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 ...

ABC News is now available as an app for Windows 8 tablets and computers. Oct. 25, 2012 — -- Not only is Microsoft's Windows 8 operating system launching today, but so is ABC News' very own ...

Microsoft catch up with Android and iOS with Facebook and Flipboard apps. June 26, 2013 — -- Microsoft is addressing many of the user complaints of Windows 8 in its forthcoming Windows 8.1 update ...

Microsoft has today released an app for Windows 8 and Windows RT that will enable users to sync content form mobile devices running the upcoming Windows Phone 8. Available to download for free from ...

Functionally, it acts like an app store for power users and developers, but without the graphical interface. You simply type ...

Windows 8 has two environments: the full screen, touch-centric Windows Store App interface (also called Metro) and the Desktop interface, which looks and acts like Windows 7. If you install programs ...

Windows Blue may clean up some of Windows 8’s rough edges, but it won’t fix one of Windows 8’s core problems: The apps it ships with are rotten. Michael Cherry, an analyst with Directions on Microsoft ...

With $25, an iPad and a bit of curiosity, you can try Windows 8 on a tablet right now. Splashtop, a maker of remote desktop software, has released a $25 iPad app called Win8 Metro Testbed. If you’ve ...

Windows Azure Mobile Services connects Windows 8-based client and mobile apps to scalable cloud; will include Android and iOS Microsoft is adding mobile connectivity between Windows applications and ...