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 ...

It's the last day of Microsoft's Build Windows conference in California, and earlier I spent a couple of hours swanning around the Windows 8 expo -- the congregation of devices, developers, partners, ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

is a senior editor and author of Notepad, who has been covering all things Microsoft, PC, and tech for over 20 years. It’s been nearly 10 years since Windows 8 launched to the world as part of ...

In a dire prediction for Microsoft for 2012, research firm IDC forecasts that most Windows 7 PC users won't bother to upgrade to Windows 8. Lance Whitney is a freelance technology writer and trainer ...

“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 ...