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Microsoft released a preview of Windows 8 to developers this evening, just hours after the software giant showed off the finer details of the operating system today at the Microsoft BUILD conference.

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 ...

Windows 8 is far from finished, but its creators have made bold claims about performance. I’ve already compared the Windows 8 Developer Preview with Windows 7, which presented its own challenges.

This final milestone in the development of Windows 8 comes after nearly two years of developing the all-new Metro-inspired user interface that marks Windows 8 out as a major update from its ...

It's the last day of Microsoft's Build Windows conference in California, and earlier I spent a couple of hours swanning around the Windows 8 expo -- the congregation of devices, developers, partners, ...

A new game engine for Windows 8 development named Rapid2D has gone live. Unveiled at the Evolve Conference, the dev platform is designed to help developers create apps for PC, tablet and Windows Phone ...

Microsoft has released the latest test version of its upcoming Windows 8 operating system, which is now officially in what the company calls its "final phase" of development. This new preliminary ...

In case you weren’t able to attend the Windows 8 Developer Event in Chicago this week, here are some of the key topics you missed. Content was a primary focus. The main phrase used was “Content over ...

YoYo Games’ cross-platform development environment GameMaker: Studio is coming to Windows 8 and Windows Phone 8. The engine allows developers to create titles in a single code base and export them to ...

With no Windows 8 PCs ready, how could Microsoft get developers building the touch-first Metro apps that the new Windows 8 experience needs to shine on tablets? By taking one of the most compelling ...

Microsoft's Windows 8 Developer Preview (W8 DP), which is now available for download, got its first major push at the recent Build developer conference, where every attendee was loaned a custom-built ...