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Comparing the number of who were using Windows 7 Beta to the number of people who are using Windows 8 Consumer Preview, it was found that the numbers for Windows 8 far outstrip its predecessor.

Windows 8 Winds Over Windows 7 In Beta/Preview Stage

The Microsoft development team tweeted the news on Friday last week —

"Windows 8 consumer preview usage more than twice Windows 7 beta at the same point in time. Millions of people using everyday.”

This comparison is really going to help Microsoft in establishing Windows 8 against the current world popular Windows 7. The Windows series Of OS are by far the world’s most installed OS’ and Windows 7 is currently the popular. So much so that there are some who fear a rejection of change, similar to what happened when users entrenched in to XP simply refused to upgrade to Vista even if their system supported it.

Windows 8 was announced to come in three different versions plus one ARM-based release called Windows 8 RT that will be used for manufacturers directly and won’t go in to retail.

Windows 7 was the talking point of every tech enthusiast for a long time during the beta phase and it got a lot of positive reviews and hence the number of users kept on increasing. However, even that seems to have fallen short when compared to the large number of users who have flocked to the Windows 8 Consumer Preview.

Other than the novelty factor of a completely new UI and brand new look and features, there’s also the point of consumers worrying about whether the radically different OS will change their workflow drastically. So a lot of people are using the Consumer Preview to actually test things out for themselves so that they know whether or not they want to move. But the response has been positive from such individuals as well as from pundits and your average user. And this explains the great demand of the OS — it is constantly evolving to keep users on their toes.

Rumor has it that the Nokia Lumia phones will not be supported by the upcoming Windows Phone 8 "Apollo”.

Nokia Lumia To Not Support Windows 8?

There has been a tussle going on in the industry between people who claim that the Nokia Lumia series will get Windows Phone 8 support and those who say that it won’t. Microsoft evangelist Nuno Silva recently stated that all Windows Phone sold till date will be supported by the "next major update” — which everyone took to be the Windows Phone 8 Apollo update. However, now industry news source The Verge reports the opposite.

Quoting an internal and unnamed source within Microsoft, the report states that internally Microsoft has no such plans. So Nokia Lumia phones will unfortunately not be supported by Windows Phone 8. In fact, right after the comment made by Silva, Microsoft issued a public statement saying they had nothing to share about the future updates of Windows Phone and that all apps in the marketplace right now will be supported in the next version.

Given the precision ambiguity of that statement, it is possible that Microsoft is still weighing in its options. The careful avoidance of mentioning anything about hardware might be to avoid saying no outright but it might also be to avoid saying anything at all because they a)don’t want to say yes either or b)are still not sure themselves.

Strategically speaking, it would give Microsoft some immediate install base if they allow existing Windows Phones to run Apollo. That would also keep current Windows Phone users, who can all be considered early adopters and hence patrons, happy and loyal. Technologically the handsets that will run Apollo can’t be all that different because they will be using ARM chips as well. And handsets like the Lumia 800 and 900 look quite capable of running a future version. From the sounds of it, Microsoft would not be looking to increase the specs for running Apollo. So performance parts should not be a problem. What remains to be seen is whether Microsoft comes up with some hardware twist to make Apollo unique and hence incompatible with older handsets.

New Windows 8 versions are much simpler than what we had for Windows 7 but this post still explains the differences between all four versions to ensure that consumers make the right decision for themselves.

Windows 8 Versions Explained: Which One Are You Gong to Buy:

1 Windows 8

The basic Windows 8 is what most users would want and it is definitely a well-featured OS for a price, which I am sure will be a bargain once it comes out. What it will not have are advanced features. It will come with everything that comes standard with Windows 8 along with apps like Media Player and Internet Explorer 10 and also Windows Store.

2 Windows 8 Pro

This is the version that every small to medium business owners would want. It comes with tools that let you manage data better and has virtualization options like Hyper-V. It also comes with advanced encryption options like file system encryption and security features like BitLocker. And it of course comes with everything that Windows 8 has.

3 Windows 8 Enterprise

Windows 8 Enterprise is the corporate version that will be given to companies that pay for Software Assurance licenses. It has everything that Windows 8 Pro has in addition to features that Enterprises require like PC Management, Deployment and Virtualization.

