Face it, true Microsoft believers: it's just not that easy to explain Microsoft's "sort-of" version of Windows 8 known as Windows RT. But fear not: Just because Redmond doesn't want you calling it ...

An earlier version of the Windows 8 operating system for ARM-based tablets. Pre-installed on tablets, RT apps were available only from Microsoft's online Store. Introduced with Windows 8 in 2012, by ...

Windows RT is a touch-friendly, battery-sipping version of Windows for the ARM processor architecture. It’s built on the same Windows “core” as Windows for x86/64 hardware, though the kernel was ...

After pulling the Windows RT 8.1 upgrade from the Windows Store 3 days ago Microsoft has now reinstated the upgrade to the Windows Store for Windows (8) RT OS users to access for free. Microsoft’s ...

“The Microsoft Surface is such a well-designed and innovative piece of hardware, with it's elegant Type/Touch covers and kickstand, that it makes a strong case for Windows RT. The classic desktop is ...

Company temporarily pulls its recently released Windows RT 8.1 update for ARM-based devices owing to an unexplained issue. Mary Jo Foley has covered the tech industry for 30 years for a variety of ...

We're at day six in the ongoing Windows/RT 8.1 upgrade debacle, and many of the problems aren't going away Six days after the free Windows 8.1/Windows RT 8.1 updates were released, Microsoft still ...

Microsoft is reportedly hard at work on Windows Blue, the follow-up to Windows 8, and ZDNet reported that there will also be a Windows RT version of the platform. Our team tests, rates, and reviews ...

October 26: It's the day Windows 8 and Windows RT tablets and PCs are available for retail purchase. It's also the day that a number of Microsoft-developed apps for the new platforms are downloadable ...

In 1993, Microsoft introduced Windows NT. Unlike Windows 3.1–and, later, Windows 95 and 98–it could run on processors made by companies other than Intel or AMD. Windows NT supported several chips that ...

Many Windows 8.1 users are getting their free upgrade to Windows 10 in the coming weeks, but Surface 2 tablets and other Windows RT slates won’t see an update until September, a Microsoft executive ...

The recent introduction of Windows 10 Technical Preview has made many pundits wonder about the future of Microsoft’s Windows RT, an inexpensive, low-power version of Windows 8 designed to run on the ...