In 2012, Microsoft introduced Windows 8, an operating system conceived as a response to the rise of mobile computing and the increasing popularity of tablets and smartphones. The aim was to provide a ...

Windows 8 will make its public debut on October 26 and has been controversial ever since Microsoft first released information about the operating system to the public. What most can agree on is that ...

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 ...

An uneasy hybrid that grafted tablet gestures onto a desktop, forcing users to hunt hot corners and unlearn muscle memory.

TAIPEI/PALOS VERDES, California (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp showed off a version of its next operating system at technology conferences in the United States and Taipei, as some PC makers grumbled over ...

Just over 15 years ago—on June 1st, 2011—Microsoft unveiled Windows 8 and released it to the world. As you can read in our visual history of Windows, the operating system wasn’t well-received by users ...

Does everyone love you like Windows 7? Or are you an old-school retro throwback like Windows 95? Take our test to find out.

Operating system fragmentation has always been an issue for Windows, and while the situation had been mostly resolved thanks to Windows 10 (until Windows 11 was introduced), many users still run much ...

Having learned its lesson the hard way with Windows Vista, Microsoft offered assurances Thursday that its upcoming Windows 8 operating system won’t require users to buy a new PC. “We’ve extended the ...

Microsoft's new Windows 8 operating system and its revamped interface have thus far failed to capture the hearts and minds of users, according to a new survey. Of 50,000 Internet users polled by ...