4 Windows 8 RT

Windows 8 RT (RunTime) is the pure Metro UI that will only be used on ARM devices. This version of the Windows will never be retailed and it will not available directly to the consumer. It will come installed on your phone, tablet or ultraportable computer and your manufacturer will be the one who will get it directly from Microsoft. This is the lighter version of Windows 8 that would not support legacy applications but it will be running on the ARM chips for mobile devices.

Microsoft will release more information as the launch draws closers, so watch this space.

Microsoft will be pushing Media Center to the Pro edition of Windows 8, which user will need to purchase the feature as a separate Media Pack as an add on to the system.

Media Center To Work Only On Windows 8 Pro

Looks like consumers to want all the premium features of Windows 8 including Media Center, will need the Windows 8 Pro edition. Since RT is for ARM device manufacturers only, Enterprise is for the corporate and Windows 8 is the base, Windows 8 Pro seems to be the version to go for if you are looking for every possible consumer feature.

Microsoft has only announced the four main versions so far and there’s been no word on pricing. However, it is clear that the edition containing Media Center will cost higher because the company has made it clear that Media Center as a feature will have to be bough separately with the Windows 8 Pro version. Even though the company has not introduced any rationale behind this decision, there’s one very obvious reason why they could be doing this — cutting down the price of the actual OS.

Media Center has several expensive licensing fees attached to it, such as Dolby Digital and these costs are passed on to the consumer every time they buy the OS or buy a PC with the OS installed. By separating the Media Center altogether, Microsoft is possibly trying to bring down the cost of the base version of Windows 8.

Offering the new OS at a really low price would give Microsoft and also Windows 8 as a platform the one thing they really need — adoption. They need to rapidly create an install base to attract developers and other partners. A low, low price point would really work in their favor in such a case. Since most people would not miss Media Center, it seems like a fair trade off to bring the base cost down all across the board.

Intel has announced its intended list of specifications for Windows 8 tablets and it includes the chipmaker’s upcoming Ivy Bridge chips.

Intel Ivy Bridge Processors Will Be Included Within Windows 8 Tablets

Intel has unveiled its own list of specifications for the upcoming Windows 8 tablets and one of the main components is the upcoming Ivy Bridge processor. It is going to be part of the Core series of chips and will feature better battery life management and processing power, making them fit for tablet use. Intel hopes that this will be enough to convince manufacturers to make Intel-based Windows 8 tablets. The conventional approach is to use ARM-based chips because of their lower battery consumption and greater processing power in terms of the ratio. And now that Windows 8 is available on ARM, it will be even easier to make Windows 8 tablets using chips from the likes of Qualcomm and NVIDIA. However, Windows 8 also puts x86 and hence Intel, at a position of advantage.

Intel chips will be able to run the full version of the legacy Desktop side of Windows 8, which means it will be able to run Windows applications the way we know them now. Even though it does not make sense to run the current Windows version of Photoshop on a tablet, it may be easier for companies to adapt existing applications instead of coding them from scratch. On top of that, when comparing pure processing power — Intel would win out over ARM.

Intel is planning for tablets in both dual-core and quad-core processor configurations. And these will all feature chips from Intel’s flagship Core i series of chips, instead of being the lower powered Atom line. Intel had concentrated on Atom in past as their offering to the mobile industry but that was changed recently to shift all focus back to the Core series.

Microsoft has released more information about Windows 8 Enterprise version that has been specifically made with large businesses in mind.

Windows 8 For The Enterprise: The Pro Version And Much More

Microsoft has released more information about the upcoming Windows 8 Enterprise version. This is the edition of Windows 8 that has been specifically designed to help large businesses and according to Microsoft, it has a lot of tools to ensure that.

The Enterprise version of Windows 8 is basically everything that the Pro version is with features that help mobile productivity, Enterprise class security, manageability and virtualization — all of which are essential to any business being run these days.

But the best feature is probably the ability to welcome the BYOD trend that has been slowly starting all over the world. BYOD or Bring Your Own Device is a new phenomenon but the want for it goes way back. Thanks to the advances in technology, employees can now bring in their own technology to office and work on it without risking any security or compatibility issues. This is not very common right now but it is definitely an emerging trend and one that will increase productivity over all employee satisfaction. So companies would definitely want it.

It usually creates a nightmare for the IT administrator to keep the employer and employee happy by letting them work on their own personal devices but at the same time being charged with safe guarding all the company data from loss, corruption and theft. However, all that is going to change with Windows 8.

