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 ...

Redmond, we have a problem. With PC sales stalling and tablet sales booming, Microsoft decided to shed the shackles of its desktop-focused past in favor of a touch-friendly, mobile-first future. It’s ...

So the Windows 8 launch came and went, we saw some pretty quirky shenanigans going on around the big Microsoft P-A-R-T-Y in Times Square, and now we’ll really see what the public makes of its new ...

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 ...

Microsoft wants Windows developers to write Windows 8-specific, Metro-style, touch-friendly applications, and to make sure that they crank these apps out, the company ...

Microsoft's president of the Windows Division, Steven Sinofsky has started talking about Windows 8 on the new Building Windows 8 blog, and already we're learning stuff about the upcoming operating ...

Although Microsoft gave us some great numbers regarding the Windows 7 beta, the company (unsurprisingly) refused to give us any details about what changes the planning and development team was going ...

Enterprises now in the midst of migrating to Windows 7 are unlikely to repeat that same work in just two years with Windows 8, an analyst said today. “They would certainly like to upgrade only to ...

Microsoft isn't only "re-imagining" its Windows software, it's re-imagining the Windows logo. Friday Microsoft unveiled the logo for Windows 8, the next generation of the company's flagship operating ...

Tami Reller, one of the pair of Microsoft execs running Windows, provides a few new insights into what's happening -- and coming -- with Windows 8 and Windows RT. Mary Jo Foley Mary Jo Foley has ...

Redpill was a complex mechanism in Windows 8 to activate disabled features for authorized users. The name was inspired by The Matrix movie, where the red pill signifies breaking free from the ...