Brad Wasson
12-07-2011, 01:30 PM
<div class='os_post_top_link'><a href='http://www.trustedreviews.com/news/windows-8-beta-coming-in-early-2012' target='_blank'>http://www.trustedreviews.com/news/...g-in-early-2012</a><br /><br /></div><p><em>"Over at The Next Web (TNW), they've spoken to sources close to Microsoft who claim that the public beta has been pegged for late Febraury, though what exactly will be included in this version of Windows 8 is still being finalised."</em></p><p><img src="http://images.thoughtsmedia.com/resizer/thumbs/size/600/wpt/auto/1323264719.usr110171.jpg" style="border: 0;" /></p><p>Windows 8, Microsoft's forthcoming desktop and tablet-based operating system, has been previewed a few times over the last year or so. It has sparked a fair bit of interest for a variety of reasons, including its purported ability to work effectively on a tablet and for its implementation of their Windows Phone 7 Metro-like interface. We may see the next iteration of the software at CES in January, and following that a public beta is expected in late January or February.</p>