Microsoft appears to have renamed the live tile system in use on its Windows 8 operating system to Modern UI after it had to stop using the term Metro due to legal threats from a German firm of the same name.
Microsoft's feeling a little down if the latest Windows code-name rumour is true – we could be talking about Blue instead of Windows 9.
So Blue could turn out to be Windows 8.5 or something similar and Foley's contacts tell her that it will land in the summer of 2013.
In other Microsoft naming news, the Windows Phone and Windows 8-friendly Metro UI looks set to be known henceforth as Modern.
That's if you can believe what you read on a registration page for Windows 8 DevCamp, where it's referred to thusly.
"Join this session to learn about the new platform for building Modern UI-style applications," the event page says.
V3 contacted Microsoft for confirmation of the new term but had received no reply at time of publication.
It's not the best name we ever heard, but it's certainly a preferable alternative to the other options, which include "Windows 8-style UI", "New User Interface", "Windows 8 design" and "Windows 8 application".
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