One of the most-hacked smartphones in the history of the mobile universe, the HTC HD2, is continuing to get its guts spun as Windows RT (tablet Windows 
gets pushed to it with full-screen metro-style apps! This hack is a continuation of a project being run by @CotullaCode as mentioned a few weeks ago right
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HTC HD2 Windows RT hack brings metro apps to WVGA
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on January 29, 2013
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Windows Blue reportedly keeps Windows 8 Metro interface
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on December 26, 2012
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Get Your Ass To Metro (Windows 8)
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on November 4, 2012
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Love it or hate it, Windows 8 is a big deal which is only going to get bigger. Particularly the Metro side. The Windows Store will bring app store economics to the PC in a way that most users have never experienced before, and that represents a golden opportunity for developers. However they will have to move incredibly quickly to get ahead of the rush.
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Firefox makes a Metro move
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on October 6, 2012
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The first release of a Windows 8-optimized Firefox arrives, but it’s a rough alpha that Mozilla confirms won’t be ready anytime soon. [Read more]
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Skype to adopt ‘Metro’ design, says report
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on September 17, 2012
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The next version of the Skype client may tap into the “Metro” design and let users send prerecorded video messages to each other, says The Verge.
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Where Are The Killer Apps For Windows 8 Metro?
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on September 3, 2012
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Love it or hate it, but Windows 8 will soon arrive on computers around you. While virtually all of your old programs will likely run without a hitch in desktop mode, it’s the Windows 8 Metro interface (or whatever Microsoft now wants to call it), that brings the biggest changes to the OS for users and developers alike. What Microsoft really needs right now more than anything else, though, is applications that can showcase the power of the new Windows 8 user interface. The current crop of apps in the Windows Store is a hodgepodge of games, travel and productivity apps that, for the most part, look fine but aren’t very interesting (and that includes Microsoft’s own default apps for Windows 8 Metro). What’s still missing is a few killer apps for Windows 8 Metro that will get consumers interested in the platform.
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You Can’t Bypass the UI Formerly Known As Metro On Windows 8
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on August 11, 2012
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colinneagle writes with this excerpt from Network World: “The final build of Windows 8 has already leaked to torrent sites, which is giving the propellerheads a chance to dig through the code. One revelation will probably not sit well with enterprise customers: you can’t bypass the don’t-call-it-Metro UI. Normally, you have to boot Windows 8 and when the tiled desktop UI (formerly known as Metro) came up, you had to click on one of the boxes to launch Explorer. Prior builds of Windows 8 allowed the user to create a shortcut so you bypass Metro and go straight to the Explorer desktop. Rafael Rivera, co-author of the forthcoming Windows 8 Secrets, confirmed to Mary Jo Foley at ZDNet that Microsoft does indeed block the boot bypass routine from prior builds. He also believes that Microsoft has blocked the ability for administrators to use Group Policy to allow users to bypass the tiled startup screen. There had been hope that Microsoft would at least relent and let corporate users have a bypass, if only for compatibility’s sake.”
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Microsoft replaces ‘Metro’ with ‘Windows 8′ and ‘Modern’ labels
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on August 10, 2012
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Microsoft will use ‘Windows 8′ or ‘Modern’ as replacements for the now-discarded ‘Metro’ label to describe apps and their environment in the upcoming operating system, according to reports yesterday and today.
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Microsoft reportedly settles on ‘Windows 8′ as replacement for ‘Metro’
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on August 9, 2012
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We’ve already heard that Microsoft was temporarily using “Windows 8-style UI” as a substitute for “Metro” now that the latter is on the outs, and it looks like may now have a permanent replacement. According to some unnamed sources speaking to ZDNet’s Mary Jo Foley, Microsoft has decided to simply use “Windows 8″ as a name for all things once known as Metro. That means “Metro-style applications” will now be known as “Windows 8 applications,” and that the “Metro user interface” will now be the “Windows 8 user interface.” What’s more, Foley also notes that the phrase “Windows 8 apps” has already turned up on the promo page for Lenovo’s new ThinkPad Tablet 2, which also indicates that the traditional Windows 8 apps will simply be known as “desktop” apps to distinguish the two. We’ll keep you posted if we hear more on the change from Microsoft itself.
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Microsoft officially leaving Windows 8 Metro brand in the dust
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Microsoft confirmed today that it will indeed be ditching the Metro branding for Windows 8, and said it plans to introduce a new brand sometime later this week. We had a feeling that something like this was going to happen, thanks to this week’s leak of internal Microsoft memos which signaled such a change. Apparently,
Microsoft confirms dumping ‘Metro’ brand from Windows 8
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on August 3, 2012
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Microsoft will walk away from the ‘Metro’ tag it’s been using for over a year to describe the new environment and apps in both Windows 8 and Windows RT, the company confirmed Friday.
