At a press event in San Francisco this morning, Microsoft talked about the next version of Windows Phone–now officially named Windows Phone 8–for the first time. The biggest single piece of news is something we knew was coming: …
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Another Day, Another Big Windows Event
On Monday in Hollywood, Microsoft told the world that it was going to make Windows 8 tablets. It was one of the biggest announcements in the company’s history, but there’s more Windows news to come.
Today, at an event in San …
Photos from Microsoft’s Surface Tablet Announcement
Scenes from Microsoft’s tablet event in Los Angeles. The company announced Microsoft-designed “Surface” tablets built to run Windows 8, which is expected later this year.
My First 23 Questions About Microsoft’s ‘Surface’ Windows 8 Tablet
I don’t claim to be psychic, so I’m not embarrassed by my utter failure to predict what Microsoft would announce at its mystery event in Hollywood.
Let’s Hope Microsoft’s Kindle Fire Competitor–Assuming It Exists–Isn’t a Kin
We still don’t know what Microsoft is going to announce tomorrow at its event, shrouded in carefully-orchestrated mystery, in Los Angeles. (I’ll be there to provide live coverage here on TIME.com, and I hope you’ll join …
Holy Cow, Microsoft to Build Its Own Windows 8 Tablet?
Way back in 1975, Bill Gates and Paul Allen founded Microsoft to sell a version of the BASIC programming language for MITS’s Altair microcomputer. Their idea–producing essential system software for computers manufactured by …
Why It’s Increasingly Tough to Compare Macs and PCs
When I sat down to review Apple’s new Retina-display MacBook Pro, I instinctively wanted to compare it with similar Windows laptops. I wanted to discuss how the specs stacked up and whether the price seemed fair. I hoped to …
Windows 8 Release Preview: Not Ready for Prime Time, but Closer
For all the ways in which Windows 8 is a bold departure from its predecessors, it’s following a road map to release that’s very much like the one Microsoft has used for years. Last September, the company showed the new version …
Windows 8: Microsoft Isn’t Going to Make This Easy. Or Is It?
Michael Mace is a former executive at Palm and Apple, and the CEO of a bootstrapped startup named Zekira. He also blogs at Mobile Opportunity, and his latest item, about Windows 8’s prospects, is the best thing I’ve read about …
8 Ways Microsoft Will Tweak Windows 8
For the past few months, Microsoft has observed while techies dug into the Windows 8 “Consumer Preview“–in geek parlance, the beta. The result is several big changes to the operating system, many of which will appear in the …
Windows Aero: Why I’m Glad It’s Dead
Everything Allen Needed to Know About Windows 95, All on One Page
I bought a second-hand computer book this weekend. Its previous owner was someone named Allen. And while I don’t know anything about him — well, I feel like I do know something about him.
The book in question is Without Me …