Build quality seems nice, and all of my struggles so far have been attributable to my lack of knowledge of Windows 8+. Still and all, I think this is a steal for low tech people (more diplomatically: ...

After hunkering down in the R&D lab for more than three years, Microsoft is finally unveiling Windows 8 on October 26. But the software giant's next-generation and highly anticipated operating system ...

The release timing for Windows 8 has been somewhat of an open secret, but now it’s official. Microsoft says the final version of Windows 8 will be available by the end of October, along with the first ...

Microsoft Corp. today will release a new version of its Windows operating system, one designed to make desktop and laptop computers work more like tablets. There will be several ways to get it - or ...

Saying the company is going “all-in”, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer Thursday formally launched Windows 8 at a glitzy event in New York City. Windows 8 is designed to run on PCs and tablet computers, ...

Ever since I first set my eyes upon the Windows 8 Metro Start screen in June last year, I have wondered about Microsoft's precarious balancing act between Windows 8 and Windows Phone 8. Initially, ...

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The latest successor to Microsoft’s Windows flagship operating system will be called Windows 10, not Windows 9 as many would have expected. This generational leap is a marketing move meant to ...