Microsoft is poised to release Windows 8.1, a deep and crucial revamping of the Windows 8 ideal. The code is final (though Microsoft reserves the right to tweak it further), and the time for ...

Microsoft's added new features and slapped a ".1" to its latest version of Windows 8. What do you need to know? Read on. I started with CNET reviewing laptops in 2009. Now I explore wearable tech, ...

This morning, Microsoft released Windows 8.1. Windows 8 users can upgrade for free by visiting the Windows Store; if you have another operating system, the upgrade will cost you the same price as ...

Microsoft officially unveiled Windows 8.1 at its Build conference keynote speech this morning, confirming most of the rumors we’ve been hearing for months. The company is calling the massive update ...

Windows 8 was an ambitious operating system. Microsoft’s goal was, and still is, to have a single operating system that can span the traditional PC, the tablet, and everything in between. To do this, ...

Microsoft shipped its Windows 8 operating system in October, but the company is planning to update it in a big way with codename Blue. Designed for new hardware, including 7- and 8-inch devices, ...

Dan Ackerman leads CNET's coverage of computers and gaming hardware. A New York native and former radio DJ, he's also a regular TV talking head and the author of "The Tetris Effect" ...

is a senior editor and author of Notepad, who has been covering all things Microsoft, PC, and tech for over 20 years. A year ago, Microsoft “reimagined” the look and feel of Windows, and placed a ...

When Windows 8 launched last October it seemed it might bring Microsoft into the touchscreen age. Today, with PC sales slipping and tablets rising, it’s starting to look like a necessary step taken a ...

Microsoft has already made its first update to Windows 8 and no, it doesn’t come under the “Blue” name, but rather a simple, Windows 8.1 moniker. At the ongoing BUILD developer conference in San ...