Disheartened with slow sales of Android tablets, reports say some manufacturers are putting their best efforts behind iPad rivals running Windows 8 Among the first may be Acer, Toshiba, and Asus, ...

With Microsoft putting $300,000,000 into Barnes and Noble's Nook business, the Windows 8 maker just bought itself something that could come in handy with that whole iPad killer strategy it's got going ...

As it stands, there is only one successful tablet -- the iPad-- and thus only one proven use case: content consumption. The iPad does not replace the laptop or desktop; it augments it by giving you a ...

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If MS-DOS, Windows, Android, the IBM PC, $99 TouchPad, and $200 Kindle Fire have taught us anything about technology, it's that being cheaper -- if not better -- than the competition is one of the ...

Apple’s marketing team might want you to think the iPad Pro is “not a computer”, but try telling that to former Windows chief, Steven Sinofsky. The man who gave the world Windows 8 is now using the ...

It’s amazing how stubbornly people will cling to the past, no matter what evidence is right in front of them. Case in point: the newest Microsoft Surface Pro “tablet,” for which orders will start ...

NEW YORK - While Microsoft is touting next week's launch of Windows 8 as the savior of the computer industry, PC makers and analysts are increasingly skeptical that the new operating system will lure ...

On October 26, 2012, Microsoft released Windows 8, a hybrid tablet/desktop operating system that took bold risks but garnered mixed reviews. Ten years later, we’ve caught up with former Windows ...