The first prerelease version of Windows 8 was the Developer Preview (DP), which was shown off at Microsoft's 2011 BUILD conference. At the start of the development cycle, Windows 8 was described by ...

Microsoft today issued the "release to manufacturing" (RTM) version of Windows 8 to its TechNet and MSDN subscribers. The RTM version is the completed Windows 8 product that IT pros and developers ...

Microsoft says it has started sending the code for Windows 8.1 to its hardware partners to install on new PCs and tablets in time for the official public debut on Oct. 18. It’s a key step for the ...

After releasing its Windows 8 code to manufacturers, Microsoft has made the final (though not yet public) version of Windows 8 available to developers. The version is called Windows 8 RTM (for ...

This week the folks at Microsoft have sent out the Release to Manufacturing version of their newest operating system Windows 8 to developers around the world. This version of Windows is the final ...

As promised, Microsoft has released Windows 8 RTM, the finalized version of the OS meant for PC manufacturers and developers of Windows apps. The Windows 8 operating system will land on physical and ...

Microsoft will deliver Windows 8.1, codenamed "Blue" to OEMs in late August 2013, company officials said on July 8. So it looks like Windows 8.1 is going to be released to manufacturing by August, ...

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The release of the first big update to Microsoft's desktop operating system Windows 8 is coming on quick, with the first software builds heading to developers today. The first release of this software ...

Microsoft has reversed course and provided the release to manufacturing (RTM) version of Windows 8.1 to developers and IT pros via MSDN and TechNet. Microsoft has reversed course and provided the ...

Microsoft has signed off on the final version (the RTM) of Windows 8.1 Update 1. According to one of our internal sources, the new version of Windows 8 is on schedule to be released on April 8, just ...

I’m writing this on an Asus Zenbook UX31A at a Peet’s Coffee on Stevens Creek Boulevard in the heart of Silicon Valley. In an adjacent table a man and woman have papers spread out on a table, talking ...