Microsoft may be the last device maker to still be manufacturing devices running its Windows RT operating system, according to media reports this week.
                    
			            - By Jeffrey  Schwartz
 - September 25, 2013
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    An industry study of 750 organizations indicates that over a quarter still have not completely moved off the aging Windows XP operating system. 
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
 - September 24, 2013
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft on Tuesday provided details for how those not currently running Windows 8 can purchase the forthcoming Windows 8.1 operating system update.
                    
			            - By Gladys  Rama
 - September 17, 2013
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft's TechNet and MSDN subscribers can now access the release-to-manufacturing (RTM) version of Windows 8.1 Enterprise.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
 - September 17, 2013
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Organizations moving to Windows 8.1 will have three approaches to consider when dealing with the updated operating system, according to a webinar Thursday by Gartner Inc.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
 - September 13, 2013
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft allowed its MSDN and TechNet subscribers to download the release-to-manufacturing (RTM) versions of Windows 8.1 and Windows Server 2012 R2 on Monday.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
 - September 09, 2013
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Windows 8.1, the update to Microsoft's Windows 8 operating system, has been released to manufacturers, according to reports from sources.
                    
			            - By Chris  Paoli
 - August 26, 2013
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    The first major update to Windows Embedded 8 Industry, the latest version of Microsoft's embedded operating system for intelligent devices, will reach original equipment manufacturers on Oct. 18.
                    
			            - By Gladys  Rama
 - August 21, 2013
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Paris-based Arkoon Network Security will launch a product this fall that will give organizations running Windows XP the kind of patch support that Microsoft will discontinue after the operating system loses support.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
 - August 21, 2013
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft recently warned organizations against continuing to use Windows XP after its "extended support" phase ends on April 8, 2014.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
 - August 19, 2013
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft has made it official: The next wave of Windows client and datacenter products will all be released on Oct. 18.
                    
			            - By Jeffrey  Schwartz
 - August 14, 2013
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    A securities litigation firm has filed a class-action lawsuit against Microsoft over Surface RT sales disclosures.
                    
			            - By Gladys  Rama
 - August 13, 2013
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Top executives from Acer Inc. and ASUSTek Computer Inc. said this week that their companies are planning to scale down production of some of their Windows-based hardware.
                    
			            - By Gladys  Rama
 - August 09, 2013
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Despite struggling with its Surface line of tablets, a recent CNET report suggests Microsoft is plowing ahead with developing the Surface 2.
                    
			            - By Gladys  Rama
 - August 08, 2013
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    A life insurance company in Japan is rolling out one of the largest known deployments of Windows 8-based tablets.
                    
			            - By Jeffrey  Schwartz
 - August 07, 2013