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 ...

I bought the first iPad and it has been my casual-use device ever since. I take it on my backpacking adventures, on business trips, heck, I even take it to bed (much to the dismay of my better half) ...

Take a tablet; add a keyboard. Turn it into a laptop. Do it with full Windows 8. This is the dream of the HP Envy x2, and the dream, it seems, of Windows 8 in general. Break down the barrier between ...

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 ...

The release timing for Windows 8 has been somewhat of an open secret, but now it’s official. Microsoft says the final version of Windows 8 will be available by the end of October, along with the first ...

LAS VEGAS–Asus announced another addition to its Windows 8 tablet lineup. The 10-inch LED-backlit VivoTab Smart houses an Intel Atom Z2760 dual-core processor and sports a 1,366×768-pixel IPS display.

An attendant checks a computer during the launch of Microsoft Windows 8 operating system in Hong Kong October 26, 2012. Microsoft launched its new Windows 8 operating system and Surface tablet in a ...

According to Paul Thurrott, Microsoft may discard its original plans to include support for desktop applications in their tablets. Instead, they would go for Metro ...

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, ...

If Microsoft's decision to give away 5,000 Samsung tablets running early versions of Windows 8 to developers at BUILD 2011 seems like an amazing gesture of goodwill, don't be fooled. Even the positive ...