An Italian Windows website, Windowsette, has got its paws on a confidential PowerPoint presentation outlining many of Microsoft's cunning plans for Windows 8.
The report, complete with its NDA, shows many of Microsoft's thoughts for Windows 8 including the expected release date of "sometime in 2012".
It seems that Microsoft is changing the method identifying a user. Instead of just having the traditional, "admin," "user," "guest" accounts everything will be be customised for individual users.
Redmond is looking at integrating facial recognition technologies to log users into computers automatically.
As expected Microsoft wants to connect Windows accounts to the cloud so that all your data can follow you from system to system. Although it will mean that all your data will belong to Steve Ballmer.
The presentation said that Microsoft wants the boot process of Windows 8 to be as fast as possible so that it is as close to instant-on as possible.
Taking a leaf from Apple's book, Microsoft is proposing setting up a windows App store. This will mean that punters will be able to find trusted Apps online.
There are some ideas about having a "Windows Reset" feature that would back up a user's files and reformat the system in case of some sort of system problem. If this happens, apps bought from the App Store could be reinstalled and not have to be rebought.
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And what of the
roastbeef-to-sausage ratio?
Ah, You see?
That is what they don't tell you...
That they intend to ascribe humans to
a non-human, shape-shifted catecholism.
Well. They can count me out__
I'm going on holiday.
I will be celebrating__
the imperial government of
the United States of America,
originally backed by the French
and the Dutch supporting
its militarised coup from
the tyranny and oppression of
British colonial exploitation
violating the constitutional
rights of the colonists
(imposed by the
English Parliament where
firstly, royal English colonies,
ostensibly loyal to
the monarch, King George III,
made repeated pleas by
the First Continental Congress for
royal intervention on their behalf
with Parliament,
instead resulted in
the declaration by the King
that the states (now self apparent)
were "in rebellion", and the
American Congress was
comprised sole by traitors),
and carried out by foreign mercenaries
known as hessians;
is celebrating the anniversary of its
Declaration of Independence
for the formerly royal chartered
North American colonies styled:
[Province of Georgia,
Province of South Carolina,
Province of North Carolina,
Colony and Dominion of Virginia,
Province of Maryland,
Delaware Colony,
Province of Pennsylvania,
Province of New Jersey,
Province of New York,
Connecticut Colony,
Colony of Rhode Island
& Providence Plantations,
Province of Massachusetts Bay,
Province of New Hampshire];
and listed grievances against
the British King:
"He has abdicated Government here ... He has plundered our seas,
ravaged our Coasts,
burnt our towns, and
destroyed the lives of our people"
and the American Revolutionary War ended with effective
American victory in October 1781,
followed by formal British abandonment
of any claims to the United States
with the Treaty of Paris in 1783.
No Tea Party necessary,
just fireworks and picnic.