Whether you want it or not, Microsoft will release its Windows 8 operating system on October 26. The new OS upends the familiar Start menu-based interface you’ve known since Windows 95 in favor of one ...

Microsoft catch up with Android and iOS with Facebook and Flipboard apps. June 26, 2013 — -- Microsoft is addressing many of the user complaints of Windows 8 in its forthcoming Windows 8.1 update ...

Speaking at the firm's Build developers conference in San Francisco, Microsoft's Steve Guggenheimer has hinted that developers working on Windows 8 apps may also be able to release said titles on Xbox ...

Enterprise developers are seeing demand for Windows 8 line of business apps on mobile devices. However, the applications–while impressive–are speeding along mostly in vertical markets for very ...

With $25, an iPad and a bit of curiosity, you can try Windows 8 on a tablet right now. Splashtop, a maker of remote desktop software, has released a $25 iPad app called Win8 Metro Testbed. If you’ve ...

Late yesterday, Microsoft unveiled the new Windows 8 user interface -- or rather, the new Start Menu, and a hint of what Windows 8 apps will look and feel like. The new Start Menu -- or home screen -- ...

Splashtop on Thursday released a new tablet application that replicates the Windows 8 touch-driven Metro user interface on the iPad, which should help developers test applications for Microsoft’s next ...

Windows 8 has two environments: the full screen, touch-centric Windows Store App interface (also called Metro) and the Desktop interface, which looks and acts like Windows 7. If you install programs ...