Only a few days back, I had shared with you few leaked images and video of Digg ver 4.0 and now today we have the news of probably another huge leak coming in. This time around a leaked slide-show has revealed all the planed features of Microsoft’s next OS, Windows 8. The documents which were leaked clearly describes the structure and features of the upcoming Windows 8 OS. It is expected that Microsoft will release Windows 8 in 2012. It has also been seen that Microsoft are trying to follow on Apple’s foot step and wants to frame their consumer policy according to that of Apple. “Apple brand is known for high quality, uncomplicated, ‘It just works,’” a slide reads (see below). “This is something people will pay for!”
The Microsoft Windows 8 Prototype Machine
The slide-show also features a slide about the Windows 8 Prototype machine. Don’t get me wrong but does not it seems quite similar to the Mac? 
Few Expected Features of Windows 8
1) Facial Recognition
Probably until 2010, each and every laptop will come with an inbuilt webcam. Window’s 8 facial recognition system will work in such a way that all you will have to do is sit down, have your webcam get a look at you and then log you in based on facial recognition. 
Windows accounts could be connected to the cloud which would allow for roaming settings/preferences between PCs and devices and PCs to log on to websites on the user’s behalf. Going from Machine-Centric to User-Centric
2) Microsoft Kinect Like Body Sensing Technology
Basically using this Technology, the following things would happen:
- Users can be detected,
- computer will resume upon detection,
- fast user switching will leverage face detection
- once the PC detects the user leaving, the PC will sleep
The interesting feature of this system is that if someone else shows up in front of the camera, it switches between user accounts based on who it sees.
3) Windows 8: Fast Startup
A newly-planned feature combines Logoff + Hibernate to result in a new off state which will apparently give the look and feel of boot/shutdown but will be much faster.
4) Windows Help And Support
It is planned that Windows 8 will contains a perfect help and support system such that users will be able to find what steps are to be taken when an issue arises
5) Windows 8 Push Button Reset
This is one of those features that I am really looking forward to. Microsoft is planning to include a feature in Windows 8 using which you will be able to reinstall (or may I say reset) the whole Windows OS in one click while maintaining all of your personal files, applications, settings, etc. without the need for the user to back all of that stuff up.
6) Introducing Windows Store
Even though Microsoft had already tried this idea with the “Windows Marketplace”, Windows 8 will contains Windows Store where you can purchase applications for Windows as well as Windows mobile.
Besides the above mentioned features Windows 8 will contain Internet Explorer 9, support for Bluetooth 3.0 and USB 3.0, will be available in different form (laptops, netbooks, slates, etc.) etc.
As we can see that a lot has been planned for the next Windows OS, Windows 8 by Microsoft. Are you happy with these expected and planned features or would you want to see any other features included. Do comment!
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WoW.. Nice.. any news about price ?
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Shiva Chettri Reply:
June 29th, 2010 at 8:28 pm
Nope, nothing heard about the price…the leak was only of the plans…Many of these feature will probably will not be there in the final product
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WoW.. what about price ? Will it be of max. $1000 or $2000?
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Shiva Chettri Reply:
June 29th, 2010 at 8:33 pm
I do not think so it will be that costly lol
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oh my god, it included almost revealed all the features of wndows 8….
Remember the same thing happened before the official launch of windows 7 too……
Need to ensure good security at the must….
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Shiva Chettri Reply:
June 30th, 2010 at 9:41 am
Yup heard about the leak of Windows 7 too, bad that I was not blogging at that time. Nowadays it is the season of leaks. I thing these big companies must put up a good security system for their important documents and stuffs
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Digital imagination Reply:
July 3rd, 2010 at 10:54 am
The security system has already been setup there…but the thing is that people nowadays have become too smart to make it out very easily…….
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This looks like an awesome system. Its funny how we as a society are always looking for the next best thin (and this is a good thing:)
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I’m more interested in that prototype machine than the OS (Win
that supposedly runs it 
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Shiva Chettri Reply:
July 3rd, 2010 at 11:44 am
Ya the prototype looks like a Mac rip-off…Go Microsoft
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the webcam feature will be helpful
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Shiva Chettri Reply:
July 3rd, 2010 at 11:45 am
Someway it can be helpful and if we think of it in the other way it is disadvantageous too cos If once the webcam spoils then you wont even be able to open your PC? Eh!
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The facial recognition and the body sensing technology are both great features and it would be awesome if those will be included in Windows 8. It would without a doubt be revolutionary.
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