The first announced Windows 8 tablet powered by an ARM processor does a lot to explain why Microsoft has persisted in calling any Windows 8 device a PC. The product in question: The Asus Windows RT ...

Windows 8 is an odd, discombobulated beast of an operating system that suffers from an identity crisis of the most severe degree. On the one hand, the primary focus of Windows 8 is to bring ...

In the two and a half years since the release of the first-generation iPad, tablets of various shapes and sizes have sparked a revolution among consumers, who are now no longer afraid to take their ...

As promised back in May, the small Windows 8 tablets are coming. You’ll be able to take your pick of 8-inch Windows tablets from Acer, Dell and Lenovo later this month. But good luck telling them ...

Developers have their hands on a pre-release version of Windows 8, which was released during Microsoft’s developer conference on Tuesday, and analyst and online opinion seem divided on the new ...

Acer Iconia W3, shipping with Windows 8 Pro and a full-fledged copy of Office Home & Student 2013, is first mini-Win8 tablet out of the gate By all accounts, the Acer Iconia W3 won’t win any awards, ...

Ben Bajarin is the Director of Consumer Technology Analysis and Research at Creative Strategies, Inc, a technology industry analysis and market intelligence firm located in Silicon Valley. According ...

Microsoft catch up with Android and iOS with Facebook and Flipboard apps. June 26, 2013 — -- Microsoft is addressing many of the user complaints of Windows 8 in its forthcoming Windows 8.1 update ...

Windows 8 users, what with their "Modern" UI and pinned applications, won't have to stoop to using Hulu Plus in an antiquated internet browser any longer. Hulu today announced its brand new Windows 8 ...

Microsoft is on a knife edge: It is developing a version of Windows that could ensure its continued success in the computer market -- or it could completely cannibalize Microsoft's profits and lead to ...

Buying a new Windows 8 device isn’t as simple as, say, picking up a new Android tablet. The device-spanning nature of the overhauled operating system means Windows works on a vast array of hardware, ...

[UPDATED OCT. 23, 2012] As Windows 8 approaches and we all wonder whether tablets like the Microsoft Surface running it will gain the upper hand in the battle for dominance with the iPad, it’s easy to ...