by WILL KNIGHT, Technology Review
Microsoft released a sneak peak of Windows 8, the next major rethink of its operating system, which is expected to go on sale later this year. As tablets and smart phones have started to replace desktops and laptops, and as increasingly sophisticated Web services have grown in importance, Microsoft has fallen behind the likes of Apple, Google, and Facebook in providing the software that most people use every day. Windows 8 represents an attempt to catch up and remain relevant. Although unfinished (and subject to significant changes before its official release), Windows 8 looks set to be the most radical reinvention of Microsoft’s operating system since Windows 95. It blurs the line between desktop and mobile computing, and contains some clever tricks that could help Microsoft push into mobile, social networking, and consumer cloud services.
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