If you weren't on the ground at Build 2011 in Anaheim last week, chances are you're not holding onto a limited edition Samsung tablet running the Windows 8 Developer Preview right now. Want one? You ...

Microsoft has outlined how IT professionals will be able to set up Windows 8 using a flash drive, and has also claimed that the installation process will be much quicker than that for earlier versions ...

Microsoft released its Windows 8 Developer Preview and free developer tools to the public for download last night. It's intended to help developers start building apps for the forthcoming newest ...

Ever since we learned Microsoft would let everyone to download a developer preview of Windows 8, we were gearing up to take it for a ride and tell you about it. There are currently three versions ...

Want to run Windows 8's recently released Consumer Preview as a virtual machine? This guide will walk you through the process using the free hypervisor VirtualBox. Share on Facebook (opens in a new ...

No doubt you’ve already banged around the Windows 8 Developer Preview, and your clicking finger is poised to get the Consumer Preview bits as soon as they appear. But it’s worthwhile to step back and ...

Although millions have downloaded Microsoft’s Windows 8 developer preview, relatively few are actually using it, Web measurements show. During November, Windows 8 powered 0.03% of the computers — or ...

Windows 8 Preview has been assigned a June release by Microsoft ahead of a possible full roll out in September. The computing giant let the launch date slip at the Japan Developer Days for Windows 8 ...

Many people saw the free-as-in-beer release of the Windows 8 Developer Preview Tuesday as a significant step in the evolution of Microsoft’s handling of projects. Rather than try to keep the project ...

The reason so many commentators are willing to talk up the chances of Windows 8 tablets is because, quite smartly, they'll exist inside the Windows ecosystem, rather as a walled in offshoot. As such, ...

Microsoft’s Windows Phone 8.1, the first major update to the Windows Phone mobile operating system, introduces a virtual personal assistant named Cortana, several cool design tweaks, and a host of new ...

Windows Developer Preview, what aims to become Windows 8 beta, is a step in the right direction. This might become first operating system that can unite desktop, notebook and tablets, something that ...