Microsoft today announced that customers had downloaded more than 1 million copies of the Windows 8 Consumer Preview in its first day of availability. The company released the preview Wednesday around ...

Forget all of Microsoft’s hoopla about Windows 8‘s new Metro interface. If you’re a power user who relies on lots of legacy software, you’ll still be spending most of your time with the classic ...

Last September, Microsoft showed off Windows 8 in public for the first time. One glance at the operating-system upgrade–heavily influenced by the company’s inventive Windows Phone–was enough to tell ...

Users of Windows 8 Release Preview can do a full upgrade to the final code, something Microsoft said was impossible, an IT consultant said today. Microsoft has been clear that the Windows 8 previews ...

Microsoft looks set to release a consumer preview of Windows 8 on Feb. 29, just meeting the company's stated goal of delivering a beta version of the PC operating system by the end of February.

Microsoft has advised non-enterprise users against downloading Windows Technical Preview, an early build of Windows 10. The computing giant suggests that members of the general public wait for the ...

Microsoft has distributed an update for Windows Technical Preview, an early build of the upcoming Windows 10. Many of the included changes were introduced based on community feedback from users ...