The number of Windows 8 apps increased at about the same time that the first Windows 8.1 details leaked. Coincidence? Who cares? Not Microsoft, certainly.

In case you weren’t able to attend the Windows 8 Developer Event in Chicago this week, here’s some of the key topics you missed.

Using BUILD 2011 as a showcase for Windows 8 appears to have sparked something of a PR war between the platform's supporters. Following Qualcomm's claim that its processors would be behind the first ...

For those of you who’d like to check out Windows 8 yourself, Microsoft has also made available a Developer Preview edition that anyone can download and install. This pre-beta version comes as a ...

During the days of Windows 8 development, Microsoft devised a system to shield under-development operating system features from internal employees as well as the sleuthing public.

Windows 8’s fortunes will rise and fall on the success of its application offerings. The new app store plans appear to make everyone a winner, but read between the lines.

Recent data shows that the Windows 8 developer preview is rarely being used — less than a quarter of the uptake of the Windows 7 beta in a longer period of time. That’s just one more piece of ...

It's the last day of Microsoft's Build Windows conference in California, and earlier I spent a couple of hours swanning around the Windows 8 expo and quizzed the attendees on their favorite and ...

Get Windows 8 Once you've got your tablet, there are a couple ways to complete the transformation to a Build-esque Windows 8 Developer Preview tablet.

Microsoft has a strategy to fix that: tying Windows Phone 8 development to Windows 8 development. In short, the company is working to take the momentum of Windows development, and tie it to ...

Although millions have downloaded Microsoft's Windows 8 developer preview, relatively few are actually using it, Web measurements show.

From getting back your Start menu to tweaking the Metro UI, here's how to play better with Windows 8 Although it isn’t even in beta, the Windows 8 Developer Preview edition is already getting ...