As widely expected, when Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer took to the stage in San Francisco to deliver the keynote address at the annual BUILD developers conference he outlined the company's future strategy and revealed a number of impressive updates to the Windows 8 operating system.
Although Windows 8.1 won't officially launch until the end of 2013, consumers whose computers currently run Windows 8 can download a preview edition of the new operating system to get to grips with the changes, the best of which include:
