of WP7.
If you applied to join the Xbox LIVE Update Preview Program - hoping to be among the first to enjoy the new-look Xbox 360 dashboard and user experience - you can find out now if you've been accepted.
Some app developers thinking about making programs for Microsoft's Windows 8 are already speculating that the patent troll company Lodsys could go after those same developers with lawsuits.
Microsoft laid out the new capabilities of searching from the new Start Screen in Windows 8 on the Building Windows 8 blog, with changes that benefit both keyboardists and touch users alike.
Microsoft addresses more of the most common concerns users have with the Start screen in Windows 8. In addition, they've left a hint of what the All Programs view will evolve into.
In the first of a series of posts on the Building Windows 8 blog, Microsoft explains the evolution of Windows's Start Menu and the reasons behind the sudden move to a new Start screen.
A new infographic created by Mashwork takes a look at the recent reactions to Microsoft's introduction of the Windows 8 operating system via Twitter messages.
Microsoft has now told Neowin that earlier reports about the business model for the upcoming Windows 8 app store was based on a slide that was just a placeholder.
If you have been wanting to change the background on the new Metro interface, a tutorial has been put together to make the process a bit easier and it now supports x86 and x64 installs.
Microsoft is planning to limit sales of Metro-style Windows 8 apps to Microsoft's own app store when it launches, and that Microsoft will take a 30 percent cut from sales too.
Microsoft is seeking to trademark "Charms," the term used to describe the menu and its icons that appear on the right or bottom-left of the screen in Windows 8.