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Windows 8 promises to give Mac OS X Lion a run for its money when it comes to speed.

Microsoft expanded on its plans for virtualized storage in Windows 8, offering more details on the new Storage Spaces feature, currently available in the developer preview.

Binary Sunrise: On Tuesday, we launched a developer preview of the Mozilla Apps project, something I've been working on for the better part of the year.

We haven’t yet seen a beta version of Windows 8, but analysts are already claiming it is doomed. Analysts from IDC, Gartner, and Forrester are predicting that the new OS will face an uphill battle in the PC and tablet markets for a number of reasons, but none of those reasons seem particularly relevant to the OS itself or the experience of using it.

Microsoft has released an extremely limited Developer Preview of Windows 8, but the OS is still a ways from completion.

The Windows 8 Developer Preview is out and, let’s face it, you want to give it a shot.

Windows 8 marks a major departure from any other version of the OS and it behooves any geek to get out on the front lines of such an introduction.

Even so, you might not have an extra computer lying around to install the young operating system on. Virtualization to the rescue.

Wednesday morning's Build keynote targeted the rank and file .NET developer, focusing in on the Visual Studio 11 Developer Preview, among other topics.

Today, Microsoft released the developer preview of Internet Explorer 9. The preview is bare-bones: after playing around with it, I can tell you that it doesn't have much in terms of user interface.

This is more of a proof-of-concept than a web browser. Still, it provides a good glimpse into what we can expect from IE9: a complete reboot.

Chrome OS Geek: "Chrome has recently been open sourced by Google as a developer preview. Its very young, clearly has some issues and needs serious work, however it is usable and lots of people have managed to get it running in a virtual machine or via a USB key."