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Neowin posted a story that a Chinese website has posted up images of Windows 8, build 8158 sporting an updated "Charm bar"; a possible companion for the Metro Start Screen?



The fact that the Control Panel icon has been linked on the desktop, could mean that accessing it from the Start button is still a tedious exercise for desktop users, perhaps indicating that it still links to the Metro styled "apps" screen as shown in another screenshot included in the gallery (below).

Over on the My Digital Life forums, notorious leaker canouna also showed off a desktop screenshot which shows the charm bar can also be transparent on the desktop.
  New images show "Charm Bar" in Windows 8 build 8158