In late March, the first builds of Windows 8.1 leaked to the Web. At about the same time, the number of Windows 8 apps reversed several months of slowing growth and charted four straight months of app ...

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Microsoft wants Windows developers to write Windows 8-specific, Metro-style, touch-friendly applications, and to make sure that they crank these apps out, the company ...

After several years of development and months of hype and expectation, Microsoft finally launched its long-awaited Windows 8, the next generation of the company's flagship desktop -- and now tablet -- ...

Tami Reller, one of the pair of Microsoft execs running Windows, provides a few new insights into what's happening -- and coming -- with Windows 8 and Windows RT. Mary Jo Foley Mary Jo Foley has ...