Windows 8 Developers: How to Run

How to Download and Install Windows 8 on a New Partition

So you want to try out Windows 8. Excellent! But you're not foolhardy enough to try using a developer preview build as your main work/play operating system--you just want to dabble. We'll show you how to download and install the Windows 8 developer's preview onto a separate partition (or separate hard drive, if you have a spare). If you don't feel like mucking your hard drive with another partition, read How to Download and Install Windows 8 to a Virtual Machine for a less-intrusive way to get Windows 8 up and running on your PC.

Mozilla Firefox 8 :Tech Thrust

Just days after pushing Firefox 7 out the door, Mozilla has released the beta version of Firefox 8. It includes some feature improvements, a handful of interface tweaks, and a few goodies for developers. Mozilla has also added features to the Android version of the browser.

Among the new features in Firefox 8 is the addition of Twitter to the list of default search engines that users can access from the browser's toolbar. The new entry--which is available only in the Mac and Linux versions of the browser--makes searching for hash tags (#firefox, #browser, and such) on the microblogging site easier.
Another improvement: As a security precaution, Firefox 8 will warn you before any third-party add-on launches for the first time. That approach should keep you from being surprised by an unwanted applet's sudden appearance on the Firefox toolbar.