Microsoft has announced that the Windows 8 Release Preview will be available within the first week of June.

Microsoft has announced that they will be expanding the Windows Store to additional markets come the next pre-release version of Windows.

Technically there are five, three matter to the end user.

Gartner Group has released a report predicting that Windows 8 will gain 4.1% of tablet marketshare this year, and 11.8% by 2016.

WinRT Development Manager Martyn Lovell said while speaking at a conference that Microsoft would like developers to create languages for WinRT.

Deep Windows 8 integration and an undecided UI, Mozilla has Firefox Metro working for Windows 8.

A comparison of the different design elements in iOS and Windows 8.

According to a Bloomberg report, Windows 8 will be finalized (RTM) sometime this summer and subsequently will go on sale in October (GA).

HP will combine its PC and Printer businesses in a bid to reduce costs, improve profit margins and increase sales which have seen a significant decline in the last year.

According to the I’m a WP7 app, it would appear that someone installed it — a Windows Phone app — on a Windows 8 PC.

Here’s the fine print of obtaining apps from the Windows Store in Windows 8.

Microsoft has created a new application class to accommodate third party web browsers, which would have had a tough time working solely with the restrictive WinRT API. Mozilla and Google are two browser developers that have already confirmed working on a Metro edition.

Nokia may be working to launch a Windows 8 tablet in Q4 2012. It is rumored to be powered by Qualcomm’s SoC and will run Windows on ARM.

Since Windows 8 Consumer Preview was released, there has been a lot of noise about usability. Is it justified?

Microsoft on Tuesday released an SDK that provides map controls that developers can implement in Metro-style Windows 8 apps.