Windows 8: Windows App Store screenshots leak?

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Microsoft’s Windows App Store screenshots appear to have leaked for the first time on Monday.

 

 

The screenshots show Microsoft’s new application store for Windows. The store appears to be running in Windows 7, hinting that the software giant may also be planning to offer its app store for legacy versions of Windows. Cnbeta posted the screenshots on Monday, however WinRumors is unable to confirm their authenticity at this time. The screenshots appear to show a number of Microsoft’s own software, including third party software from Opera and Mozilla.

 

Microsoft is known to be working on an App Store for Windows 8 and the naming in the leaked screenshots is of interest. The company recently filed an objection to Apple’s use of the term “App Store”, claiming the phrase is generic. If today’s screenshots are genuine then this explains why Microsoft is fighting hard to use the “App Store” branding.

 

The revelation of Microsoft’s Windows App Store comes shortly after a number of leaked Windows 8 screenshots and information:

 

* Microsoft working on new Windows 8 activation protection

* Windows 8: Automatic Aero colorization based on wallpapers

* Windows 8: Immersive Tablet tile UI and PDF reader revealed

* Windows 8 Metro UI welcome screen and Ribbon screenshots leak

* New Windows 8 screenshots leak, including updated wallpaper

* Windows 8 to include its own Time Machine rival, History Vault

* Windows 8 to featureSmartScreen file checking security

 

Microsoft has so far been extremely quiet on the Windows 8 front. Windows Chief, Steven Sinofsky, took to the stage at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas in January to introduce a technology preview of Microsoft’s Windows ARM support and show off an early build of Windows 8. Microsoft is partnering with ARM-based manufactures NVIDIA, Qualcomm and Texas Instruments to produce new Tablet devices.

 

Microsoft has started to distribute Windows 8 builds to key OEM partners via its Connect testing site. The company has distributed build 7971.0.110324-1900 to OEMs in a special invite only “Windows 8 and Server vNext Pre-Release Program.”

 

via Winrumors > http://www.winrumors.com/windows-8-windows-app-store-screenshots-leak/