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 ...

If MS-DOS, Windows, Android, the IBM PC, $99 TouchPad, and $200 Kindle Fire have taught us anything about technology, it's that being cheaper -- if not better -- than the competition is one of the ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 first announced Windows 8 tablet powered by an ARM processor does a lot to explain why Microsoft has persisted in calling any Windows 8 device a PC. The product in question: The Asus Windows RT ...

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 ...

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 ...

The release timing for Windows 8 has been somewhat of an open secret, but now it’s official. Microsoft says the final version of Windows 8 will be available by the end of October, along with the first ...

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, ...

Acer Iconia W3, shipping with Windows 8 Pro and a full-fledged copy of Office Home & Student 2013, is first mini-Win8 tablet out of the gate By all accounts, the Acer Iconia W3 won’t win any awards, ...