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Re:Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer to retire within 12 months by leetrout on Friday August 23, 2013 @10:24PM (#6267315)
Citation requested.

Are you referring to PixelSense?

Re:Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer to retire within 12 months by scholia on Saturday August 24, 2013 @09:19AM (#6268555)
No, PixelSense had nothing to do with it.

http://uxweek.com/2012/speakers/jensen-harris/

The antecedents to the Metro design were in Zune HD and the Zune desktop client, among other things.