Expect to pay just under $100 per copy for the consumer version if you're a smaller OEM or putting together a homebrew PC, according to the latest scuttlebutt. Mary Jo Foley has covered the tech ...

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Microsoft will include antivirus in Windows 8 for the first time in the history of Windows. But will this software–the new version of Windows Defender–provide adequate protection against viruses, ...

Microsoft has released the long-awaited update to its current Windows 8 operating system. Windows 8.1 adds features that were sorely missing from the initial software, but the changes aren't likely to ...

Windows 8.1 will allow people to boot up in Desktop mode. There, they'll find a button that resembles the old Start button. It won't take users to the old Start menu, but to the new "Modern" Windows 8 ...

Microsoft is poised to release Windows 8.1, a deep and crucial revamping of the Windows 8 ideal. The code is final (though Microsoft reserves the right to tweak it further), and the time for ...

Microsoft has expanded the reach of its Chromium-based Edge browser to one of its most important audiences: namely, people who have to (or want to) use older versions of Windows. The company has ...

From cloud PCs and smart TVs to Chromebooks, Macs, and Linux systems, everyone is betting on traditional Windows desktop applications. Good news for PC users: Windows desktop software isn’t going ...

The most groundbreaking version of Windows yet is getting ready to hit PCs in the form of a Consumer Preview. Windows 8 will straddle the mobile and desktop worlds with the attractive Metro interface, ...

Along with "fast and fluid," one of the most (over) used catch phrases about Windows 8 is "Windows reimagined." I'd assume we also are going to see some "reimagined" PCs, too, that will make using the ...