Windows 8 will be generally available in October and will release to manufacturing (RTM) in the first week of August, according to a Microsoft announcement.
- By Scott Bekker
- 07/09/2012
Microsoft is readying three "critical" bulletins and six "important" items for this month's security update.
Customers running Windows 7, XP or Vista will be able to upgrade to Windows 8 Pro for $39.99, according to a Microsoft blog post.
Mary Jo Foley on whether Microsoft can/will turn up the speed in which it delivers new updates.
- By Mary Jo Foley
- 07/03/2012
Microsoft's upcoming OS will mark the end of the traditional Windows platform, thanks to WinRT being poised as the dominating platform for Windows OS, according to a report by Gartner.
The bring-your-own-device concept is a simple one, but Windows shops may find the licensing somewhat perplexing.
A recent study on enterprise client management suites determined that Symantec and CA Technologies were the top "leaders" in meeting IT needs.
Brien discusses some of the changes Microsoft is going through with its products' latest lifecycle and provides some suggestions for what he would like to see.
Microsoft executives on Wednesday previewed Windows Phone 8, the company's next-generation smartphone operating system.
Microsoft released version 1.0 of its .NET Framework Repair Tool late last week.
Will Microsoft's Surface help to bring in good security practices into the tablet world?
CEO Steve Ballmer unveiled Microsoft Surface, a fully-functional Windows 8 tablet, during a presentation yesterday in Los Angeles, Calif.
Windows 8 on mobile devices will be managed with Microsoft's cloud-based management tool. Here's why that's a bad thing.
New Microsoft Desktop Optimization Pack betas were released this week, and Microsoft plans to phase out a desktop virtualization solution in the suite.
Four of the seven bulletins address RCE flaws.