Microsoft demos new Windows Store, now with more Metro

Well well, we knew Microsoft had something in store for us at its Windows Store Preview event tonight, and it just revealed a fresh look for its app-selling portal. It sports a new Metro-like UI, and comes with some new content from Disney, digital books and magazines, plus games like Cut the Rope are on tap, too. Bing's on board to index the whole store catalog and make all the fresh content easy to find, and the new setup allows company websites to deep link to app descriptions in the store. There's also a mechanism integrating app purchases from company websites built directly into the store infrastructure.

Of course, the new Windows Store isn't just for consumers, enterprise apps will also be available. Corporate IT admins can deploy apps in a local version of the Store, so that everything stays nice and secure on the internal networks. Not only that, but some secret sauce ensures that both enterprise and personal apps can be managed seamlessly on that slick new Windows 8 slate of yours.

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