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.

Windows 8 development began in the spring of 2010, and Microsoft held an all-team event for the Windows org (around 5,000 people) at the Seattle Convention Center.

Microsoft had a chance to fix Windows’ long-messy application update process with the launch of that Store app alongside Windows 8 in 2012. Instead, it spent more than a decade flailing — training PC ...

Microsoft wants to move on from Windows 8.1, which it launched in 2013 to cover up the stink of Windows 8. The company has announced the end of Windows 8.1 support will hit in January 2023, ...

Microsoft recently released Windows 8, the latest client version of the Windows operating system. Available in four versions — three for x86-based personal computers, and one for ARM processor-based ...