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 ...

For all the ways in which Windows 8 is a bold departure from its predecessors, it’s following a road map to release that’s very much like the one Microsoft has used for years. Last September, the ...

Microsoft unveiled the Windows 8 Consumer Preview Product Guide for Business just a few hours before the widely anticipated release of Windows 8 Consumer Preview. In addition to the predictable pablum ...

We know that Windows 8 is primarily a tablet and touch-first operating system, but -- assuming everything goes to plan -- it will also be used on hundreds of millions of desktop PCs around the world.

Since the release of Windows 8 Consumer Preview last week, a nagging question has been hounding speed-hogs everywhere: just how much faster is Windows 8 than Windows 7? We decided to find out for ...

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 ...

Microsoft released a consumer preview of its next operating system, Windows 8, Wednesday as the company tries to bolster its core business. The Post's Hayley Tsukayama reports: The new system has been ...

Typical home users with new Windows 8 PCs will probably stay in Metro much of the time from day one, since we can assume most new prebuilt retail PCs will contain most of the necessary software ...

Microsoft launched the Windows 8 Consumer Preview today at 9:30 a.m. ET, opening the gates to users who want to try the desktop edition of the company’s upcoming upgrade. Computerworld was able to ...

If you move quickly, before servers all over the world start groaning under the load, you can get an early official copy of Windows 8 Release Preview Microsoft promised to deliver Windows 8 Release ...

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.