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Microsoft downplays Metro design name, might face a lawsuit over all that street lingo
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on August 2, 2012
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If you’ve seen most of Microsoft’s design language for nearly three years, there’s only one word that sums it up: Metro. In spite of that urban look being the underpinning of Windows Phone, Windows 8 and even the Zune HD, however, Microsoft now claims to ZDNet and others that it’s no longer fond of the Metro badge. Instead, it’s supposedly phasing out the name as part of a “transition from industry dialog to a broad consumer dialog” while it starts shipping related products — a funny statement for a company that’s been shipping some of those products for quite awhile. Digging a little deeper, there’s murmurs that the shift might not be voluntary. Both Ars Technica and The Verge hear from unverified sources that German retailer Metro AG might waving its legal guns and forcing Microsoft to quiet down over a potential (if questionable) trademark dispute. Metro AG itself won’t comment other than to say that these are “market rumors,” which doesn’t exactly calm any frayed nerves over in Redmond. Should there be any truth to the story, we hope Microsoft chooses an equally catchy name for those tiles later on; Windows Street Sign Interface just wouldn’t have the same ring to it.
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OneNote MX preview hits Windows Store with Metro UI
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on July 17, 2012
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Microsoft’s first Windows 8 Metro style Office app, the tablet-centric OneNote MX digital note-taking software, has shown up as a preview release in the Windows Store. Among the tidbits seen officially for the first time is the new radial touch menu, with easy navigation buttons along with quick access to font formatting, copy, bullets, and
Windows 8: .NET Versus HTML5 Metro App Development
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on June 17, 2012
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An anonymous reader writes “Will Microsoft take advantage of .NET’s Java-like CIL and allow .NET code to run on Windows 8, or force developers to switch to HTML5 Metro apps instead for porting apps to Windows 8? This article brings up important insights into both paradigms’ advantages and disadvantages, and even correlates the options with Microsoft’s past NT-era support of MIPS and PPC, as well as Windows CE’s way of supporting embedded architectures.”
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Windows 8 Pre RTM Metro UI Leaked
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on June 14, 2012
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An anonymous reader writes with this snippet from PC Tech Talk, which features screenshots of what is said to be something very close to what users will see in Windows 8: “One of the biggest changes Microsoft announced for Windows 8 was the change from the ‘Aero Glass’ interface we had in Windows Vista and Windows 7 to a new Metro UI. Until today these changes had not been fully seen as the weren’t included in the recent Release Preview. A number of changes have been made to the UI since the Release Preview 2 weeks ago. Microsoft have said the new Metro UI will appear crisper following the removal of shadows and transparency. Gradients have been removed from buttons. The task bar is no longer has the glass, transparent look or blur effect. The new design brings with it some heartache for those that loved the Aero Glass effect as it has now been completely removed from Windows 8.” Maybe it’s more exciting in motion than are these static shots.
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Google delivers Metro Chrome preview
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on June 13, 2012
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Google yesterday released its first preview of Chrome that runs in the Windows 8 Metro environment, making good on a promise from last week.
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Microsoft official: The time is right for developers to build Win8 Metro apps
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on June 11, 2012
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With Windows 8 in its final phase of development, Microsoft is encouraging commercial and in-house enterprise developers to start building Metro-style applications for Microsoft's new operating system for desktops, laptops and tablets.
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Microsoft to revamp Hotmail with Metro styling
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on June 10, 2012
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According to leaked screenshots obtained by LiveSide, Microsoft is getting ready to revamp Hotmail with a new look that will be more in tune with the Metro-styled Windows 8 due out later this year. The screenshots reveal a clean new interface and possibly new branding as “Newmail.” However, it’s believed that the name is just
Microsoft links Metro theme to jQuery Mobile, Windows Phone
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on April 30, 2012
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With Microsoft Open Technologies release, websites and mobile apps can use Metro style
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Windows 8 Metro Theme Created For Rooted Android Tablets
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on April 10, 2012
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MikeatWired writes “Now here’s a cool one for you tablet users that like to tweak the appearance of your UI! XDA member BroBot175 has created a Metro UI theme for all tablets running Honeycomb or ICS! The theme is a fully functioning replica of Windows 8 that allows you to create your own tiles, and organize them however you want.”
