Windows 8, introduced in 2012, ushered in some of the biggest changes in Windows history. Windows 8 is meant to be a single piece of software that works seamlessly across traditional laptops, hybrids, ...

Multiple Windows 9 reports have suggested that Microsoft is considering releasing the upcoming platform as a free download to certain existing Windows users. Some said that Windows 8 will get Windows ...

Microsoft could be planning to entice users of older Windows editions by offering free upgrades to "Windows 9" next year. That notion comes from veteran Microsoft reporter Mary Jo Foley. She noted ...

If there's one thing that Microsoft is keen to achieve with each iteration of its operating system, it's universal appeal. We last saw this with Windows 7, which admittedly was launched at the start ...

Editor’s note: This article was originally published on September 16 but was updated September 29 with additional information. Windows 9. Threshold. Or just plain Windows. Whatever Microsoft ends up ...

When Microsoft signaled that it would move to a more rapid release cycle for Windows code, it meant it. The coming technical preview of Windows 9 — the operating system codenamed ‘Threshold’ — could ...

Despite being a far better operating system than widely appreciated, Windows 8 is a flop. The good news is Microsoft looks to be well on the way to repairing the damage done by not paying enough ...

A preview of Windows 9 will be made available in either September or October, according to ZDNet’s Mary Jo Foley. That timeline keeps ‘Threshold’ — Windows 9’s codename — out into the public market as ...

A public preview of Windows 9, code-named Threshold, will be released sometime this fall, in preparation for release “around” Spring 2015. This upcoming version of Windows will aim to lure desktop PC ...

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Windows 8 has been limping through its existence for just about two years now, and despite the fact that its continual updates have improved it a fair bit, the numbers aren’t encouraging. Microsoft ...