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Posted by timothy on Saturday February 26, 2011 @01:03PM
from the trial-balloon dept.

autospa writes "In a three and a half minute video, Microsoft may have shown the world what it has in store for the eagerly awaited Windows 8. In the video Microsoft showed a radically different interface from past versions of Windows — even Windows 7. Running on Surface 2, the touch-screen successor to the original Microsoft Surface, the device accepts input from a Windows Phone 7 handset (HTC HD7). Gone are the icons that drive Windows, OS X, and Linux operating systems of past and present. In their place are 'bubbles' that interact with files and post streaming information off the internet."

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Re:(from article) "eagerly awaited"? (Score:4, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Saturday February 26, 2011 @01:13PM (#35324304)

The Federal Reserve has been asking for a bubble-based UI.

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That is the greatest advantage of Microsoft (Score:5, Funny)

by 140Mandak262Jamuna (970587) writes: on Saturday February 26, 2011 @01:14PM (#35324312) Journal

You know if you use these Linux and such OS, there is so much of cost retraining the employees in the new system. You stick to Microsoft, you can rest assured that all the training costs you have spent will be investments that pay dividend over a long time to come. That is why you should invest in microsoft and stay away from those platforms that keep changing their UI.

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Re:Non story - news at 11 (Score:5, Funny)

by maird (699535) writes: on Saturday February 26, 2011 @01:20PM (#35324362) Homepage

There's the proof it's Windows 8 at least.

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BSOD (Score:1, Funny)

by Ice Station Zebra (18124) writes: on Saturday February 26, 2011 @01:24PM (#35324386) Homepage Journal

Bubble Screen of Death.

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Re:BSOD (Score:4, Funny)

by alostpacket (1972110) writes: on Saturday February 26, 2011 @01:52PM (#35324618) Homepage

Somewhere Clippy is sitting unshaven, disheveled, and hung-over -- blowing soap bubbles and popping them in symbolic, disgusted jealousy.

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