Windows 8 News

US wireless carriers likes AT&T and Verizon Wireless are looking forward to Windows Phone to end the problems they face with Apple and the iPhone.

There have been some UI tweaks and additions in the latest Windows 8 build, as shown by a leaked screenshot on the Internet.

Samsung has admitted to having plans for launching a Windows 8 based Galaxy series phone in October after announcing their discontinuation of all Windows Phone 7.5 updates to the present line of Windows Phone handsets.

HP is looking to out do Apple with a Windows 8 based tablet that will be thinner and will run for about the same time as the iPad.

Windows 8 is more popular than Windows 7, depending on where you look at it.

Shortly after Microsoft’s investment into Nook, it confirms Nook tablets are not planned for now. Similar to Apple, Microsoft will sell College textbooks via their upcoming Windows 8 store

With Windows 8 looming this year, it’s time for Google to rethink their tablet strategy

Forrester Research analysts have recently published a study that suggests tablets will become the primary device of the future and the desktops and laptops of the world will fade in their dominance.

UK tech site PC Advisor held a poll of its readers last week and it turns out that only 13% are planning to upgrade to Windows 8.

Microsoft has stitched together a hybrid interface in Windows 8 and in doing so has made desktop users quite worried about how it will impact productivity and workflow speed.