Do you want to get your grasping hands curled around a boxed copy of Windows 8 as soon as humanly possible? Even the most excited among us will have to wait until October 26th for the privilege, but ...

Last September, Microsoft showed off Windows 8 in public for the first time. One glance at the operating-system upgrade–heavily influenced by the company’s inventive Windows Phone–was enough to tell ...

REDMOND, Wash. - Microsoft is nearly done with a much-anticipated overhaul of its Windows operating system. The software maker signaled the makeover is nearly complete with Thursday's release of the ...

Microsoft has today (October 26) rolled out Windows 8, with a host of new machines running the operating system available to buy, while some consumers can upgrade their kit. Windows 8 marks the ...

Tech enthusiast gets Windows 8.1 to install on a system restricted by the ancient (1984) EGA graphics standard.

Microsoft’s Windows 8 software appears to be driving buyers away from PCs and toward smartphones and tablets, research firm IDC said Wednesday. That’s leading to the fastest drop in PC sales the firm ...

Microsoft will today launch Windows 8, arguably the biggest leap forward ever for the PC operating system and one that is designed to equip the software for the touchscreen, mobile future. The company ...

Windows 10 retail is almost upon us and today we wanted to take another look at Windows 8.1 - as it stands this year. Based ...

Verizon Wireless plans to sell a new Nokia Oyj phone with Microsoft Corp.'s Windows 8 software this year, marking the first time it has released a Windows device since May 2011, a person with ...

A Microsoft document that sets out the minimum hardware requirements for Windows 8 tablet devices provides some hints about what tablets running Microsoft's next-generation operating system could look ...

A virtual machine (VM) is an operating system that’s emulated within another operating system. You could run Windows within a MacBook as a virtual machine, or even Windows within Windows. Because of ...