Windows Server 2012 Release Candidate now available to download

Windows Server 2012 Ahead of the highly anticipated release of Microsoft’s Windows 8 Release Preview today, the company has posted the server edition of its next-generation operating system. Windows Server 2012 is the server version of Windows 8, an upgrade from the previous Windows Server 2008 R2. Microsoft’s Release Candidate of Windows Server 2012 includes [...]

Windows 8 will support USB 3.0, reveals Microsoft:

  Microsoft has revealed that Windows 8 will boast “robust” support for USB 3.0 devices, though it will continue to support old USB specifications. Microsoft’s Dennis Flanagan, the director of program management for its Devices and Networking group, explained the engineering work Microsoft is undertaking to support USB 3.0 on the company’s blog. The USB standard is more [...]

Microsoft unveils Windows 8 (video)

We’re live from Microsoft Windows president Steven Sinofsky’s keynote at D9, and there’s something rather exciting on stage — a pair of experimental Windows 8 dev boards running an OS that looks very much like Windows Phone 7′s Metro UI. All Things D actually sat down with the man earlier today and got a sneak peek at what [...]

Windows 8 (unveiled) :

——-(via engadget)——– 6:46PM And we’re in! Hoping for a real-deal Windows 8 demo, but who knows what the future may hold. Seriously, anyone? 6:49PM Crazy loud music in here. The party is officially on. 6:52PM Oh, snap! Is that a pair of Windows 8-based tablets up there on stage? Dollars to donuts we’ll get a demo here shortly… [...]