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 ...

As the August date approaches for Microsoft to release its Windows 8.1 OS update to OEM partners, there are reports that IT professionals and early adopters will have to wait until October to start ...

Windows 8 has reached the release-to-manufacturing (RTM) milestone. Over the next few days, Microsoft's OEMs will install Windows 8 RTM (build 9200) on a slew of laptops, ultrabooks, desktops, and ...

With Windows 8 RTM, Microsoft has revealed how it will notify users of the “Do Not Track” privacy setting for Internet Explorer 10 (IE10). Last week, Microsoft’s chief privacy officer repeated the ...

Microsoft has put the final touches on Windows 8, and has released the RTM version of the operating system to device makers, developers, and IT pros. That doesn’t mean you can go out and buy Windows 8 ...

Users of Windows 8 Release Preview can do a full upgrade to the final code, something Microsoft said was impossible, an IT consultant said today. Microsoft has been clear that the Windows 8 previews ...

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Microsoft will name its final Windows 8 build as 9200, following an internal quirk that prevents the company from using the build 8888. Reports of the final Release to Manufacturing (RTM) build ...

This appears to have been reworked a bit for the release, with their new integrated download manager and new upgrade options... however, so far, we've only seen the component of the upgrade installer ...

Microsoft Wednesday morning announced RTM for Windows 8, which stands for Released to Manufacturing. That's the technical phrase for, “Woohoo, we’re done!” — to whatever extent software can be “done” ...

At the BUILD 2013 conference Microsoft told developers that the Windows 8.1 OS would reach the RTM (Release To Manufacturing) version in August. Microsoft has remained relatively tight-lipped of what ...