Since Windows 8 is going to be running across the entire range of devices right now — from desktop to laptops, tablets and smartphones — all of those will be supported by the company that is already running on Windows 8. There will far fewer hiccups going forward with this and if Microsoft gets a good response, they will be able to streamline and fine tune the whole process.

After recently announcing their desire to trump the Ultrabook with a thinner, better Snapdragon based device, Qualcomm is now busy exploring a full array of options for new form factors that will be running on Windows 8.

Qualcomm Planning Multiple Form Factors For Windows 8

Qualcomm has apparently been hard at work in the background, developing multiple different devices that will run on Windows 8. The devices have both new and traditional form factors, so the company is not taking too many chances with the market as of yet. This announcement was made by Tim McDonough, the vice-president of Marketing at Qualcomm. So the news is definitely straight from the source.

It was only about two weeks back when we reported about Qualcomm planning to beat Intel at its own game by bringing out a thinner and lighter device running on the immensely popular Snapdragon processor. Since it essentially a mobile processor designed by ARM, there’s nothing preventing the device from having a prolonged battery life and a thinner profile because of the lack of a cooling fan for the CPU, which in this case is because it is passively cooled.

So according to the latest information, Qualcomm’s new array of devices will be going on a head-on collision of with Ultrabooks coming in from Intel’s side.

Interestingly, McDonough would not give out any details as to whether an ultrathin netbook powered by the Snapdragon S4 SoC was actually on the way for a 2012 launch. But he reassured everybody saying that Qualcomm’s chips will offer greater flexibility to OEM’s who can then use it to explore various different form factors in combination with Windows 8.

Since the chip can be used for anything from a smartphone to a tablet and up to a notebook and a convertible — it gives manufacturers and innovators enough room to experiment with various different form factors. McDonough outlined the whole process saying that any device the S4 powers will be characterized by super thin construction and great power efficiency, which means amazing battery life. We would say both are really great for us consumers.

Your PC is about to get turned on its head and innovated on, thanks to Windows 8 RT, which is the official name for Windows 8 on ARM.

Windows 8 RT Will Be The Base Of A Lot of Different PCs

Now that Windows is finally available on ARM, the PC as we have known it so far will never be the same again. ARM’s mobile chips and the SoC built around those chips will ensure that OEM’s and innovators get to experiment as much as they want with Windows 8 RT.

RT, which stands for RunTime and is basically the pure, distilled Metro UI that will run on ARM chips, will be distributed directly to manufacturers and will not be sold retail. It will basically not be sold directly to users of any kind.
Windows 8 running on ARM will have one major effect — it will produce thinner, lighter and more battery efficient devices that will run for a very long time. Microsoft themselves talked about how Windows RT will fuel innovation in this space and come up with PCs like never possible before.

RT will not include support for legacy apps that need the traditional desktop. But that does not mean you will be left without tools. Microsoft has already promised that there will be touch based Office on Windows 8 RT and developers are already being roped in by Microsoft to make more apps for the platform. Which means by the time you have the opportunity to buy one of these Windows 8 RT devices, the options for software tools will be quite expanded.

For regular consumers who are only looking for greater portability, cheaper price, better looks and better battery life — Windows 8 RT in many cases would theoretically win hands down. The only thing working in Intel’s favor right now (and also AMD’s for that matter) is that you need their x86 chips to run legacy apps. This would be very important for businesses. But for the common masses, it would not matter much. As a result, Windows 8 RT has the chance to be quite disruptive in the market.

Windows 8 Release Candidate version is coming much earlier than anticipated but then is it likely that the launch of Internet Explorer 10 is actually being held back because of it?

Is Internet Explorer 10 Waiting Windows 8 Release Candidate To Drop

Windows 8 is rapidly progressing towards reaching the Release Candidate stage. This is the stage where the software is almost ready to shipped out; most of the glitches have been ironed out by now and it is only being put out their to act as a taster for the masses and also to weed out the final few bugs before launch. There has been no official word on this but it is everywhere on the web.

According to authority sites ZDNet and The Next Web — Windows 8 RC will be dropping sometime in the middle of this month and so will Internet Explorer 10. However, there are different opinions on this.

Various tech focus sites are saying that the launch of Internet Explorer 10 is necessary to coincide with Windows 8. It cannot be either before or after because that will only leave confusion in its wake. Additionally, user experience will suffer if we do not get Internet Explorer.

