The rumor mill is in high gear as people speculate about new features in Microsoft's latest version of Windows. Here's a compilation.
By Howard Wen
Microsoft (MSFT) recently allowed select OEM partners to download updated preview builds of Windows 8. Since then, there have been several leaked images of supposedly new features that you might see in the next Windows when it launches (perhaps in early 2012). Microsoft also previewed the new user interface late last week. Here we have compiled the most interesting leaks, rumors and previews of Windows 8.
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