Microsoft is believed to have shipped the RTM version of the Windows Phone 8 operating system, according to sources. Now it's time for carriers and handset makers to test and preload before the ...

Microsoft has launched the latest preview of its forthcoming Windows 8 operating system, bringing various improvements to what the firm is billing as the "most important piece of work we've done".

Someone recreated Windows 8.1's tiled Start menu for Linux — a niche, open-source throwback. It's Python-based, supports ...

Windows 10 retail is almost upon us and today we wanted to take another look at Windows 8.1 - as it stands this year. Based on our polls a substantial percentage of KitGuru readers didn't move to ...

Windows 8.1 officially reached its end of support today. The operating system aimed to fix many of the issues introduced with Windows 8 but was ultimately received poorly by general users. Those with ...

Beta of next iteration of the OS lands, while Apple announces what is expected to be an iPad 3 event. Also: Facebook and Zynga breaking up? Steven Musil is the night news editor at CNET News. He's ...

Splashtop on Thursday released a new tablet application that replicates the Windows 8 touch-driven Metro user interface on the iPad, which should help developers test applications for Microsoft’s next ...

It’s been just 60 days since Dell completed the acquisition of thin-client company Wyse, but the business unit is moving forward with plans to release new thin clients designed to work with ...

Whether you want it or not, Microsoft will release its Windows 8 operating system on October 26. The new OS upends the familiar Start menu-based interface you’ve known since Windows 95 in favor of one ...

In brief: Microsoft is scheduled to put another of its legacy operating systems out to pasture in the near future. Anyone still using the aging OS needs to start getting serious about transitioning to ...