Developers have their hands on a pre-release version of Windows 8, which was released during Microsoft’s developer conference on Tuesday, and analyst and online opinion seem divided on the new ...

I’m hunkered down in a busy press room in Berlin at IFA 2012, Europe’s answer to CES, where the Windows 8 tablets are flowing like beer and schnitzel from some of the biggest hardware makers in tech — ...

With the arrival of Windows 8 at the end of October, I thought the weekend would be a great time to go out and play with some tablets. So on Saturday, I dragged my wife along to our nearest Best Buy ...

Microsoft has released technical design details about the new version of Windows for laptops and other computers that use ARM chips. Called WOA (for Windows on ARM), the Windows 8 variation is still ...

It has taken almost six months, but Microsoft has finally given the green light to low-resolution (1024x768), 7- and 8-inch Windows 8 tablets. In related news, Microsoft's Windows RT woes continue, ...

I still can’t get used to using the words Windows and underdog in the same sentence. But when it comes to tablets, Windows 8 is still an also-ran: according to IDC, Windows and Windows RT tablets ...

When you look at the tablet landscape, it doesn't look like a very even battle going on. On one side you've got Apple, the Goliath, destroying the competition with its iPad. On the other side of the ...

Buying a new Windows 8 device isn’t as simple as, say, picking up a new Android tablet. The device-spanning nature of the overhauled operating system means Windows works on a vast array of hardware, ...

If Microsoft's decision to give away 5,000 Samsung tablets running early versions of Windows 8 to developers at BUILD 2011 seems like an amazing gesture of goodwill, don't be fooled. Even the positive ...