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 ...

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 ...

After several years of development and months of hype and expectation, Microsoft finally launched its long-awaited Windows 8, the next generation of the company's flagship desktop -- and now tablet -- ...

Still, I think this could be healthy in the long run, even though Windows 8 development may have a rocky start. The focus for the development frameworks and tools should be the core platform (whether ...

Windows 7 is only 10 months old, but it's never too early to glance on down the road at Windows 8. Microsoft is keeping a tight lid on any information about "Windows 8." But back in June, leaked ...

“Good artists borrow, great artists steal!” — Pablo Picasso said it. So did T.S. Eliot. And, more recently, Steve Jobs. Let’s face it: If something makes sense and succeeds, it gets imitated. Though ...

What just happened? Judgment day for Windows 7 and 8 has finally arrived. While we've known this was coming for a while, Microsoft had a final surprise for Windows 7 users: anyone still needing ...

In an interesting but not unexpected twist, it looks like Microsoft might allow Windows 8 to run all 70,000 Windows Phone 7 apps, and possibly all Windows Phone 8 apps as well. At first I thought this ...

Windows 8 would have come out in 2010, the same year as the iPad, too late for massive changes, even if Microsoft had recognized the threat from tablets. That wouldn’t have helped Microsoft. By all ...

More than 13 percent of desktop PC users have two monitors attached to their system, said Mark Yalovsky, a lead program manager on the Windows 8 user experience team, in a blog post Monday. That's ...