The next version of Windows will be released in 2010, Microsoft says. Or at least, it says its' working on a three-year "development cycle", which means that it ought to be released in 2010. That said, Vista, when it finally arrived earlier this year, was more than a little late.

Interestingly, it might come with a brand new look. The big cheese behind the radical overhaul of the way Microsoft Office 2007 worked and looked has been brought over to the Windows team, which means we could see a truly different way of working, come 2010. Or slightly later, of course.