The usual release schedule for Internet Explorer is in the middle of the year and with rumors of the Windows 8 Release Candidate coming in at the same time, it is possible that Microsoft sees the opportunity of releasing both together and maintain a harmonious user experience for Windows 8. After all, the release of IE10 is important but not as important as making sure that Windows 8 goes through the proper staging before releasing commercially.

In the meantime, Winunleaked.tk has been forthcoming about the actual time frame. According to a post made on the blog, Microsoft would be releasing Windows 8 in between end of May and beginning of June this year.

Looks like Microsoft has taken a lot of active interest in the development of Ultrabooks and has been working in tandem with Intel to bring them in to the market in a bigger way.

Microsoft Has Posted Its Own List Of Ultrabook Requirements

Microsoft has been overseeing the production of Ultrabooks just as Intel has been doing and the maker of the Windows 8 OS has also released its own set of requirements for ultrabooks to make sure that everything goes smoothly and that Windows 8 should work flawlessly on all of these Ultrabooks.

Small things like keyboard quality, smooth touchpad/mouse action, better and thinner chassis but above all else seems to be a great display and an even better touchscreen for the devices that do come with it. However, Microsoft has been going a step further and rejecting certain design limitations.

For example, Microsoft wants a solid experience for the screens on your typical clamshell Ultrabooks. They cannot shake or wobble when they are being touched to perform an action. Microsoft instead wants a solid feel to it that reminds people of holding a tablet and using.

Redmond is not happy at all with the current lines of devices that tablet manufacturer are supplying and as a result they have revised the specifications to make the manufacturers work on the display and make it stronger.

Ultrabooks for Windows 8 cannot happen without Microsoft, manufacturers will absolutely have to abide by them. But most of them cannot pay up for the increased manufacturing costs of building more solid components, so most of them are taking up Windows 7 licenses instead for now.

However, the situation is bound to improve with time as manufacturing costs come down and several processes are standardized. Microsoft’s push to get the ball rolling right now will make sure that only the best Ultrabooks run Windows 8 when the OS launches later this year.

Microsoft explains Windows 8 Metro Tiles in more detail and shows how they can be useful in a desktop scenario.

Insight In To Windows 8 Metro Tiles

The tiles on the Start Screen in Windows 8 are all about the visual impact on the user and making things easier on mobile devices. However, they can also be extremely useful for desktop users who have never used anything like it before. Microsoft recently made a blog post about it, detailing how the whole system works for the betterment of user experience.

Visual cue is one of the greatest things for the Metro. Users will not only see the graphics on the Metro tiles but also their bold colors. Forming color and spatial associations will help users to spot things faster.

The self-updating nature of the tile has already been discussed before but it bears repeating that they will help you stay connected and updated without actually running full apps.

Apps can actually schedule updates and publish information via push notifications. It can also update tiles in real time and share data. Tiles can be used to drag and drop items which will then be intelligently opened in the respective app.

So if you have an photo that you really like, you can drag it from your photo app and drop it on to a social network tile that will then open up the connected social networking app that starts uploading the photo to a photo host and gives you options to share your photo on multiple social networks. All of that can happen with one swift motion.

Also, there’s the Semantic Zoom — this is where you can zoom out of the Start Screen to only see clumps of tiles with just identifying icons on them. This helps you quickly move between a large collections and switch between groups of tiles really fast. So overall, desktops users are all set to have a great Windows 8 experience as well.

Windows 8 seems to be on a speedy road to completion and launch as Microsoft discusses near future plans of cutting in to the iPad’s market share with Windows 8 tablets.

Microsoft Wants To Cut Down iPad’s Market Share to 50% With Cheap Windows 8 Tablets

Microsoft is going all out when it comes to competing with Apple it seems. The Redmond-based IT giant is planning to push a barrage of sub-$300 tablets running on Windows 8 in to the market to take a chunk out of the iPad’s market share. These tablets will run both Windows 8 RT and Windows 8, meaning they will be based on both ARM chips (commonly used in mobile phones and tablets) and x86 chips (every chip that Intel makes).

Given that Intel was recently found to be working with vendors to push out as many as 32 different Windows 8 based tablet models by the end of this year, it is no wonder that Microsoft is planning to flood the market with low-cost tablets. And the partners involved are no small fries either. You have the likes of HP, Dell, Lenovo, Acer, Asus and Toshiba — some of the biggest PC manufacturing companies in the world. All of the above mentioned would likely be working with x86 chips, especially the new Ivy Bridge processors that Intel recently introduced.

