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Latest Windows 8 articles

Microsoft reveals Windows 8 pricing details

the windows 8 start screen with apps and live tiles
Redmond also announces iTunes competitor XBox Music for the games console and Windows 8 PCs
15 Oct 2012

HP overtaken as world's biggest PC vendor by Lenovo

HP Compaq Elite 8300 all-in-one PC
Gartner figures show Lenovo edging ahead of HP in third quarter
11 Oct 2012

Ballmer announces 'fundamental shift' in Microsoft's technology trajectory

Steve Ballmer is cheif executive of Microsoft
Expect 'specific devices for specific purposes' says CEO
10 Oct 2012

HTC profits slump 79 per cent in third quarter

One X maker falling further behind Apple and Samsung
09 Oct 2012

Intel chip for Windows 8 tablets running late

High-end Windows 8 tablets may be delayed due to Intel 'Clover Trail' hold-ups
02 Oct 2012

Intel unveils Atom Z2760 for Windows 8 tablets

Intel's system-on-a-chip 'just the beginning' of efforts in the tablet market
28 Sep 2012

Precision engineering: an interview with Buro Happold IT director Shaun Mundy

Buro Happold’s Shaun Mundy tells Graeme Burton how he grapples with Windows, ultrabooks and BYOD policies
25 Sep 2012

HTC unveils Windows 8 smartphones

Windows Phone 8X and Windows Phone 8S to hit UK stores with SIM-free prices starting from £225
20 Sep 2012

Microsoft opens mobile-focused London games development studio

Industry veteran heads up Windows 8-slanted team
14 Sep 2012

Amazon expected to make Kindle Fire announcement today

Specced-up 7in tablet will fight it out in an increasingly crowded market
06 Sep 2012

Microsoft RT tablets could cost £191 less than Windows 8 counterparts

Windows 8 tablets may sell for £445
17 Aug 2012

Microsoft rebrands Metro as 'Modern'

Modern UI is the new term Microsoft has decided will replace the now abandoned Metro name
13 Aug 2012

Microsoft dumps Metro brand

Fears over a potential legal dispute prompt software giant dump the 'Metro' branding just as Windows 8 is released to manufacturing
06 Aug 2012

Crash Podcast: Nokia, Office 2013, Windows 8 & patent disputes

Crash is the regular IT news podcast from Computing
31 Jul 2012

Microsoft admits to angering partners with Surface

Redmond-based firm concedes that Surface tablet will damage its relationship with its ecosystem
30 Jul 2012

Impending Windows 8 'catastrophe' behind $3bn game maker’s shift to Linux

Windows 8 will drive out 'some of the top-tier PC/OEMs… margins will be destroyed' – Valve CEO
27 Jul 2012

Developers lose interest in Windows Phone, says IDC

Android and iOS the main platforms for both consumer and business app development
26 Jul 2012

Microsoft launches developer incentive programme for Windows 8

Software giant tries to encourage coders to make Metro-style apps, allowing authors to keep 80 per cent of their revenue, compared with 70 per cent on Apple's App Store
23 Jul 2012

Launch date for Windows 8 revealed

PCs, smartphones, tablets and other devices with new Metro user interface to be released same day
19 Jul 2012

Microsoft Office 2013 announced; focus on multiple devices, cloud

Office to be seen "as a service" says Ballmer
16 Jul 2012

Surface will not 'diminish importance' of Windows 8 tablet partners, says Ballmer

'Diversity of solutions' is the way forward for Windows 8, according to Microsoft CEO
09 Jul 2012

Microsoft reveals four flavours of Server 2012, as well as licensing details

Enterprise and Small Business are gone, but what remains is 'simpler' says company
06 Jul 2012

On the Surface, this looks like a marketing ploy for Windows 8


04 Jul 2012

HP Windows 8 RT tablet plans postponed over chip snags

HP puts Windows tablet launch back to 2013
02 Jul 2012