Windows 8 to Launch in October

Microsoft's long-awaited Windows 8 operating system will go on sale Oct. 26, in the company's most critical software upgrade in a decade.

Wall Street Journal
Jul 18, 2012

Microsoft Corp.'s long-awaited Windows 8 operating system will go on sale Oct. 26, in the company's most critical software upgrade in a decade.

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