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Remember those ‘Windows 7: It’s Your Idea’ commercials that featured people purported to be ordinary, unpaid non-actors claiming that Microsoft’s current operating system was in fact, somehow, ‘their idea?’ Yes, we are tired of them as well. But that trend seems to be dead, so to speak, thanks to Microsoft’s next operating system. In fact, if what we heard about today is true, and accurately embodies Microsoft’s views on the coming version of Windows, you might as well get ready for its advertising campaign: Windows 8: Not Your Idea....

Now that Windows 8 has been partially unveiled, and an early build of the code is in the hands of anyone who fancies it, it is a very appropriate time to look forward and ask the question ‘what comes next.’ TNW Microsoft requested new, and additional information for this post, but Microsoft declined to disclose more than what is has publicly stated. That as it is, we will be using the company’s comments from yesterday, and prior rumors to triangulate the path forward for Microsoft’s audacious new operating system....

Now that the developer preview of Windows 8 has been in our hands for some time, we felt that it was a proper moment to publish a few tips and tricks that will help you enjoy the operating system as fully as possible. Of course, we are working with such a ‘turned-down’ edition of Windows 8 that most of what the software is capable of is completely obscured. That is a disappointment, but there is still much to learn despite the restrictions in place....

TNW Quick Hit: Little did we know this morning that today was set to be the day of Windows 8 stories. Windows 8 currently features a new screen of doom: the Black Screen of Death. Happily, as it shares the first letter of the first word of the old-school Blue Screen of Death, the famous acronym ‘BSoD’ can be maintained. The Black Screen might become the bane of all PC users come the launch of Windows 8, and we now have it on video....

Today Microsoftunveiled a new featurein Windows 8: smarter file transferring. While it is in and of itself a small change, it is one that users will interact with again and again over the life of their PC running Windows 8. This gives it has the potential to be impactful and, at the same time, elegant. GeekWire has asimilar take: “It’s not the type of thing that will get people to line up around the corner, but it suggests an attention to detail that bodes well for Windows 8 overall....