Microsoft announced general availability on March 1 of the final version of its Windows Embedded Compact 7 operating system, codenamed "Chelan." Microsoft posted a 180-day trial version of the ...

Reports that Microsoft could have a tablet-version of Windows as soon as next week have circulated this week, with sources saying the SoC OS would run on Nvidia chips.

Windows 8 is an odd, discombobulated beast of an operating system that suffers from an identity crisis of the most severe degree. The good news, though -- if you're a tablet user, anyway -- is ...

RANCHO PALOS VERDES, Calif. (AP) — Microsoft Corp. demonstrated its new operating system at the D: All Things Digital conference on Wednesday, a full version of Windows that will operate on ...

Currently, the tablet market poses no threat to Microsoft's Windows operating system market share. However, the scene may change in five to 10 years' time when the cloud becomes "less cloudy ...

When Windows XP Tablet PC Edition was initially released, in November 2002, eWEEK Labs found the operating system surprisingly mature for a Microsoft 1.0 product.

Borg says a newsworthy Microsoft tablet announcement would have been a gesture-centric mobile operating system, like Windows Phone 7, “but we didn’t see that, not even a hint of that.” ...

It's not finished yet, and Microsoft still has plenty of work ahead of it, but one thing is clear: Windows 8 is a genuine, uncompromised tablet operating system. It was a long time coming.

I’ve been testing Windows 8 RTM on a tablet, and it’s clear that as a tablet operating system, Windows 8 is a winner. Here’s three reasons why it may be better than the iPad and Android tablets.

Like all of Vizio’s Windows devices, the 11.6-inch Tablet runs a completely clean version of the operating system — it’s called the Windows Signature installation, and it’s one of the best ...

Windows 8 will be a tablet operating system. But it's also an out-and-out PC operating system. The PC still matters. The PC is still a core platform and PC users are still a core demographic.

Consumers are more eager than ever to buy a tablet, so long as it's running a Windows operating system. A new study indicates that Microsoft is leaving the competition in the dust when it comes to ...