NEW YORK --A planned Windows 8 update to address complaints and confusion with Microsoft’s new operating system will be made available for free this year, the company said Tuesday. Microsoft also ...

Microsoft has released the long-awaited update to its current Windows 8 operating system. Windows 8.1 adds features that were sorely missing from the initial software, but the changes aren't likely to ...

Microsoft will attempt to claw back territory from Apple and Google Friday with a new version of Windows in an increasingly fierce battle over computer operating systems. Use of Apple devices, along ...

USATODAY.COM - You already knew from the early "developer preview" of Windows 8 that Microsoft released in September just how radically different this version of the ...

Back in 2012, Microsoft took a gamble in releasing its Windows 8 operating system. The desktop OS featured a bold new design language, a new touch-centric UI paradigm, and the infamous Live Tiles.

Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer has a rosy outlook for their new Windows 8 operating system, saying Monday that "we're seeing preliminary demand well above where we were with Windows 7." But other ...

It's only a matter of few weeks before the commercial launch of windows 8 operating system. In fact, Windows has already shipped out its windows 8 OS out to retail stores. Coming October, you can ...

Microsoft has confirmed a Start button is returning to the desktop mode's taskbar of its Windows 8 operating system. The lack of the facility - which had been in every previous version since Windows ...

Microsoft has launched the latest preview of its forthcoming Windows 8 operating system, bringing various improvements to what the firm is billing as the "most important piece of work we've done".