Microsoft has finally broken its silence on Windows Blue, the long-rumored but never-announced update for Windows 8.
Whispers about Windows Blue started up months ago, egged on by slip-ups in Microsoft job postings and interviews that mentioned the update by name. Speculation reached a fever pitch this weekend when an early build of Windows Blue hit file-sharing sites, complete with a cornucopia of fresh features that make the modern-style Start screen more handy-dandy than ever before.
On Tuesday, Frank X. Shaw, the corporate vice president of corporate communications at Microsoft, made the first official mention of Windows Blue in a TechNet blog post:
Now, the look ahead. With a remarkable foundation of products in market and a clear view of how we will evolve the company, product leaders across Microsoft are working together on plans to advance our devices and services, a set of plans referred to internally as “Blue.”
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