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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

FRAMINGHAM, Mass. — Microsoft Corp. has begun making available the Consumer Preview for Windows 8, the drastically different refresh of the venerable desktop operating system. Head Windows executive ...

Thanks to two brief demonstrations of Microsoft’s next-generation operating system, third-party Microsoft Windows developers are expressing frustration over what they consider a lack of clear ...

From getting back your Start menu to tweaking the Metro UI, here's how to play better with Windows 8 Although it isn’t even in beta, the Windows 8 Developer Preview edition is already getting tweaked ...

Want to try Windows 8 but don't have a spare computer lying around? Virtualization will give you the Windows 8 experience you want without having to dedicate a computer to the task Share on Facebook ...

Comparing with Mac OS X introduces even more hazards. On one hand the version of Windows 8 we test with here, the Developer Preview is far from finished—it’s not even ready to be called a “beta”—and ...

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 ...

At Dell World, Microsoft's CEO digs deeper into the next version of Windows with a demo and discussion of four specific features. Lance Whitney is a freelance technology writer and trainer and a ...

If Microsoft's decision to give away 5,000 Samsung tablets running early versions of Windows 8 to developers at BUILD 2011 seems like an amazing gesture of goodwill, don't be fooled. Even the positive ...