Microsoft has launched the latest preview of its forthcoming Windows 8 operating system, bringing various improvements to what the firm is billing as the "most important piece of work we've done".

Back in 2012, Microsoft took a gamble in releasing its Windows 8 operating system. The desktop OS featured a bold new design language, a new touch-centric UI paradigm, and the infamous Live Tiles.

Microsoft has confirmed the first PC’s to run its new Windows 8 operating system will go on sale in October. UPDATE – at 4:15 p.m. Sunday, March 1, 2026: Bellevue police have made an arrest in the ...

Microsoft has confirmed that its new Windows 8 operating system for desktops, laptops and tablets will go on sale on October 26. Speaking yesterday (July 18) at a Microsoft sales meeting, Windows ...

In a new Building Windows 8 blog post, Microsoft goes over its Windows RT operating system and how this operating system will “push the envelope with powerful computing and innovative design.” ...

Microsoft has confirmed the first PC’s to run its new Windows 8 operating system will go on sale in October. Four earthquakes, measuring up to nearly three on the Richter scale, were recorded within ...