After a trickle of Windows 8-related information, Microsoft officially opened up the floodgates during the keynote of its 2011 “Build” conference. Here are 50 images of the recently-revealed Windows 8 user interface, features and related hardware devices.
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- Windows 8 Lockscreen
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- Windows 8 “Metro” Interface Start Screen
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- The Metro Interface’s “Friends” Tiles
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- Rearranging Tiles
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- Standard On-Screen Touch Keyboard
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- Windows 8 Control Panel
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- News Reading Application
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- Video Settings Overlay
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- Docking Two Apps Next to Each Other
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- Internet Explorer 10
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- Entering a Web URL in Internet Explorer 10
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- Windows 8 “Charms” Used to Do More with Apps
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- Send a Webpage to a Friend
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- Search Your Computer, Apps and the Web
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- “Tweet@rama” Twitter App
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- Image Files
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- Windows 8 Tablet
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- Windows 8 App Store
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- Games in the Windows 8 Store
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- App Listing in the Windows 8 Store
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- Regular Windows Programs Will Also Be Listed in the Store
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- Some of the Windows 8 Hardware Devices
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- Windows 8 Tablets
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- The HP “Phoenix” PC
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- High-Performance PC Cooled by Water
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- Screenshot from Game Using the Unreal Engine
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- Windows 8 “Metro” Will Work on a Variety of Resolutions
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- 3G Data Connection Management Fully Integrated into Windows 8
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- Ultrabooks
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- More Ultrabooks
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- Another Ultrabook
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- Samsung’s Windows 8 Tablet
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- Non-intrusive Update Notifications
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- Another Look at the Control Panel
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- Windows 8′s New “Refresh” Option
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- Taskbar Now Spans Multiple Monitors
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- Dual Displays Running Metro and Standard Interfaces
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- Keyboard Shortcuts Will Be Plentiful
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- Optional Thumb Keyboard for Tablets
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- New “Make Bigger” Usability Feature
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- Sync All Your Settings and Apps to Multiple PCs
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- E-mail Client
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- Calendar App
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- Photos App
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- The “Share” Charm
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- Sharing a Photo via E-mail
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- Photo Picker
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- Internet Explorer 10 with Tabs
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- Microsoft’s Build Windows unit chief Steven Sinofsky (Photo: Reuters)
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- Sinofsky with Windows 8 Tablet (Photo: Reuters)
All images from Microsoft unless otherwise noted…
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