Windows 8: Consumer Preview available for download

For several months, Microsoft is working to develop the next version of Windows operating system feature. As expected, the publisher has opened the floodgates for downloading the Consumer Preview of Windows 8, a test version for the greatest number.

This is of course the Metro interface that commands attention with its look & feel inspired by Windows Phone and kiosk applications, the Windows Store. Windows 8 also offers various new exotic for some, the disappearance of the start menu opened with Windows 95 on the traditional desktop to the arrival of an interface using the ribbon in the file browser, through the uncertain fate of Windows Media Center.

Compared with the Developer Preview release last fall, this new version of  Windows 8 integrate work not far from 100,000 changes depending Steven Sinofsky, president of Microsoft's Windows division.

According to analysis 738 million Chinese are the users the Internet

The Deputy Director of Engineering Department of Communications of the Standing Committee of the Chinese Communist Party consultation (CPPCC) said that 738 million Chinese use the Internet, a penetration rate of 39.8%. He said he was proud of the statistics and says:'' The Internet is used by many Chinese. According to statistics compiled during the month of May, the number of users is estimated at 738 million, representing a penetration rate of the Internet in the order of 39.8%.''