Microsoft Already Updating Windows 8 Apps
Still another three weeks to go until the new operating system launches.
Despite the launch of Windows 8 being still three weeks away, Microsoft has already started to update applications for the long-awaited operating system.
The company listed all of the updates and new features Windows 8 built-in apps will be receiving upon launch. Such apps include Skydrive, mail, messaging, photos, maps, news, travel and weather, which will see improvements in performance and reliability.
"We're super excited to be approaching general availability (GA) of Windows 8 and Windows RT," said Microsoft's president of Windows Steven Sinofsky. "With thousands of new apps in the Store, there are a lot to choose from and tens of thousands of developers have been very busy around the world creating new apps. Across Microsoft we've been busy since August adding new features and improving the apps that come with Windows and will be updating these apps before GA."
The Bing app, meanwhile, is the first to receive the update, which is due to become available tomorrow. Included in the update is more varied search results for both images and content, the integration of Bing rewards, as well as zoom access for related queries.
Windows 8 will officially launch on October 26.

*Notices that the user has a certain software or driver that is notoriously unstable, and the developer has no plans of fixing the problem.*
microsoft's new slogan "always time to do it wrong, never time to do it right"
Best thing about it is the speed and smoothness. On my old 7200K HDD from button push to useable is quicker then my friends SSD (not saying theirs is super quick), mind you with the 5 second wait to choose a different OS.
Get on board, for the general user the start screen will be fine; for anyone more serious classic shell is too easy.
I'd take Xp over Windows 8.
If Windows was written well/properly a program or driver would not take down the OS. Look at Linux and you will see what I am talking about. Yes Windows Sux.
Since when did Windows 8 feel like like Windows 7. The only way to get windows 8 to feel like Windows 7 is to either castrate Win7 and add apps to media center or remove metro and add aero and start menu to win8 and that's how you get win8 to feel like win7.
Then again, I am preaching to the choir, because the same bastards that roam here are the ones who are happy about Steve Job's death. Go get some friends.
Currently have apps published for windows phone 7 and it takes them well over a week to approve. Worse than apple in many cases. Not expecting windows 8 publishing to be any better.