Anyone running the Windows 8 Release Preview will want to keep their eye on the Windows Store for updates and . Microsoft plans to roll out refreshes to apps such as Bing, Calendar, Games, Mail, Maps, News,  People, Photos, and SkyDrive leading up to the October 26 launch of Windows 8. Check out MSDN for a .

Microsoft may be getting its own apps ready for October 26, but one of the big unanswered questions is to sell all these new products? The Windows Store currently has about several thousand third-party apps, but not even close to the hundreds of thousands of apps found in other app stores for iOS and Android devices.