Microsoft has released the latest test version of its upcoming Windows 8 operating system, which is now officially in what the company calls its “final phase” of development. This new preliminary ...

Readers share their early assessments of Microsoft's test code for Windows 8: So far I think that Windows 8 appears to be the least user friendly operating system that Microsoft has ever developed.

For a touch-based interface it was awfully hard to get hold of. Microsoft’s Windows 8 OS was shown on a handful of prototype ARM-based tablets at the Consumer Electronics Show this week, but almost no ...

This article was originally on a blog post platform and may be missing photos, graphics or links. See About archive blog posts. Microsoft’s Windows operating system, which long ago won the war over ...

With this many previews, it’s like a new theatrical musical headed toward its Broadway debut. Microsoft on Thursday unveiled the latest of its test — or “preview” — versions of what it hopes will be a ...

Leaked builds of Microsoft's Windows 8 are providing more clues as to what kinds of user behaviors will and won't be permitted. Skipping Metro is right out. Mary Jo Foley Mary Jo Foley has covered the ...

Microsoft Corp. is unveiling the first widely available test version of its Windows 8 operating system today. Reuters reports that the system is the first from Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT) that is ...

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 ...

I just received and read your latest Redmond Report newsletter. Overall, I like Windows 8. The one thing that I really do not like is the lack of the Start button on the Desktop interface. As you ...