Early Windows 8 features, already?

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Despite the fact that Microsoft Windows 7 is still selling like hot cakes, Redmond is reportedly beginning to prep ODMs for Windows 8!

Windows 8 Facial Detection

It doesn’t look like anything is nailed down just yet, but some interesting larger themes are being discussed, like improving startup and and wake-from-sleep times to be nearly instantaneous, the addition of higher-speed interconnects like USB 3.0 and Bluetooth 3.0, hard drive encryption, ambient light sensitivity, and facial recognition login / out. That last is the most interesting, as it hints at some Kinect-style user detection

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