Microsoft shows new operating system "Windows 8 "

* Its main feature is the touch screen Tablet PC

PALOS VERDES, USA, June 1 .- Microsoft Corp said on Wednesday a version of its next operating system, which emphasizes the features optimized for touch screen Tablet PC, during the technology conference All Things Digital.

Microsoft Corp is expected, the largest global software company, to launch the new system, codenamed "Windows 8 -" in the next 18 months, while in race to catch up with the successful Apple iPad , which was released over a one year ago.

The commanding officer of Microsoft Windows, Steven Sinofsky, said the product does not have an official name, and did not disclose when it would be released.

In a demonstration at the conference in D9 in Palos Verdes, California, a Microsoft employee showed a homepage that is closer to your latest Microsoft software, with "keys " on the screen and can handle pressure be slipped.

The demonstration showed that Microsoft is making progress towards the operation of an operating system for Tablet PC that can compete with Apple iPad, launched 14 months ago.

The exhibition comes five months after Sinofsky showed a rudimentary version of the new Windows system that works with ARM Holdings chips at the Consumer Electronics Show in January. (With information from Reuters / ANE)