Clouds in Windows 8. Also part of Microsoft’s list of Windows 8 engineering teams was a group called “Windows Online.” It’s not clear what that team might be doing, but there are a large ...

A guide to Microsoft Windows 8 Ed Rhee/CNET How to run Desktop and Metro programs in Windows 8. Next, you'll see a mosaic of Live Tiles, each representing an application.

Windows has been Microsoft's most reliable cash cow for nearly three decades. The software giant is gambling all of that success on what it deems to be the company's future: a radically redesigned ...

(CNET) Microsoft pulled back much of the scaffolding and secrecy surrounding Windows 8 today at Mobile World Congress. I've been using the Windows 8 beta (download), officially known as the ...

Microsoft is expected to release the Windows 8 Consumer Preview on Wednesday. The preview is essentially an open beta for users who want a sneak peek at the new operating system.

Windows 8 is officially toast. Microsoft has pulled the plug on Windows 8's life support. It told customers they need to upgrade to Windows 8.1 -- or better yet, Windows 10 -- to continue ...

This morning, Microsoft began making Windows 8.1 available for download through the Windows store. Windows 8 users will begin seeing the update in the store and can download it over the Internet.

If you're a dedicated Windows 8 hater, the update to Windows 8.1 isn't going to change your mind. For everyone else, this collection of tweaks, fixes, and new features is useful, but everything ...

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- Microsoft is retooling the latest version of its Windows operating system to address complaints and confusion that have been blamed for deepening a slump in personal computer ...

Like ‘Windows 8.0’, Microsoft never uses this (frankly ludicrous) ‘Windows 8.1 Update’ name in any of its branding materials, instead reserving it only for blog posts.

Microsoft's official architectural diagram of Windows 8 has been a source of controversy since it debuted last week at Build. Here are some attempts to redraw and re-explain what's going on under ...

Microsoft Windows 8 Pro (Upgrade) The final Windows 8 test build before it's ready for the general public shows a solid operating system powering buggy, incomplete apps.