In late March, the first builds of Windows 8.1 leaked to the Web. At about the same time, the number of Windows 8 apps reversed several months of slowing growth and charted four straight months of app ...

Microsoft has a few Xbox apps for Windows 8, including Xbox Music and Xbox Video, but it seems the Redmond giant is also working on another application to serve the reading needs of Windows 8 users.

Thanks to two brief demonstrations of Microsoft’s next-generation operating system, third-party Microsoft Windows developers are expressing frustration over what they consider a lack of clear ...

Microsoft released its Windows 8 Developer Preview and free developer tools to the public for download last night. It's intended to help developers start building apps for the forthcoming newest ...

Microsoft has released an update that extends the life of the Windows 8 developer preview by about 10 months. Why Microsoft is doing this is unknown to many since they expire after the expected beta ...

If you weren't on the ground at Build 2011 in Anaheim last week, chances are you're not holding onto a limited edition Samsung tablet running the Windows 8 Developer Preview right now. Want one? You ...

Everyone knows two things about Windows Phone: It’s a fine platform, and it’s far too small. Users of Windows Phone will sing its praises, but the problem remains that there are far too few users, in ...

Using BUILD 2011 as a showcase for Windows 8 appears to have sparked something of a PR war between the platform's supporters. Following Qualcomm's claim that its processors would be behind the first ...

While consumers and developers have enjoyed free access to the developer’s preview of Windows 8 for a few months, precious little information surrounding Microsoft’s promised online app store was ...

In case you weren’t able to attend the Windows 8 Developer Event in Chicago this week, here are some of the key topics you missed. Content was a primary focus. The main phrase used was “Content over ...

Microsoft’s Windows Phone 8.1, the first major update to the Windows Phone mobile operating system, introduces a virtual personal assistant named Cortana, several cool design tweaks, and a host of new ...

Recent data shows that the Windows 8 developer preview is rarely being used — less than a quarter of the uptake of the Windows 7 beta in a longer period of time. That’s just one more piece of evidence ...