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Microsoft Back Pedals, Metro is Now Modern UI

Totally blindsided by yet another copyright infringement complaint, the Redmond software giant had to back pedal at a rapid pace and has now completely withdrawn the Metro style brand. A huge waste considering the amount of effort they have put into marketing, what most would consider, the most visible new features in Windows 8, ie, […]

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Aug 16, 2012
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Totally blindsided by yet another copyright infringement complaint, the Redmond software giant had to back pedal at a rapid pace and has now completely withdrawn the Metro style brand. A huge waste considering the amount of effort they have put into marketing, what most would consider, the most visible new features in Windows 8, ie, its optimized touchscreen interface. Read the full details here.
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