Microsoft released the Windows version 8 for developers

Microsoft Corp. will open its new developer for the Windows operating system 8. Download the file from a previous OS build will be the company's website, Microsoft officials said at a conference BUILD, which opened on September 13 in Anaheim, USA.

Windows 8 will be available in two versions - for mobile chips for ARM and computer processors x64/x86. While developers will be available only to the last. It will be available on Microsoft's website the morning of September 14, said PCWorld. ARM chip version is not ready yet and will be released later.

president of the Windows at Microsoft said Steven Sinofsky, Windows 8 that the assembly for developers will be constantly updated. In the future the company will release a beta version, then the release candidate and then the final version of the operating system.

the final version of Windows 8 the company did not disclose. It is assumed that the OS will go on sale in summer or autumn of 2012.

BUILD Microsoft unveiled a few more details about Windows 8. In particular, the company confirmed that the OS provides store a program called Windows Store. It was also announced that Windows 8 will support the technology of contactless communication NFC.

Recall that Windows 8 was announced at a conference in early June, D9. The company then told that the OS can run on devices of different form factors - in the tablets, laptops and desktops, and will support different ways of management, including mouse, keyboard, stylus and finger gestures.