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• Microsoft details Windows 8 upgrade program for consumers

  By Juan Carlos Perez | 01 June, 2012 19:33

  Microsoft provided on Friday more details about the Windows 8 OS upgrade program for consumers who buy Windows 7 PCs, clarifying certain dates, offer limits and impact on the company's accounting.

• Fedora Linux capitulates to Microsoft boot certificate

  By Joab Jackson | 31 May, 2012 21:34

  In order to get its Linux distribution to run on the next generation of secured desktop computing hardware, the Fedora Project will obtain a digital signature from Microsoft, a developer from the project announced Wednesday.

• Windows 8 update: All the latest news, rumours and rumblings

  By Tim Greene | 31 May, 2012 21:31

  Rumours of a version of Office for Apple iPads get more and more specific, with the latest claiming that the software will launch Nov. 10.

• New wave of ultrabooks to include 30 touchscreen models, Intel says

  By Agam Shah | 31 May, 2012 14:08

  A fresh crop of ultrabooks sporting Intel's latest "Ivy Bridge" Core processors will start to go on sale next month, including 30 models with touchscreens, according to Intel.

• Coming Attractions: Windows 8

  By John Moltz | 25 May, 2012 18:09

  Let's get a couple of things straight right off the bat. First, it's absurd to take the opinion of an obvious Apple partisan like me about Windows 8. I've been using the Mac for more than 20 years, so it's going to take a Star Trek-level time-travelling reboot to get me really excited about the next version of Microsoft's operating system. Second, I can't really review Windows 8. No one can. Even with a preview release set to arrive early next month, Windows 8 isn't due in its final form for months. Who knows? Maybe, like a movie, Microsoft will spice it up with a car chase or a happy ending.

• Opinion: Leaked Dell Windows 8 tablet specs seem weak

  By Tony Bradley | 25 May, 2012 22:41

  Some details are beginning to emerge of what we can expect from the first generation of Intel-based Windows 8 tablets. If the leaked specs of the Dell Windows 8 tablet are any indication, though, the devices may be severely underwhelming.

• Microsoft envisions 80-Inch Windows 8 Tablets

  By Jared Newman | 25 May, 2012 20:54

  If you thought Samsung's 11.6-inch Windows 8 preview tablet was on the large side, it's nothing compared to the touch screen Steve Ballmer has in his office.

• Windows 8 update: all the latest rumours, opinions and possibilities

  By Tim Greene | 25 May, 2012 14:35

  While it lacks the mobility usually associated with this class of device, there's an 80-inch tablet serving the head of Microsoft as a wallboard and as a substitute for other work-related gear.

• What will Windows 8 touchscreen laptops look like?

  By Melanie Pinola | 02 April, 2012 23:36

  Windows 8’s touch-centric interface will help to usher in a new wave of laptops with tabletlike touchscreens. To make it easier for users to tap and swipe on even superthin Ultrabooks, laptop makers will break out of the traditional clamshell shape and introduce laptops with more unusual designs.

• Windows 8 vs. Mountain Lion: Which OS succeeds at bringing mobile to the desktop?

  By Nick Mediati | 27 March, 2012 00:27

  With Windows 8 and Mac OS X Mountain Lion, Microsoft and Apple are both trying to bring features and concepts from their mobile operating systems to their desktop OSs.

• Windows 8 Metro UI: 7 things you may just hate

  By Edward N. Albro | 07 March, 2012 01:50

  As everybody knows, the most striking thing about Windows 8 is its Metro interface - those brightly colored tiles that serve as both shortcuts to programs and live widgets reporting data from those programs.

• What Windows 8 means for tablets

  By Melissa J. Perenson | 02 March, 2012 11:56

  Amid the introduction of so many tablets recently, one thing has been clear: There's room for a viable competitor to Apple. Android tablets are still not crashing Apple's iPad party, as evidenced by Apple's runaway sales.

• Tablets in 2012: What to Expect

  By Melissa J. Perenson | 09 December, 2011 01:48

  What will tablets look like in the coming year? Tablets are out of their infancy and moving into adolescence--which means that we can expect big changes ahead as tablets' design and components improve.

• IN DEPTH: A detailed look at Windows 8

  By Jason Cross | 14 September, 2011 03:21

  The buzzword is "reimagine" here at Microsoft BUILD conference where Windows 8 is being shown for the first time in detail to developers and the media. Reimagine refers to the operating system's radical new look, new support for tablets, revamped Start Screen, and integration of a new class of "metro-style" applications. --

• 8 amazing things you'll do with Windows 8

  By Jon Brodkin | 27 July, 2010 10:11

  Windows 8 is still a couple of years away, but Microsoft is already telling partners what to expect in the next generation operating system. Luckily for the public, Microsoft planning documents shared with HP and other OEM partners were leaked this week, providing a wholly unexpected Windows 8 sneak preview.

• Windows 8 in 2012?

  By Ian Paul | 24 November, 2009 06:20

  Microsoft Windows 8 may be coming as early as 2012, based on a recent rash of comments and hints dropped by Microsoft personnel in official capacity and informal context.