If you weren't on the ground at Build 2011 in Anaheim last week, chances are you're not holding onto a limited edition Samsung tablet running the Windows 8 Developer Preview right now. Want one? You ...

It's the last day of Microsoft's Build Windows conference in California, and earlier I spent a couple of hours swanning around the Windows 8 expo -- the congregation of devices, developers, partners, ...

After several years of development and months of hype and expectation, Microsoft finally launched its long-awaited Windows 8, the next generation of the company's flagship desktop -- and now tablet -- ...

Did you know that it's been a little over 15 years since Microsoft first announced Windows 8? To be precise, June 1, 2011. Years later, the company pulled support for the operating system on January ...

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 ...

No doubt you’ve already banged around the Windows 8 Developer Preview, and your clicking finger is poised to get the Consumer Preview bits as soon as they appear. But it’s worthwhile to step back and ...

“Good artists borrow, great artists steal!” — Pablo Picasso said it. So did T.S. Eliot. And, more recently, Steve Jobs. Let’s face it: If something makes sense and succeeds, it gets imitated. Though ...

Windows 8 would have come out in 2010, the same year as the iPad, too late for massive changes, even if Microsoft had recognized the threat from tablets. That wouldn’t have helped Microsoft. By all ...