Rosy outlook for Windows 8 comes with caveats. Sept. 17, 2011—ANAHEIM, Calif. -- You won't typically read about a product in this column many months ahead of its ...

is a senior editor and author of Notepad, who has been covering all things Microsoft, PC, and tech for over 20 years. It’s been nearly 10 years since Windows 8 launched to the world as part of ...

Details about Windows 8, Microsoft’s newest operating system expected in 2012, have been leaking out thanks largely to Microsoft previews and a stream of blog posts on the company’s Building Windows 8 ...

A purported UX designer for Microsoft reveals why the "love it or hate it" Metro environment is the default in Windows 8. Lance Whitney Contributing Writer Lance Whitney is a freelance technology ...

Microsoft’s Windows 8 beta has been publicly available for nine days, and it’s clear hardly anyone likes it. IDC predicts Windows 8 will be “largely irrelevant for users of traditional PCs.” Tablet ...

Microsoft continued apologizing for its past behavior by announcing that retail copies of Windows 8.1 will be available in standalone, full versions of the software, rather than as upgrades from ...

Microsoft has announced that there will be just three simplified versions of Windows 8, and also confirmed what is to be happening with devices running ARM processors. Windows 8, currently in ...

A hybrid hibernation technology lops 30 percent to 70 percent off Windows 8 startup time, says Microsoft, trying to fix an ages-old problem. Stephen Shankland worked at CNET from 1998 to 2024 and ...

is a senior editor and author of Notepad, who has been covering all things Microsoft, PC, and tech for over 20 years. Microsoft is preparing to send reminders to Windows 8.1 users that support will ...

Microsoft OneDrive updates on Windows 7, 8, and 8.1 will end during the start of March in 2022, the tech giant announced to its users. The logo of French headquarters of American multinational ...

For Windows 7 and Windows 8.1 this is the end. The final curtain. The fat lady is singing. Fulfilling the long term promise on its Windows lifecycle page, Microsoft has confirmed ‘End of sales’ for ...