You may not have noticed, but most Windows 8.1 tablets run in 32-bit mode despite having a 64-bit processor. That's about to change. Brooke Crothers writes about mobile computer systems, including ...

The Acer Iconia W3 flips Windows computing on its head, rotating the screen into an 8.1-inch, easy-to-hold, portrait form factor. This may seem like a trivial improvement, but it’s more significant ...

Microsoft’s Windows 8 woes continue, as the 8.1 OS update for Windows RT remains offline days after technical problems forced the vendor to pull it from the Windows Store. On Monday, Microsoft said it ...

Build quality seems nice, and all of my struggles so far have been attributable to my lack of knowledge of Windows 8+. Still and all, I think this is a steal for low tech people (more diplomatically: ...

Windows 8 may be seeing sluggish demand, but Dell believes its the best OS for business tablets and plans to roll out more products built with the operating system later this year, a senior executive ...

For those who want Windows on the cheap, tablets with the OS are now selling for under $100. These lightweight tablets aren’t exactly laptop replacements, but can serve as complementary devices for ...

Microsoft and its PC partners are producing a seemingly endless variety of tablets, from 8-inch slates that can practically fit into a (large) pocket to 10-inch tablets that still aren’t quite ideal ...

Brooke Crothers writes about mobile computer systems, including laptops, tablets, smartphones: how they define the computing experience and the hardware that makes them tick. He has served as an ...

Except, if it's your primary mail client, and you follow a mailto: link from the desktop, Windows thinks you don't have a mail app installed. They really need to sort out the dual personalities of ...

After serving users for almost ten years, support for Windows 8.1, Microsoft’s serially overlooked operating system, has officially come to an end. This means that while computers running 8.1 will ...

Windows 8.1 is now displaying full-screen alerts when logging into the operating system, warning that the OS is reaching the end of support in January 2023 and will no longer receive security updates.