Windows 8 is coming and it features more and better Xbox integration than we've yet seen in an operating system from the company -- but it looks like Microsoft has something even bigger up its sleeve. We've just seen a presentation indicating the company will launch something called Smart Glass next week, a so-called "companion application" that will act much like AirPlay for the Xbox 360. Using the app, users will be able to play video and other media on tablets and phones and, more interestingly, push that content right to their consoles for playback on the big(ger) screen. But, it gets better: this app is said to be available for tablets and phones running Windows, Windows Phone, Android and iOS. Yes, it'll be about as multiplatform as it gets, and if this presentation proves to be legitimate, we'll be learning a lot more next week when E3 gets underway.

http://www.engadget.com/2012/06/01/microsoft-smart-glass-coming-at-e3-airplay-style-streaming-from/

So... Microsoft is joining the could gaming sector?

I wonder how well Microsoft is going to do with the business sector (which buys most of the PCs which run Windows) with an OS that is based on a cell phone.

These attempts forging linkages should be done carefully and I don't see the level of concern from MS.

Could Google-Linux be the new OS of 2020?

Mike from Morgantown

well,just a app

Sounds interesting.

Not Interesting for me personally.

Damn it. I thought it was going to be something like this:

Some day.

I agree with what you are saying (about OSes based on cell phones) but I don't see MS having any other choice. The problem with MS netbook, tablet and phone OSes is that they bring in peanuts (in terms of revenue) compared to a full blown windows OS on a laptop.

As these devices bite into laptop sales MS profits could fall - even if this is miniscule.

As for Google Linux I see it likely being the dominant force in a decade or so.

What Android has going for it is that it is open source and have huge financial backing. It has slowly but surely begin to dominate the mobile world and plans are being laid out for this to move into the desktop market.

The future is never certain but every empire comes to an end, MS can't stay top forever. It's simply the nature of things.

Sounds pretty neat! but too bad I don't have an xbox... :(