Update: Sadly it would appear that all these “screenshots”, as good as they are all only concept images. You can see more like them on DeviantArt. Today I saw some new screenshots from Windows 8 that all come from the Metro part of Windows. Now I don’t know if these images are real screenshots or [...]

Confucius once said: If names are not correct, language will not be in accordance with the truth of things. I think that quote sums up my feelings towards Windows 8’s current name. To me Windows 8 is not just a progression of the Windows OS or indeed its brand but it is actually far more [...]

A lot of people have seen the Metro UI of Windows 8 and thought that it will be no good for mouse and keyboard interaction however there really is no need to spend any time in the Metro UI of Windows 8. To prove this to myself as much as anything I tried using Windows [...]

So after only using Windows 8 for the past day and having watched the BUILD keynote I have already some ideas for minor tweak and features in Windows 8 that from a consumer’s UI point of view would be good. First up is an idea I have already shared once before, long before I even [...]

So as I said last night Winrumors had info about a new version of Bing for Windows 8 tablets and today Tom Warren, of Winrumors, has shared a link to the new Bing. The address is Bing.com/bingwin. As you can see the homepage image is not quite working working properly. Also the information boxes are [...]

This is very interesting, WinRumors is reporting that they have uncovered information about a new web app for Bing that will be released to coincide with the BUILD event next week in which Windows 8 will be spoken about. I reported earlier that the Bing homepage had received an update but that it wasn’t the [...]

I was looking around deviantart earlier today when I stumbled upon a video I hadn’t seen of Bing. As far as I can tell this video is real and it actually fits in well with some of the images I’ve seen for the next version of Bing. is in a perpetual state of “coming soon”. [...]

Just a quick post to let you know that I have relaunched my Metro US focused blog, Typography and Squares. I have built a brand new theme for the site based on Windows 8 and it should cater for touch screen devices too. The site will also indicate if an article has come from here [...]

It’s been a busy for hours for the Windows team as they have so far made 2 significant announcements about Windows 8 in their blog Building Windows 8. The first announcement was that Windows Explorer will be donning the Ribbon UI to better show many of the features and options available to users currently on [...]

Microsoft have released their 3rd video today about building Windows 8 and its a very interesting video showing how the company plans to overhaul the copy experience within Explorer in the next version of Windows. This included things such as a single place for all copy jobs on Windows and options to pause/resume and cancel [...]