Expect to pay just under $100 per copy for the consumer version if you're a smaller OEM or putting together a homebrew PC, according to the latest scuttlebutt. Mary Jo Foley has covered the tech ...

Like every new Windows release, Windows 8 is more secure than the operating systems that came before it. That’s due in large part to three major enhancements: An increased emphasis on UEFI Secure Boot ...

Microsoft has released the long-awaited update to its current Windows 8 operating system. Windows 8.1 adds features that were sorely missing from the initial software, but the changes aren't likely to ...

Windows 8.1 will allow people to boot up in Desktop mode. There, they'll find a button that resembles the old Start button. It won't take users to the old Start menu, but to the new "Modern" Windows 8 ...

The madness began as much insanity does, with a nominally simple idea: Upgrade a Windows XP system to Windows 8 and write about the experience. Then my mouth started moving, even before my imprudent ...

Microsoft is seeking to reinvent itself and the PC operating system as we know it, launching a free preview version of its new Windows 8 operating system for the public at the Mobile World Congress in ...