Windows 8 is an odd, discombobulated beast of an operating system that suffers from an identity crisis of the most severe degree. On the one hand, the primary focus of Windows 8 is to bring ...

[UPDATED OCT. 23, 2012] As Windows 8 approaches and we all wonder whether tablets like the Microsoft Surface running it will gain the upper hand in the battle for dominance with the iPad, it’s easy to ...

If you were worried that, like Windows Phone 7, Windows 8 would be locked in landscape mode, fear not! On the Building Windows 8 blog, Microsoft has outlined that while landscape is certainly the ...

I still can’t get used to using the words Windows and underdog in the same sentence. But when it comes to tablets, Windows 8 is still an also-ran: according to IDC, Windows and Windows RT tablets ...

Buying a new Windows 8 device isn’t as simple as, say, picking up a new Android tablet. The device-spanning nature of the overhauled operating system means Windows works on a vast array of hardware, ...