Microsoft announced general availability on March 1 of its 'other' new tablet/slate OS: its Windows Embedded Compact 7 operating system, codenamed 'Chelan.' Written by Mary Jo Foley, Senior ...

It's not finished yet, and Microsoft still has plenty of work ahead of it, but one thing is clear: Windows 8 is a genuine, uncompromised tablet operating system. It was a long time coming.

Reports that Microsoft could have a tablet-version of Windows as soon as next week have circulated this week, ... It has to do with Microsoft’s dominance of the PC operating system market.

What about Microsoft, which has a number of partners selling Windows 7-based tablets, aimed primarily at the business market? Windows 7 tablet share grew from zero percent in Q2 2010, to 4.6 ...

Microsoft Corp. plans to sell a tablet running the next version of the Windows operating system under its own brand, a major departure from its strategy of partnering with computer makers ...

Little was heard or seen of Windows 8 tablets at CES; where were they, and what's to ... 2012 promises to shape into an interesting year for tablets running Microsoft’s next operating system ...

Windows 8 at its heart is a solid, well designed, touch-friendly operating system. Microsoft has shown that once it sets out to produce a touch-friendly operating system, it can do so well, which ...

I’ve been testing Windows 8 RTM on a tablet, and it’s clear that as a tablet operating system, Windows 8 is a winner. Here’s three reasons why it may be better than the iPad and Android tablets.

More importantly, Windows 10 will be a single operating system that finally spans all of Microsoft’s Windows powered devices, from desktops and laptops all the way through to tablets and phones.

Also, check out some of the new apps in Windows 8. For the last week, I have been testing the new operating system on a Samsung tablet I was given by Microsoft, and I've been impressed with the ...

The software company has already unified the design language of its operating systems - now it wants developers to build apps for all Windows device at once.

At first blush, Microsoft's entry-level Surface tablet seems like a good value compared to the iPad and other tablets. That's because you get double the storage (32 GB versus 16 GB) for the same ...