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 ...

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 ...

I bought the first iPad and it has been my casual-use device ever since. I take it on my backpacking adventures, on business trips, heck, I even take it to bed (much to the dismay of my better half) ...

Today at Computex, Acer rolled out a pair of Windows 8 tablets designed to provide astrong performance, battery life and functioality. Reminiscent of the Android-based Eee Pad Transformer series, Acer ...

Out of the entire first wave of Windows 8 hybrids that launched late last year, Acer’s Iconia W510 was the one that interested me most. With a 10.1-inch screen, it’s smaller than all the other hybrids ...

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, ...

I’m hunkered down in a busy press room in Berlin at IFA 2012, Europe’s answer to CES, where the Windows 8 tablets are flowing like beer and schnitzel from some of the biggest hardware makers in tech — ...

It has taken almost six months, but Microsoft has finally given the green light to low-resolution (1024x768), 7- and 8-inch Windows 8 tablets. In related news, Microsoft's Windows RT woes continue, ...

Microsoft has released technical design details about the new version of Windows for laptops and other computers that use ARM chips. Called WOA (for Windows on ARM), the Windows 8 variation is still ...

But what Windows RT lacks is the option of being simple and entirely controllable by touch alone. That's a huge downside. Click to expand... Agreed. For the RT tablet, MS needs a Metro version of ...

Developers have their hands on a pre-release version of Windows 8, which was released during Microsoft’s developer conference on Tuesday, and analyst and online opinion seem divided on the new ...