Sources told DigiTimes that Lenovo and Acer are particularly interested in hitting the $300 market and take on similarly priced, budget Android tablets. Which is basically another way to say Kindle Fire and B&N Nook Tablet.

Tablets above $300 usually work to compete with the iPad, which starts from $499 for the lowest, WiFi only model. It has proven to be hugely popular with the consumers and currently holds a whopping 70% market share. But Microsoft is planning to capture markets other than mainstream consumers, such as the education and enterprise markets in China. Any such move would help the cause of Windows 8 quite a lot.

If you want to add your newly bought hard drive to your computer in Windows 8, refer to the tutorial below.

A disk drive that reads data stored on hard disks called Hard Drive.

Hard disk is a device for storing and retrieving digital information. It stores all of your computer programs and files.
If the drive is damaged for some reason, you will lose all information stored in that drive of your computer.

That why now-a-days people purchases external Hard disk for increasing the storage of the computer.
External hard disk is the best solution for backing up your computer files or documents in it.

If you want to add a hard drive in Windows 8, follow the instructions below.

1. Login to Windows 8 Consumer preview and make sure that your new hard disk is physically connected.

2. Open Desktop by pressing Windows + M or by clicking on Desktop from start menu.

3. Right click on the My Computer icon and from the menu that appears click on Manage option.

4. It opens Computer Management window. Click on Disk Management option on the left pane.

5. If you have installed a new hard disk then it will automatically be displayed with Initialize Disk box with the checkbox checked on the hard disk that is newly installed and needs to be initialized.

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If you want to backup your registry in Windows 8, refer to the tutorial below.

A full registry backup is useful if you experience a problem where one or more registry hives has been trashed (especially if it prevents OS boot) and you need to recover from it. That could be because of bad manual registry edits, malware, bad application or driver, disk/controller errors, and so on. It is also useful to some to retain multiple "snapshot” copies of the registry for reference or manual research and recovery, where no other method or record exists. In order to backup your Windows Registry, follow the instructions shown below.

1. Press Windows button to open Start Menu and type"regedit” without quotes.

2. Click on regedit in the search result to open Registry Editor.
Now navigate to File -> Export.

You will be asked to browse to where you want to save the backup registry file.

3. Your registryis now backed up.
You can use this file later to recover your computer’s registry.

To prevent applications being connected to internet in Windows 8, refer to the tutorial below.

What is Firewall

A firewall is software or hardware that checks information coming from the Internet or a network, and then either blocks it or allows it to pass through to your computer, depending on your firewall settings.A firewall can help prevent hackers or malicious software (such as worms) from gaining access to your computer through a network or the Internet.

A firewall can also help stop your computer from sending malicious software to other computers.Here one must keep in mind that Firewall is not an antivirus, they are separate things.It just stands between the network and the operating system as a gatekeeper.

If you have multiple users in your system, and you want some users should not connect internet through some specific application, or you identified an application or service that automatically connects to Internet at background you can block that application or service being connected through internet. Alternatively, you can block the port no that is curently used by some application or process or services.

How to configure Windows Firewall to block an application

To block an application being connected to internet, follow the steps below:

1. Open Control Panel. Then type "Windows Firewall ” in the search box. Click Windows Firewall.

2. Then select advanced settings in the left sidepan .

3. In the new window appeared, select Outbound Rule in the left sidebar, then click Action in the menubar, and click New Rule .New outbound rule wizard will pop up i.e. you are going to make a protocol in the firewall.

4. In the new window, select program to make a new protocol related to any application program. (by default selection is set to program) . Click Next.

5. If you want to block all the programs in your system select All programms . But if you want to block a specific application from being co ... Read more »

To change Operating System name in the boot Screen in Windows 8, refer to the tutorial below.

If you are using only windows 8 as your operating system in your PC, perhaps you need not to worry about changing the operating system name in boot loader. But do you use two or more operating system with Windows 8 as primary one? Are you bored with the same name, "Windows 8 Consumer Preview” appearing on the boot screen every day? Let’s tweak Windows 8 to show the operating system name, that I want to see.

