13 Sept, Day 1 of Microsoft's Build conference being held at Anaheim, California, brought in a lot of new announcements wrt its new OS: Windows 8.
Read the details here:
http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/press/2011/sep11/09-13FutureofComputingPR.mspx
http://www.buildwindows.com/
http://www.hindustantimes.com/Microsoft-launches-Windows-8-Developers-Preview/Article1-745502.aspx
Download the preview here:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/apps/br229516
One interesting thing to note was all that attendees at BUILD got free Samsung tablets with Windows 8 preview bits. Lucky people!!