Windows Blue, which is thought to be the first major update to Windows 8, is also expected to give the industry a boost.
That leaked build of Windows Blue is a case in point: it suggests a relatively incremental update to Windows 8, yet some of its revelations are already causing quite a stir.
The rumored OS update, Windows Blue, could be a corrective that proves more accommodating of consumer hesitation.
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Microsoft is gearing up to release a new version of Windows later this year, codenamed Windows Blue.
Microsoft isn't mentioning details beyond the Windows Blue codename, but it does promise that the upgrade should be available before 2013 is over.
The blue square represents Windows (neutral, cool, in the background of everything like the sky in the XP homescreen.) The red square represents Office (active, constructive, hot like overheated brain activity.).
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There also will be new chips from Intel that aim to greatly increase battery life and a refined, beefed-up version of Windows 8, code-named Windows Blue, which will be available to current buyers as a free upgrade.
"It is unfortunate that the Financial Times did not accurately represent the content or the context of our conversation about the good response to date on Windows 8 and the positive opportunities ahead on both Windows 8 and Windows Blue, " it said.
But for tasks that require a little bit of creativity, we seem to benefit from high ceilings, lots of windows and bright blue walls that match the sky.
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The plunge-pool-equipped Windward Pavilions are the largest (1, 291 square feet) of Qualia's 60 accommodations, and also lean heavily on views for decoration--floor-to-ceiling windows bring the blue sea in, with a counterpoint of contemporary furniture in similar shades.
She patched colors together in an ode to Wright's famous stainglass windows, relying on petrol blue, ruby, lavender, violet and camel.
The curtainless windows were rectangles of electric-blue sky that turned to gray and then normal daylight as the patients rose and slowly, in their thin striped cotton robes, began wandering down the corridor that led into the common room.
We frequently grumbled about Windows: its bugs, the blue screens of death, the bloatedness of it all.
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The windows are boarded up, and a bright blue tarp stands at attention near the garage.
Microsoft is likely to talk more about Blue starting this summer, including new devices powered by Windows.
The Blue Screen of Death still casts a negative halo around Windows despite basically disappearing from PCs a decade ago, after Windows XP arrived.
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One culmination of the new strategy for Microsoft is what it calls "Blue"--frequently updated versions of its products including Windows.
Several businesses tied red, white, and blue ribbons on their doors and had American flags hanging in their windows.
Instead of the usual dreary Windows logo, the screen showed only a big blurry blue mess that was soon covered with giant, flickering icons.
The bathroom now has a sloped ceiling, added windows, a skylight, hand-cut sky-blue glass tiles in the shower, a big white tub and contemporary oak cabinets with Carrara marble tops.
The Windows Phone 8X will come in a variety of colors including California Blue, Graphite Black, Flame Red and Limelight Yellow.
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Windows Phone 8 phones are Flame Red, Limelight Yellow and California Blue.
The Windows Phone 8S by HTC will be available in Domino, Fiesta Red, Atlantic Blue and High-Rise Gray.
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Windows with the shutters and curtains closed show up in the images in a deep blue colour, demonstrating little heat is escaping.
From the banks, our boat must have looked a bit like some floating cubist sculpture, its white angular structure scored by floor-to-ceiling windows striped with balcony railings, its monochromatic figure floating in a backdrop of clear blue sky.
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