Microsoft’s Windows Phone 8.1, the first major update to the Windows Phone mobile operating system, introduces a virtual personal assistant named Cortana, several cool design tweaks, and a host of new ...

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, ...

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 ...

Microsoft (News - Alert) devoted its recent Build developers conference to discussing and previewing Windows 8. Through a series of keynotes and demos, the company shed a fair amount of light on the ...

Although millions have downloaded Microsoft’s Windows 8 developer preview, relatively few are actually using it, Web measurements show. During November, Windows 8 powered 0.03% of the computers — or ...

Microsoft have got the ball rolling with Windows 8, they have made the developer preview available for free download to the public. They are offering a range of options for download and testing, you ...

Microsoft released its Windows 8 Developer Preview and free developer tools to the public for download last night. It's intended to help developers start building apps for the forthcoming newest ...

Windows Developer Preview, what aims to become Windows 8 beta, is a step in the right direction. This might become first operating system that can unite desktop, notebook and tablets, something that ...

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 ...

What surprises await the next version of Microsoft's mobile OS? One person with access to the Software Development Kit reveals a few tidbits. Lance Whitney is a freelance technology writer and trainer ...

You can now install the latest version of Microsoft's mobile OS -- but you'll need a developer's account to snag it. Lance Whitney is a freelance technology writer ...

Windows 8, the next version of Microsoft’s PC operating system, will be a radical change for people who pick it up for the first time, with a primary screen based on tiles similar to the Windows Phone ...