Windows 8 Coming In 2012

Microsoft Chief Steve Ballmer on Monday confirmed that Windows 8, the next generation of operating system software giant, will be available in 2012.

Speaking at Micorosoft Developer Forum in Tokyo yesterday, Ballmer said Microsoft "clearly working hard for the following versions of Windows."

"When we look forward to the next generation of Windows system which will come out next year, there are many more to come," he continued. "As we move forward this year, you should expect fatherly heard much about Windows 8, Windows Tablet 8, PCs, and various other types."

Various rumors about Windows 8 has appeared on the Internet in recent months, but Microsoft has yet to confirm what features will be added to the operating system. While Ballmer did not go into detail about what will be seen by users of Windows 8, he gave an outline of where Microsoft would invest.

One of them is a natural user interface, or "a thought that we really want to talk, waving and gestures, touch and sign on our computers," said Ballmer. Microsoft wants you to recognize your device and the actions you are doing, like Kinect do it for the game (game).

For that Microsoft is also focusing on natural language. "Currently there is only open files, blah, blah, blah, answer, reply, move on. I can not just say it on my device, I prepare to go to Tokyo," said Ballmer. "We must make it so that search engine and user interface devices can take action on our behalf."

Ballmer also talked about using HTML and JavaScript, "we must know that the more talent in the world to know these techniques," he said.

Of course there are clouds. "Skype is just another representation of what we thought was a possible scenario of vast importance in the clouds," he said of Microsoft's acquisitions recently.

Expect to hear more about the future of Windows at the conference "D: All Things Digital" next week in Califoria. All Things D just assert that the President of Microsoft Windows, Steven Sinofsky, will appear at the conference, which lasted from 31 May to 2 June.

Ballmer also talked about the phone is Windows and expect 500 new features that will be upgraded later. Microsoft is expected to reveal more details about the upgrade, code-named Mango, at a press event in New York on Tuesday. It will be broadcast via Microsfot Network at 10 am eastern time.

Ballmer also stressed that Microsoft has "some work to do" when it comes to tablet, but stressed that "there will be days in the future where it will be difficult to distinguish the phone from the tablet, and from the PC."

"You really will have to be paper-thin screen that is very easy to fold your phone," he concluded. "Also at the same time, you will get a PC-like capabilities in the form of smaller devices."

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