Windows still runs more than three-quarters of the world's PCs. And the upcoming Windows 8 is about Microsoft using that existing heft to power its way onto smaller screens too.

For or against?

The company has just set a firm date for unveiling the next big iteration.

Mourn ya til I join ya, Start

These are not the droids you are looking for.

Just in time for way a lot later than the iPad!

At yesterday's BUILD conference, Microsoft offered developers a preview of the new – and very catchily named – operating system, Windows 8. (It…

Leave it to Microsoft to find a great idea and then copy it two years later. The company we used to call REDMOND SOFTWARE GIANT back in Seattle…

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If you're the kind of person who gets excited about operating system news (well, maybe you should find some sort of hobby or do some volunteer work…