In late March, the first builds of Windows 8.1 leaked to the Web. At about the same time, the number of Windows 8 apps reversed several months of slowing growth and charted four straight months of app ...

Using BUILD 2011 as a showcase for Windows 8 appears to have sparked something of a PR war between the platform's supporters. Following Qualcomm's claim that its processors would be behind the first ...

In case you weren’t able to attend the Windows 8 Developer Event in Chicago this week, here are some of the key topics you missed. Content was a primary focus. The main phrase used was “Content over ...

While consumers and developers have enjoyed free access to the developer’s preview of Windows 8 for a few months, precious little information surrounding Microsoft’s promised online app store was ...

Recent data shows that the Windows 8 developer preview is rarely being used — less than a quarter of the uptake of the Windows 7 beta in a longer period of time. That’s just one more piece of evidence ...

Windows 8, the next version of Microsoft’s PC operating system, will be a radical change for people who pick it up for the first time, with a primary screen based on tiles similar to the Windows Phone ...

Microsoft will issue a "release preview" of Windows 8 to consumers the first week in June, meaning the new operating system is nearly finished three to four months ahead of its expected release.

Everyone knows two things about Windows Phone: It’s a fine platform, and it’s far too small. Users of Windows Phone will sing its praises, but the problem remains that there are far too few users, in ...

Microsoft have got the ball rolling with Windows 8, they have made the developer preview available for free download to the public. They are offering a range of options for download and testing, you ...

In a dire prediction for Microsoft for 2012, research firm IDC forecasts that most Windows 7 PC users won't bother to upgrade to Windows 8. Lance Whitney is a freelance technology writer and trainer ...

Tami Reller, one of the pair of Microsoft execs running Windows, provides a few new insights into what's happening -- and coming -- with Windows 8 and Windows RT. Mary Jo Foley Mary Jo Foley has ...

More than 13 percent of desktop PC users have two monitors attached to their system, said Mark Yalovsky, a lead program manager on the Windows 8 user experience team, in a blog post Monday. That's ...