PC World takes a look at the Windows 8 features for laptop users

Microsoft has released Windows 8 Developer Preview as free download

Anandtech posted a story that Microsoft will release Windows 8 Developer Preview today at 8 PM PST this evening.

All About Microsoft published a cheat sheet of what they know about Windows 8

Here a roundup of the current Windows 8 news and articles: A brief analysis of Metro on Windows 8, Microsoft BUILD: Windows 8, A Pre-Beta Preview, Microsoft Build: Windows Store to offer safe Windows 8 downloads, Microsoft Build: Windows 8 will scale from tablets to PCs to servers, In Depth: 8 ways Windows 8 improves on Windows 7, In Depth: Hands on: Windows 8 review, Microsoft shows off Windows 8 preview for developers, Microsoft launches Windows 8 developer preview, downloads coming 'later this week', Windows 8 can run on an Atom CPU, 1GB of RAM, and Welcome to Windows 8 - The Developer Preview

Computerworld posted a story that Microsoft will webcast the opening keynote at its developers conference

Engadget posted a story that Microsoft developer Truong Do built Mouse Without Borders, a software that lets you control computers on the same wireless network with one set of inputs as if it was one machine with a multiple display.

Neowin reports that Microsoft will give out the first public build of Windows 8 to developers at BUILD this week, but whether or not it will be available to those who don't attend isn't clear.

Computerworld reports that Samsung will unveil a new tablet computer that runs on the Windows 8 OS next week

Steven Sinofsky posted another update on Windows 8, this time about the boot time

Ars Technica posted a story that the first Windows 8 tablet will reportedly be unveiled next week by Samsung and Microsoft.

Techradar reports that Acer and ViewSonic have become the two latest companies to shell out to Microsoft in order to keep using Google's Android OS.

Steven Sinofsky posted another post on the Windows 8 Build blog, this time about Hyper-V

The Inquirer posted a story that Microsoft spending millions of dollars in training sales staff from phone companies worldwide

Techradar reports that Windows 8 may run Windows Phone 7 apps, according to Nvidia CEO Jen-Hsun Huang.

Hardware 2.0 reports that the final build of Windows Phone 7.5 Mango leaks onto the internet.

Microsoft has released Microsoft Expression Blend Preview for Silverlight 5

WinRumors posted a story that Microsoft may be planning to give away a Samsung tablet at its BUILD conference later this month.

Microsoft has released IIS Smooth Streaming Client 1.5, which enables you to build rich IIS Smooth Streaming experiences for both on-demand and live IIS Smooth Streaming for Silverlight and Windows Phone 7 applications.

Steven Sinofsky confirmed in his latest post at the Building Windows 8 blog that Media Center will definitely be part of Windows 8