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Firefox Demos Prototype Metro Interface
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on April 3, 2012
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In order to provide an alternative to IE on Windows 8, Firefox needs a Metro UI. Luckily, development of a Metro interface for Firefox is well underway. The current build reuses the Android interface XUL (by virtue of being based on Fennec). The latest test release features lots of platform integration support: “We have Metro snap working, you can snap another Metro app to the right or left of Firefox and continue browsing.
We also have HTML file input controls tied up to the Metro file picker. … implemented the Windows 8 search contract, you can use the Search Charm from any screen on Windows 8. If you enter a URL, it will be loaded. If you enter anything else, it will be searched in your default search engine. We also implemented the Windows 8 share contract, you can use the Share Charm from any Firefox page to share that page to another application. Once you select the Share Charm it will list the applications you can share to, for example: Mail, Twitter, or Facebook.” If you’re interested in following development, the team has made a Mercurial repository available.
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Switched On: Metro and the Mac
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on March 5, 2012
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Each week Ross Rubin contributes Switched On, a column about consumer technology.
With the release of the Windows 8 Consumer Preview, more consumers can more easily experience Metro, along with Metro-style apps. With this new approach, Microsoft is making the most radical shift in user interface it’s ever attempted — a change so drastic it will supplant the desktop as the default user experience.
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TMB Metro Transit Strike Averted At Mobile World Congress
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on February 25, 2012
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We’re on the ground here in Barcelona for the 2012 GSMA Mobile World Congress and are happy to report that, according to the GSMA press release, the planned strike by Metro subway workers has been staved off. An agreement has been reached.
The Bus workers, however, are apparently still negotiating.
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Coming in 2012: Firefox for Windows 8′s Metro
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on February 13, 2012
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Mozilla plans to release a beta version this year for Microsoft’s upcoming Windows interface. It’ll be a lot of work, but Mozilla doesn’t really have a choice.
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Why Metro now rules at Microsoft
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on February 8, 2012
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The tile-based user interface created for Windows Phone has moved to the core of Microsoft’s consumer offerings. Now, Microsoft has to make sure it doesn’t muddy Metro’s clear design.
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The Xbox Metro Update Nudges Microsoft’s Console Closer To Set-top Hedgemony
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on December 5, 2011
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The upcoming Metro update to Microsoft’s Xbox, shipping tonight and arriving on your console some time this week, pushes Microsoft’s gaming product away from the traditional run-and-gun of gaming consoles and into a new realm: that of the home media center.
While the Xbox existed as a media center before, allowing you to download video and music content and stream content from your home computers, this new update makes it easier to find disparate pieces of content, whether its from Microsoft’s own video/music store or another source or directly from the Internet through YouTube and various partner services. The update also allows Windows Phone users to control the Xbox remotely, adding items to the queue and looking up content to send to the TV while other content is playing. In short, this update isn’t about the games, it’s about content.
Windows 8 desktop interface kills Aero for Metro, gets with the times
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on October 31, 2011
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Microsoft’s Windows 8 developer preview greeted us with an interface steeped in Redmond’s new Metro style — its tile-centric start screen is sleek, fresh, and downright pretty. Imagine our surprise then, when the preview’s desktop view punted us straight back to the contemporary “Aero” dressing of Windows 7. It’s not an ugly interface by any means, but shiny, translucent window frames are so last generation. Where’s the style? In the big M’s latest Building Windows 8 preview, of course. The MSDN blog’s latest Task Manager update shows the familiar feature in a brand-new Metro suit: flat, clean, and Aero free. The post doesn’t say much on the matter (nothing at all, in fact), but it’s nice to see the classic interface getting a facelift to match Microsoft’s new look. Want to see more? Hit the source link below, it’s got all the Metro window frames you could ask for.
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.NET Programmers In Demand, Despite MS Moves To Metro
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on October 9, 2011
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mikejuk writes “Are you a newbie programmer looking for a job? It seems your best bet is to opt for .NET. According to technical jobs website Dice.com, companies in the U.S. have posted more than 10,000 positions requesting .NET experience — a 25 percent increase compared to last year’s .NET job count. So Microsoft may want us to move on to Metro but the rest of the world seems to want to stay with .NET.”
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Xbox Live Fall 2011 Dashboard update preview: Bing search, voice control, and a Metro overhaul
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on September 9, 2011
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Autumn is fast approaching — and you know what that means: it’s round about time for an Xbox Dashboard update. Sure, we got a peek of Microsoft’s upcoming harvest back at E3, but the good folks from Redmond invited us to take a closer look at what they’re calling the “most significant update to the Dashboard since NXE.” Senior project Manager Terry Ferrell was on-site to walk us through an early engineering beta and show us how an updated Metro UI, Bing search and deeper Kinect integration is going to change the way folks manage their entertainment content.
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