How to change

There are three ways you can perform this change,

• 1. Change the boot.ini file in windows folder .
• 2. Change the Windows registry
• and the simplest one is, 3. to use command prompt to change the name.

to change the operating system name, follow the steps:

1. Press window +C to open charms bar. Click Search . In the Search box write Command prompt. Then right Click on the Command prompt icon and select Run as Administrator . It is mandatory to open command prompt in the administrative privilege
, because shortly after, whatever you are going to do is changing or modifying the boot loader. Without administrative privilege, access will be denied.

2. In the Command prompt, type bcdedit and hit enter. Note that, the commands are case sensitive and must use lower case. Immediately command prompt will show you details information about the boot loader. Here are few things we must clear to understand
what are actually going to be happened.

A. identifier: This parameter indicates the operating system that holds the bootstrap application.

B. device : In which drive the boot loader is present.

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If you want to change permission of metro applications in Windows 8 Consumer preview, go through the tutorial below.

Windows 8 brings a new user interface : Metro User Interface. The Metro UI user interface comes with new look, new features.
In the Consumer Preview version, windows brings new applications like Camera, Reader and thus reduce the need
of any third party software. Like the applications, their permissions are also different from other applications and thus have a sophisticated way to change the their permissions. This tutorial will guide you in the way of changing these permissions.

1. Press Windows to open Start menu. Left click on the application, (of which you want to change the permission)
to open that.

2. Press Windows + C to open the sidebar and click on Settings.

3. Now click on Permissions under Camera on the right pane.

4. Now disable or enable permissions according to the customisation you want to do.

Now you are done with the permission change for the application Camera. In the same way you can change the permission of other applications like
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Xbox owners and lovers, get ready for your very own Spotify because Microsoft seems to be working on a similar service for the Xbox platform.

Microsoft Working On Music Streaming Service

Microsoft is apparently working on a music streaming service that it plans to unveil at the E3 gaming convention. This will be a service that won’t require any browser plugin and it will have cross-platform support. So other than Xbox owners, users can also get service on their Android and iOS devices. This service is currently referred to as Woodstock internally and it will allow people to stream music on their Xbox and other platforms. It will also be deeply integrated in to Facebook and still not need any browser plug in.

There were already reports going around about Microsoft launching a music service back in February this year. This current report comes from The Verge and it says the service will also include a ‘scan and match’ feature that will match songs that are already on the user’s local music library to songs available on the service. So you will never miss our on your music when you are away from your computer.

Microsoft will be entering a market that is currently dominated by popular and established services like Pandora and Spotify. So there are skeptics who aren’t entirely sure how well the service will perform. However, they are discounting the massive presence of the Xbox community.

As an Xbox feature, this will have an instant audience amongst all the Xbox Live users all over the world (or the US, if the service is region specific) and they are quite a large community. So that will provide the community with an instant launching pad from where it will have better chances to grow compared to the past attempts like Zune Pass and Urge.

Microsoft has announced that the Release Preview (Release Candidate) build of Windows 8 is almost ready and it will be released one month down the line in June.

It’s Official: Windows 8 ‘Release Preview’ Coming In June

After a lot of waiting and a lot of speculations, Microsoft has finally announced the ETA for the Release Preview build of Windows 8, which is the name Microsoft is using to denote the Release Candidate version of Windows 8. The company announced yesterday evening that they are almost ready with the build and it should be available for public consumption by June.

This announcement was made by Microsoft President Steven Sinofsky whilst he made an appearance at the Windows 8 Dev Days event held in Japan. It was then talked about in more details via the official Build Windows 8 Twitter feed.

The Release Preview is the final stage before the OS goes on sale later this year and it follows the current beta build that is available and called the Consumer Preview build. The Consumer Preview came out in February 29th, so Microsoft is clearly working at a fast pace to push Windows 8 out as fast as they can. The latest rumors to emerge from Redmond and elsewhere suggest that the final version will go in to commercial production in October.

Windows 8 is the biggest bet Microsoft has taken in recent times and it will bring about a change that is bigger than what Vista did. However, given the way Vista was hyped up and then flopped in the market, there’s a lot of trepidation about this new OS. However, the preview builds have been quite well received so far and it is clearly one of the most talked about things in the tech world right now.

Microsoft will be tying everything in to Windows 8 in the coming days and that includes services like Xbox Live and every device class — Desktop, Laptop, Tablet and Smartphone