Microsoft today said that it will ship a Windows 8.1 refresh, a set of new features designed to make the struggling OS easier to use for customers with a mouse and keyboard, on April 8.



From Computerworld:

Most of those reports were based on leaks from the Russian website Wzor.net, which went dark two weeks ago, just a day after U.S. federal law enforcement officials arrested a former Microsoft employee for allegedly stealing trade secrets, then sharing them with an unidentified French blogger.

Dubbed "Windows 8.1 Update," the refresh will be available to all Windows 8 and Windows 8.1 users through Windows Update, Microsoft's standard consumer- and small business-grade patching and updating service, and which also powers the enterprise-level WSUS (Windows Server Update Services).

  Microsoft slates April 8 release of Windows 8.1 Update