Microsoft gave more details about the first update to Windows 8.1 on Wednesday at its Build conference.
- By Kurt Mackie
- April 02, 2014
PC maker Asus is shelving its plans to release a dual-boot tablet PC that runs both Android and Windows, according to Digitimes.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- March 19, 2014
Mozilla, the company behind Firefox, will no longer support its browser for Windows 8, citing low usage rates.
- By Kurt Mackie
- March 17, 2014
In a move to alleviate its slipping OS market share, Microsoft is reportedly slashing Windows 8.1 licensing costs for original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) that make lower-priced devices.
- By Kurt Mackie
- March 10, 2014
Windows 8.1 Update 1 is now at the final stages of development, according to several reports on Tuesday.
- By Kurt Mackie
- March 05, 2014
Microsoft on Sunday confirmed that Windows 8.1 Update 1 will be released sometime this spring, alongside an update to Windows Server 2012 R2.
- By Kurt Mackie
- February 24, 2014
Dell's PowerEdge Servers, its SAS Host Bus Adapters, as well as its PowerVault MD1200 and MD1220 storage enclosures now support Windows Server 2012 R2's "storage spaces" feature, Dell said Tuesday.
- By Kurt Mackie
- February 11, 2014
Microsoft's faster release cycle for its Windows operating system should be a signal for organizations that they can no longer rely on past upgrade strategies, according to research firm Gartner.
- By Kurt Mackie
- February 10, 2014
The first update to Microsoft's Windows 8.1 is now expected to arrive in April instead of March, as previously reported.
- By Kurt Mackie
- February 05, 2014
Microsoft is planning to add an "enterprise mode" feature to its Internet Explorer 11 browser, according to a report Monday from ZDNet's Mary Jo Foley.
- By Kurt Mackie
- February 03, 2014
Microsoft's Windows Azure Cloud Services and Windows Server 2012 R2 products are getting several high-performance computing (HPC) enhancements this month.
- By Kurt Mackie
- January 31, 2014
A report on Friday by ZDNet's Mary Jo Foley suggests Update 1 for Windows 8.1 will become generally available on March 11.
- By Kurt Mackie
- January 24, 2014
Microsoft will begin to phase out the preview version of its Windows 8.1 operating system starting on Wednesday, Jan. 15.
- By Kurt Mackie
- January 14, 2014
Microsoft's rumored "Threshold" update for Windows will be called "Windows 9" and appear in April 2015, according to a report by Supersite for Windows' Paul Thurrott.
- By Kurt Mackie
- January 13, 2014
For organizations contemplating a jump from Windows XP to Windows 8.1, Microsoft is offering a configuration "workaround" to its latest deployment toolkit.
- By Kurt Mackie
- January 10, 2014