In the two and a half years since the release of the first-generation iPad, tablets of various shapes and sizes have sparked a revolution among consumers, who are now no longer afraid to take their ...

Buying a new Windows 8 device isn’t as simple as, say, picking up a new Android tablet. The device-spanning nature of the overhauled operating system means Windows works on a vast array of hardware, ...

Almost a year ago, in one of my first Techland posts, I said I liked the idea of tablets that were bigger than an iPad, which has a 9.7″ display. Maybe much bigger–like 17″. At Microsoft’s BUILD ...

Ben Bajarin is the Director of Consumer Technology Analysis and Research at Creative Strategies, Inc, a technology industry analysis and market intelligence firm located in Silicon Valley. According ...

The IFA trade show kicks off in Berlin Friday, and Samsung on Monday posted its latest tease suggesting the company will unveil a Windows 8 tablet hybrid during the annual tech event. The Korea-based ...

Windows 8 is an odd, discombobulated beast of an operating system that suffers from an identity crisis of the most severe degree. On the one hand, the primary focus of Windows 8 is to bring ...

It has now been two months since the release of Windows 8, and, much to the chagrin of Microsoft, adoption of the new OS remains weak. Retailers and Microsoft's hardware partners are continuing to ...

It’s become fashionable of late to echo Craig Berger, an analyst with FBR Capital Markets, who said early demand for Microsoft’s Surface RT tablet has been “disappointing.” Blame for the general ...

Need a mouse for your Windows 8 laptop or a keyboard for your Windows RT tablet? These devices from Microsoft and Logitech are solid options from proven peripherals vendors. If you’ve just bought a ...

Windows 95 was a huge marketing event. Windows XP saw sustained adoption. Vista was a disaster. Windows 7 fixed the Vista debacle and sparked a PC upgrade cycle among consumers and corporations. And ...

Microsoft and its partners are beginning to show and tell more about the features that 7- and 8-inch Windows 8.1 "Blue" devices will offer. Mary Jo Foley Mary Jo Foley has covered the tech industry ...

[UPDATED OCT. 23, 2012] As Windows 8 approaches and we all wonder whether tablets like the Microsoft Surface running it will gain the upper hand in the battle for dominance with the iPad, it’s easy to ...