Microsoft has announced that the Windows 8 beta will be released to the public in late February.
A new rumor claims to have gotten hold of Microsoft's road map for the beta version of Windows 8, claiming that Microsoft is aiming to show the final beta version internally on January 30.
Windows 8 includes a storage scheme suitable for business deployment that can treat hundreds of disks as a single logical storage reservoir and ensures resiliency by backing up data on at least two physical disks.
The build of Windows 8 that was shown Wednesday in Microsoft's latest blog was 8165 but the operating system is currently on build 8176, according to the latest inside information.
Steven Sinofsky discussing the reset options of Windows 8 in his latest entry on the Building Windows 8 blog
The unofficial Windows 8 beta blog posted a screenshot from Windows Server 8 Beta Setup
The clock is ticking to the launch of Windows 8 -- expected sometime this year. Here is a look at five things that make the next-generation Windows OS an intriguing platform worthy of a closer look.
The unofficial Windows 8 beta blog reports that the final Windows 8 beta build will be 6.2.8175.winmain.111217 -1215 according to the latest rumors
Security features in Windows 8 will discourage operating-system attacks and drive hackers to develop malware that compromises hardware directly.
Howtogeek posted a guide about running Windows 8 Developer Preview from USB drive
Engadget posted a new screenshot of Windows 8 build 8172
The Windows 8 feature that logs users in if they touch certain points in a photo in the right order might be fun, but it's not very good security, according to the inventor of RSA's SecurID token.
Computerworld published an article that Windows 8's share of all Windows traffic ranged between 0.015% and 0.025% during the week of Dec. 4-12
The unofficial Windows 8 beta blog posted new screenshots of the latest Windows 8 installer
The unofficial Windows 8 beta blog posted new screenshots of Windows 8 Pre Beta
ComputerWorld posted a story that Microsoft will be able to throw a "kill switch" to disable or even remove an app from users' Windows 8 devices, the company revealed in documentation for its upcoming Windows Store.
All About Microsoft reports that Microsoft is going to allow business users to distribute their internal Windows 8 Metro-style apps using the Windows Store
All About Microsoft posted a story that Microsoft has released a preview of the upcoming Windows 8 App Store
PC World posted a story that IDC is already predicting that very few PC owners will upgrade from Windows 7 to Windows 8
Neowin reports that a new rumor claims that Microsoft is letting ARM-based processor makers pick two hardware partners to make notebooks that will run the upcoming ARM version of Windows 8.
