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 ...

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 ...

Despite being perhaps the only person on Earth craving a way to use the Windows 8 UI on Linux, even developer er-bharat ...

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 ...

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, ...

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 ...

The reason so many commentators are willing to talk up the chances of Windows 8 tablets is because, quite smartly, they'll exist inside the Windows ecosystem, rather as a walled in offshoot. As such, ...

Windows 8 was perhaps the most controversial release from Microsoft in recent decades. Some praised its UI, while others ...

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 ...

Microsoft's Windows Phone 8 SDK is now expected around the time Windows Phone 8 itself launches, which is expected to be October 29. Mary Jo Foley has covered the tech industry for 30 years for a ...

I just downloaded Win 8 (32 bit). I don't have an extra box, so I figured I would just install it under VMWare player. Using the Win7 option in VMWare was a no-go, since there's no license key, and ...