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 ...

If you used a Windows computer in the early 2010s, chances are you experienced Windows 8. Whether it was a good experience is another matter entirely, though. If you ask me, it was a bit of a disaster ...

The Windows 8 operating system has been launched and consumers worldwide have already got their hands on it. Microsoft has completely focused on user-experience and security with regard to Windows 8 ...

Honestly, and this is for MS to really resolve... two factor authentication? It's not even available for their Outlook/Live/Hotmail properties, and I'm appalled by that considering it is there for ...

Good news, Windows 8 and 8.1 haters! Windows 9 will get rid of the Charms menu that stores Search, Settings, and other portals to the operating system’s Metro UI, a report says. The Charms menu is one ...

Slides purporting to show Windows 8 features have emerged on the Web. The Microsoft Kitchen blog published the slides on Monday, citing an Italian blog source. Some of the slides are dated from April ...

For the last few decades, developers have always flocked to Microsoft’s operating system while Apple’s Mac OS X has been an afterthought. In the post-PC world though the tables have turned. Apple’s ...

Almost a year ago, in one of my first Techland posts, I said I liked the idea of tablets that were bigger than an iPad, which has a 9.7″ display. Maybe much bigger–like 17″. At Microsoft’s BUILD ...

To distance itself from the Windows 8 snafu, Microsoft's next major update -- Threshold -- will reportedly skip Windows 8.2 and jump straight to Windows 9. Windows 9 is expected to arrive in April ...