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 ...

A new image of Windows 8 has leaked onto the web today, revealing that build 8220 will be candidate Beta build for Windows 8. The image also reveals that the Beta will be called the Consumer Preview.

Microsoft will let users try a near-final version of Windows 8 starting the first week of June. The Windows 8 “Release Preview” presumably takes the place of Release Candidates that Microsoft has ...

A new report is suggesting that the Windows Media Center application will not be included in the upcoming Windows 8 Consumer Preview (Beta) and was also not available in the Developer Preview build.