{"id":108498,"date":"2014-08-21T17:21:27","date_gmt":"2014-08-21T15:21:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/?p=108498"},"modified":"2014-08-21T17:23:50","modified_gmt":"2014-08-21T15:23:50","slug":"windows-9-coming-soon-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/software\/108498-windows-9-coming-soon-report.html","title":{"rendered":"Windows 9 coming soon: report"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Microsoft may announce the next version of Windows as early as 30 September 2014, with preview versions of the new operating system (codenamed \u201cThreshold\u201d) expected to become available at the same time or shortly thereafter, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2014\/8\/21\/6052807\/windows-9-preview-press-event-september\" target=\"_blank\">The Verge reports<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Citing sources familiar with Microsoft\u2019s plans, The Verge said that the company is tentatively planning its press event for what is expected to be called Windows 9 for the end of September.<\/p>\n<p>While this date may change, The Verge reported, preview versions of the Threshold release of Windows will be available on 30 September or shortly thereafter.<\/p>\n<p>This is in-line with\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.zdnet.com\/microsoft-to-deliver-windows-threshold-tech-preview-around-late-september-7000032668\/\" target=\"_blank\">earlier reports on ZDNet<\/a> citing \u201cmultiple sources who asked not to be named\u201d that Microsoft would launch the technology preview of Windows Threshold by late September or early October.<\/p>\n<p>According to previous \u201cleaks\u201d, the changes expected in the new release of Windows include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>A new mini Start menu<\/li>\n<li>Windowed \u201cModern UI Style\u201d (Metro) applications that can run on the desktop<\/li>\n<li>Virtual desktops<\/li>\n<li>The removal of the Charms bar<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>There is also talk of Cortana (Microsoft\u2019s Siri-like personal assistant) making it into Threshold.<\/p>\n<h3 id=\"related\">More Microsoft and Windows news<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/smartphones\/104931-windows-phone-8-1-coming-to-sa.html\"><strong>Windows Phone 8.1 coming to SA<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/smartphones\/102957-android-vs-apple-vs-windows-vs-blackberry.html\"><strong>Android vs Apple vs Windows vs BlackBerry in SA<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/software\/100232-windows-xp-support-ends.html\"><strong>Windows XP support ends<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/software\/99956-windows-8-1-update-1-launch-date.html\"><strong>Windows 8.1 Update 1 launch date<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/smartphones\/99946-new-windows-phone-8-1-details-announced.html\"><strong>New Windows Phone 8.1 details announced<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Verge and ZDNet have reported that preview versions of what will likely be called Windows 9 are expected to launch in a few weeks<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":23,"featured_media":94763,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[35,123,807,23149,26474],"class_list":["post-108498","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-software","tag-headline","tag-microsoft","tag-windows","tag-windows-9","tag-windows-threshold"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/108498"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/23"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=108498"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/108498\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":108502,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/108498\/revisions\/108502"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/94763"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=108498"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=108498"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=108498"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}