It might not get the same kind of attention as Google and Apple, but Microsoft is still one of the biggest and most powerful tech companies operating today. It runs Azure, one of the biggest cloud computing services, and maintains Windows 11 and the whole Office suite of software. It also makes plenty of Surface hardware and has a whole slew of gaming products, including the Xbox Series X. But the company is ever expanding — building new hardware, acquiring new game studios, and making sure that even if Microsoft doesn't run your phone, it can touch plenty of the apps on it. 

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A step-by-step guide on how to install the Windows 8 Consumer Preview onto a new partition on your PC.

Windows 8 Consumer Preview install guide: from setup tool to partition (screenshots)

Windows 8 Consumer Preview install guide: from setup tool to partition (screenshots)

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Windows 8 Consumer Preview install guide: from setup tool to partition (screenshots)

Windows 8 Consumer Preview install guide: from setup tool to partition (screenshots)

A step-by-step guide on how to install the Windows 8 Consumer Preview onto a new partition on your PC.

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Windows 8 Consumer Preview install guide: from setup tool to partition (screenshots)

Windows 8 Consumer Preview install guide: from setup tool to partition (screenshots)

A step-by-step guide on how to install the Windows 8 Consumer Preview onto a new partition on your PC.

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Valve announces Counter-Strike 2, a free replacement for CS:GO

You can now try Microsoft Loop, a Notion competitor with futuristic Office documents

Google opens early access to its ChatGPT rival Bard — here are our first impressions

Google and Microsoft’s chatbots are already citing one another in a misinformation shitshow

Pebble might be coming back — as a small Android phone

More from Microsoft

The best Xbox controller to buy right now

You can play with Microsoft’s Bing GPT-4 chatbot right now, no waitlist necessary

Microsoft is bringing Minecraft to Chromebooks