Articles about Windows 8

Lenovo: Windows 8 is so good, everyone wants Windows 7

We'll just leave Redmond's latest OS on this DVD, over here. When you want it

Biz bods: Tile-tastic Windows 8? NOOO. We lust after 'mature' Win 7

Tired corporates prefer predecessor, says analyst

Next from Microsoft: 'Blue', the Windows 8 they hope you don't hate

Vid People are used to a blue screen with Windows, right?

Microsofties to get Windows 8 Surface tabs

Touch your work PC, like it or not

Windows 7 Migration: An industry view of application compatibility

Whitepaper: Learning from the early adopters

Windows 7 Migrations and Beyond

Whitepaper: How to Ensure Successful OS Migrations while Boosting User Productivity and Simplifying Management

A Blueprint for Secure Mobile Workspaces

Whitepaper: What Organizations Need to Consider when Implementing a Secure Mobile Workspace Strategy

Windows 8 'sales' barely half as good as Microsoft claims

Microsoft claimed last week that it's made '100 million' Windows 8 sales and the claim has been widely repeated. But channel feedback and the experience on the ground point to a very different picture. The Guardian's Charles Arthur has made a stab at estimating the true figure, and suggests it's much less, at between 57 million …

Windows 8, Surface slabs ALREADY need critical security patch

Microsoft will release critical updates for Windows 8 and other software on November's Patch Tuesday next week. The upgrades will arrive within weeks of the Win 8 launch at the end of last month. All supported versions of the Windows operating system from XP SP3 up to and including Windows 8 and Windows Server 2012 will need …

Microsoft betting on smaller Windows 8 devices and subscriptions

Plans for double-digit decline in traditional PCs

Biz users, hard-up punters: Nobody loves Windows 8

Touch is for consumers but consumers won't touch lonely Microsoft OS

Microsoft's security apps still trip up on Windows 8

German independent security firm AV-Test has released evaluations of security software for Windows 8 for the first time, and – not entirely surprisingly – it once again found Microsoft's own products were among the weaker performers. The firm tested its usual batch of 25 antivirus products for consumers, plus eight aimed at …

Microsoft 'touches 16k shop workers' to flog Windows 8 hard

Microsoft says Windows 8 PC sales were cursed by the unholy trinity of a slow economy, incursions by Apple and Android tablets, and the "ambitious" user interface design. But the software giant insisted it is working with retailers and manufacturers to supply hardware that people actually want in time for the peak sales season …

Microsoft fast-tracks Windows 8 Service Pack updates

No year-long wait for Metro fans

Retailers report slow Windows 8 sales, low demand

With 'Vista problem' solved, customers see no need to upgrade

Microsoft pats self on back over Windows 8 sales

Analysis The figures are trending upward, but what do they mean?

What can save the Xmas PC market? Not Windows 8, say analysts

People wanted Win7, but there's no Vista effect now

Sinofsky's new blogski: Windows 8 king reborn as management guru

Ex-Microsoft exec knows all about 'bringing products to market'

Windows 8 Euro PC sales SHOCKER: Results actually not bad

'Real opportunity for MS here' says gobsmacked analyst

Vaunted Windows 8 RTM updates 'actually featured from Win2000'

Ex-Microsofties dispute Sinofsky's blogpost claim

Windows 8 has put the world's PC market to sleep - IDC

Double-digit shipment fall 'both surprising and worrisome'

Windows 8 fails to revive world CPU biz

Windows 8 security is like a swiss cheese flak jacket - sez AV firm

We CAN'T GET ENOUGH Windows 8 tablets, moan distributors

Windows 8 to grab iPad market share wrested back from Android

Windows 8 'bad' analyst says Store is a weakness

Windows 8 wait prompts PC sales droop in EMEA

Microsoft can't even shift Windows 8 slabs in the middle of a tablet frenzy

'Not even Santa could save Microsoft's Windows 8'

Microsoft blasts PC makers: It's YOUR fault Windows 8 crash landed

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Windows 8 versions will confuse the punters, say OEMs

The various flavours of Windows about to hit the street will confound consumers, a panel of analysts and OEMs concluded at the recent Canalys Channels Forum. Redmond is preparing to release the Basic x86 Windows 8 (Standard, Pro and Enterprise) and Windows RT operating systems on 26 October, with Windows Phone 8 out in a week. …