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One Year Ago, Microsoft Launched the “First” Windows 8

We're only a few weeks away from the public debut of the new Windows 8 operating system, but most tech-savvy users have already had the chance to experience the product thanks to the preview versions of the software. Leaving the official Windows 8 launch aside, it's worth reminding you that one year ago Mi...

14 September 2012
07:50 GMT

Microsoft Promises Great Experiences with Bing Apps in Windows 8

Earlier this week, Windows 8 RTM was made available for download for MSDN and TechNet subscribers, providing them with a glimpse at the latest changes in the upcoming platform. One of the new features included in the platform was a Bing app, meant to provide users with faster search options and a Windows 8 specific...

17 August 2012
09:46 GMT

New Bing App Available on Windows 8

The final flavor of Windows 8, now available for download for MSDN and TechNet subscribers, comes along with a new, reimagined Bing application that should make searching more fluid than before. The search experience has been enhanced for both touch devices and for traditional PCs that use keyboard and mouse for in...

16 August 2012
14:21 GMT

A Quick Look at Windows 8 RTM

As mentioned earlier today, Microsoft has made available for download the RTM flavor of Windows 8 for MSDN and TechNet subscribers, providing them with a taste of the final flavor of the platform before the public availability. There are various changes packed inside the Windows 8 Enterprise evaluation version that...

16 August 2012
10:18 GMT

Windows 8 RTM Now Available for Download for MSDN and TechNet Users

The final flavor of Microsoft’s Windows 8 operating system is now available for download for all MSDN and TechNet subscribers. Microsoft has released evaluation flavors of Windows 8 for both x32 and x64 architectures, and all those who have an account on any of the aforementioned networks can grab the final co...

16 August 2012
05:01 GMT

Windows 8 RTM Lock Screen and Start Screen Backgrounds Emerge

Soon after being released to manufacturing, Microsoft’s Windows 8 operating system leaked online in a final flavor, and some more info on what users should expect from it has emerged. Unlike the previously available Windows 8 pre-release flavors, the final version of the platform will provide a wider range of...

13 August 2012
12:41 GMT

More Windows 8 ISOs Leak, Microsoft Blocks Activation Server

The series of leaked Windows 8 builds continues with new ISOs available online, including Windows 8 RTM for China. We’ve already seen Enterprise flavors of the platform leaked to various sharing websites, including the N version of the final build, and an original x64 build, but it seems that this is not all....

7 August 2012
09:57 GMT

Microsoft Is Already Killing the “Metro” Term

Last week, we heard rumors on the possibility that Microsoft would aim at putting an end to the use of the term "Metro" in relation to the new user interface in Windows 8. Rumor has it that, due to some possible trademark dispute, Microsoft would be set not only to stop using the term, but also to impose to applica...

6 August 2012
10:15 GMT

Screenshots of Mahjong, Minesweeper, and Solitaire in Windows 8 RTM

The final flavor of Windows 8, set to become commercially available on October 26th and currently released to manufacturing, will arrive with a variety of software packed inside. We have already had the chance to have a look at some of the applications that Microsoft will include inside the platform, but it appears...

4 August 2012
14:21 GMT

Windows 8 RTM Apps Revealed in Screenshots

With Windows 8 already released to manufacturing, all that we need to do is to sit tight and wait for the Redmond-based software giant and its hardware partners to start pushing new products out on October 26th. In the meantime, however, we’re somehow left wondering of the latest changes that the platform has ...

4 August 2012
03:38 GMT

Businesses Gain Access to Windows 8 Enterprise on August 16th

Now that Windows 8 has been released to manufacturing, users' interest turns to the devices that will be powered by the platform, many of which should become available starting with October 26th. For businesses, however, things are a bit different, since they need access to the platform before that, to test it...

2 August 2012
05:54 GMT

Windows 8 RTM to Land as Build 9200, Lock Screen Image Emerges

Earlier this week, we had the chance to have a look at what appeared to be the default wallpaper on the upcoming Windows 8 platform, supposedly extracted from a Build 8888. While that build was expected at the time to become the final RTM flavor of the operating system, it appears that Microsoft has made some change...

28 July 2012
03:48 GMT

Windows 8 RTM Confirmed for Late July, Final Flavor in October

Today, Microsoft made available for download the Release Preview of its Windows 8 operating system, which is the final pre-release flavor of the operating system. We already had a look at some of the main enhancements included in this release, but we should wait for more of them in the upcoming development milestone...

1 June 2012
11:12 GMT

Windows 8 RTM in April 2012, Reportedly

Windows 8 could be less than a year away. Microsoft is reportedly hard at work to wrap up Windows 8 in less than 10 months.A new major iteration of Windows every two to three years is the only confirmed timetable for the next version of Windows, also impacting Windows 7’s successor. Microsoft has yet to confir...

27 June 2011
10:24 GMT

Windows 8 GA in Fall 2012, Possibly September, Microsoft Hints

Microsoft could release Windows 8 to market months ahead of the three years anniversary of Windows 7’s launch, according to a company executive. The Redmond company has yet to confirm officially a general availability deadline for Windows 8, but the software giant has offered a few hints as to when users shoul...

15 June 2011
11:31 GMT


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