Microsoft Windows 8 App Store gets official

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Yes, we’ve already sneaked a peek at the Windows 8 App Store goodies but we can at least pretend to be surprised. Windows president Steven Sinofsky has confirmed that the upcoming OS will have an app store for third-party applications by imaginatively naming the team responsible for it – App Store. Apple have been busy with Samsung lately, will it be itching for a fight with Microsoft?

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