The First Look at Windows 8

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Yesterday, Microsoft unveiled the first official look at the “Windows 8” user interface.  To see Windows 8 in action, check out this YouTube video from Microsoft. 

Building “Windows 8”

Here are some additional resources:

Microsoft press release: https://www.microsoft.com/presspass/features/2011/jun11/06-01corporatenews.aspx

Blog post from Microsoft Developer Division: https://blogs.msdn.com/b/somasegar/archive/2011/06/05/building-a-bright-future.aspx

Windows 8 Demo from D9 (video with Steven Sinofsky and Julie Larson-Green): https://allthingsd.com/20110601/microsofts-windows-8-demo-from-d9-video/ 

BUILDFinally, if you’re a developer, you don’t want to miss the BUILD conference, which will contain many in-depth sessions on building with Windows 8.  This is the “developer conference” that was referenced by Steven Sinofsky at MIX this year (which many people interpreted to be PDC, the Professional Developers Conference).  It’s in Anaheim, California on Sept 13-16, 2011.  You can register at https://buildwindows.com.