Recent data shows that the Windows 8 developer preview is rarely being used — less than a quarter of the uptake of the Windows 7 beta in a longer period of time. That’s just one more piece of evidence ...

No doubt you’ve already banged around the Windows 8 Developer Preview, and your clicking finger is poised to get the Consumer Preview bits as soon as they appear. But it’s worthwhile to step back and ...

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 ...

The reason so many commentators are willing to talk up the chances of Windows 8 tablets is because, quite smartly, they'll exist inside the Windows ecosystem, rather as a walled in offshoot. As such, ...

Windows 8 lives again on Linux, and I'm just as confused by it as you ...

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 ...

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 ...