A rash of Windows 8 leaks may have cost two Microsoft employees their jobs. New posts suggested two regular sources lost their positions. The losses weren't independently verified but aren't uncommon for discovered leaks.
Microsoft has been unusually protective of Windows 8 and ships it with wallpaper that says "shh... let's not leak our hard work," a clue that it fully expected someone to try and leak the new OS.
Windows 8 may also have a range of features that aren't ready to show to outside of Microsoft. Separate development versions known as "red pill" builds make a licensing check to see if it's a Microsoft employee or someone else cleared to see all of the new Windows 8 features. Without the code, they only see relatively 'safe' features.
It's believed the full Immersive tablet interface is visible when the red pill code works.
Windows 8 isn't expected to ship until late 2012, but it may be shown as a beta in September. [via WinRumors]
Microsoft has been unusually protective of Windows 8 and ships it with wallpaper that says "shh... let's not leak our hard work," a clue that it fully expected someone to try and leak the new OS.
Windows 8 may also have a range of features that aren't ready to show to outside of Microsoft. Separate development versions known as "red pill" builds make a licensing check to see if it's a Microsoft employee or someone else cleared to see all of the new Windows 8 features. Without the code, they only see relatively 'safe' features.
It's believed the full Immersive tablet interface is visible when the red pill code works.
Windows 8 isn't expected to ship until late 2012, but it may be shown as a beta in September. [via WinRumors]
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