Looking back at Windows 8 and Surface promos shows how creative Microsoft once was with promotions and why it may need a ...

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Like 2009, this year is one of dueling operating system upgrades, when the two biggest OS rivals face off with new editions. We’ve covered both the Windows 8 and OS X Mountain Lion upgrades, and ...

Windows 8 has achieved a 3.17 percent share of desktop operating systems, putting it behind Windows Vista, Microsoft's most disliked OS — until now perhaps. The global figures, from Net Applications, ...

It's full Windows 8-style shell for Linux ...

Much like the Surface tablet that Microsoft showed off earlier this week, Windows Phone 8 represents a major shift in how the tech giant is approaching mobile. Although we will have to wait a while to ...

Brooke Crothers writes about mobile computer systems, including laptops, tablets, smartphones: how they define the computing experience and the hardware that makes them tick. He has served as an ...

According to StatCounter, Windows 8 and 8.1 still account for about 4.3 percent of the Windows install base worldwide, far less than Windows 11, Windows 10, or even Windows 7. But for the people still ...

Microsoft Corporation MSFT teased its next OS this week and announced that will be called Windows 10. The new version contains a real Start button and looks like a cross between Windows 7 and Windows ...

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Windows 10 and 11 are fast becoming the only operating systems that support gaming, and Rockstar is the latest developer to drop support for older versions. This has all come about because Microsoft ...