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• Businesses want Windows 8 Pro, not RT, with compact devices: Lenovo

  By Patrick Budmar | 30 April, 2013 13:17

  While numerous vendors have released table devices that use Windows RT, Lenovo has gone with Windows 8 Pro for its hybrid notebook/tablet, ThinkPad Helix.

• Smaller Windows 8 tablets will be huge

  By Tony Bradley | 22 April, 2013 12:33

  Microsoft has confirmed that smaller Windows 8 tablets will come to market in the near future. These will fill a gap in the Windows ecosystem and boost demand for Windows 8 by addressing key downsides to the early Surface tablets.

• Surface Pro usage inches up, lags other Windows devices

  By John P. Mello Jr. | 26 March, 2013 20:47

  March was another ho-hum month on the usage front for laptops and tablets running Windows 8 and RT, according to AdDuplex, a cross-platform network for Windows Phone and Windows 8 app developers.

• Windows 8 Music app update hits the right notes but gets no standing ovation

  By Brad Chacos | 26 March, 2013 20:46

  The Windows app update parade keeps on marching. Mere hours after an update for Windows 8's Mail, Calendar, and People apps popped up in the Windows Store, the operating system's baked-in Music app is receiving a refresh of its own, though the alterations are subtle tweaks rather than a substantial overhaul.

• Windows 8 Update: 50,000 apps now in Windows Store

  By Tim Greene | 25 March, 2013 16:13

  There are now more than 50,000 Windows 8-only applications available in the Windows Store, a big jump from when Windows 8 launched, but a far cry from what the company projected just before the launch.

• As Windows RT doubts mount, Microsoft exec claims 'bright future' for OS

  By Jared Newman | 22 March, 2013 23:52

  Consumers and PC makers might be turned off by Windows RT. Microsoft doesn't share their ambivalence.

• IDC: Android, iOS benefit from tablet sales surge -- but not Windows 8

  By Tim Greene | 12 March, 2013 22:04

  Improving Windows 8 is Microsoft's best bet for grabbing a larger share of tablet sales over the next four years, but there doesn't seem much it can do to accelerate the projected slow growth of Windows RT over the same time period, IDC says.

• Windows RT takes a hit as Samsung halts European sales of Ativ Tab tablets

  By Daniel Ionescu | 06 March, 2013 19:58

  Windows RT, Microsoft's first tablet-focused operating system, is not proving to be a hit in Europe. Actually, demand on the old continent is so weak that Samsung will reportedly stop sales of its Windows RT tablet in Germany.

• Windows Store versus the world: How do Microsoft's offerings really stack up?

  By Brad Chacos | 27 February, 2013 14:59

  Whenever talk turns to the comparatively low number of apps available in the Windows Store, commenters invariably take the article to task. "Quantity isn't as important as quality!" they type, frequently tossing in an ALL CAPS EXPLETIVE or three. "Who wants 100,000 fart apps anyway?"

• Microsoft's 13 worst missteps of all time

  By Woody Leonhard | 14 January, 2013 11:15

  DOS 4.0, Zune, and Windows 8 are but a few of the landmarks among 25 years of failures Redmond-style

• Windows 8, Surface tablets to lead Microsoft's fight for relevance in 2013

  By Shane O'Neill | 08 January, 2013 10:40

  Microsoft made big bets on Windows 8, Windows Phone and Surface tablets in 2012, and now it needs to make those bets to pay off. As more consumers and businesses go mobile, 2013 will be Microsoft's most challenging year yet.