Google is taking Windows 8 very seriously. The company intimated recently that it is hard at work developing a metro-style  version of its popular Chrome browser to build compatibility with Widows 8. The Microsoft OS will be officially released later on this year and Google wants to be ready for the massive adoption anticipated.
“Our goal is to be able to offer our users a speedy, simple, secure Chrome experience across all platforms, which includes both the desktop and Metro versions of …

Dell is developing a Windows 8-powered Dell tablet it hopes to rival the Apple iPad, the PC company has revealed.
According to a report from Bloomberg, the computer company has revealed that it is gearing its Windows 8 tablet towards enterprise customers in the hope that businesses will choose the Dell tablet over the popular iPad.
“Having a secure Windows tablet that works with all the Windows applications — we’re hearing a lot of demand for that and we think that will be quite …

Internet Explorer 10 Platform Preview 5 Comes With Windows 8 / image via Microsoft

In an attempt to motivate reluctant users to try the new Windows 8 Consumer Preview, among many other elements, Microsoft has integrated the latest version of Internet Explorer 10 Platform Preview 5 – a pretty fancy name for a beta.
Internet Explorer 10, especially for Windows 8, comes with an interface redesigned from scratch, optimized for full screen browsing due to an interface, obviously, with Metro …

Windows 8 has officially moved another step closer towards final release as the official Windows 8 Consumer Preview beta is now available to download.
Those who want to download the Windows 8 Consumer Preview can do following the link below.
Windows Chief Steven Sinofsky said at the unveiling of the Windows 8 Consumer Preview at the Mobile World Congress that “This is a day that’s been long in coming for the Windows team. I just got a picture of the operations center where they’re …

Zune and Windows Live Out from Windows 8 Consumer Preview / image via Flickr

Although there are only a few days left until the launch of Windows 8 Consumer Preview, few lucky people have already managed to get their hands on that version of Windows in order to make an opinion related to changes.
As an overview, in the Consumer Preview version of Microsoft’s operating system we will not see Windows Live and Zune, both disappearing as brands. Going through a rebranding process, many …

Microsoft: Windows 8 Official Logo / Image via Microsoft

Microsoft presented in a post on the official blog the logo of the new operating system Windows 8. Team members who worked on developing the new platform have decided that the new logo to represent an accurate description of the new “Live Titles” icons.
If in the past most Windows logos were confused with flags, Microsoft decided that this time should not be any doubt about the meaning of the logo. Thus, the American company …

The new Windows 8 logo was unveiled by Microsoft on Friday featuring a design which borrows element from the original Windows 1.0 logo of yesteryears.
The announcement of the new logo was made by Sam Moreau, principal director of user experience for Windows on the Windows Team Blog.
The new Windows 8 logo was made by Microsoft and famous design firm Pentagram.
Explaining Microsoft’s goal in creating the Windows 8 logo, Moreau wrote on the blog post:
“With Windows 8, we approached the logo …

Microsoft: Windows 8 Consumer Preview Released in February 29 / image via MaximumPC

Microsoft has officially announced the date and place of the new Windows 8 Consumer Preview. The event will take place on February 29 at the 2012 Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain.
The critics of the new operating system do not seem pleased by the fact that Microsoft has decided to launch Windows 8 Consumer Preview during an event dedicated to mobile gadgets, writes MaximumPC.
Interestingly, the …

Microsoft will remove the conventional Windows Start button on its Windows 8 “Consumer Preview.”
For the last 15 years, the software giant used the Start button and menu along with the introduction of Windows 95.
However, Microsoft seems prepared to finally move on and throw in the towels for both after the release of Windows 8 this year.
PC Beta was able to grab a screenshot of a penultimate version of Windows 8 “Consumer Preview” build 8220 and leaked it to the …

Brandon Watson Leaves Microsoft / Image via OnWindows

Microsoft team is far from the lack of capable people to keep the company in motion, but it’s always sad when one of them is leaving.
In this case it’s Brandon Watson, a person leading the team of developers of Windows Phone 7, who after it was rumored for a long period of time that he would leave Microsoft, has confirmed rumors on Twitter. The next adventure of Brandon Watson will take place at Amazon, where he will be the Director of …