We just got a chance to play with the Consumer Preview of Windows 8, and so far, it's living up to its promise as a touch-friendly "reimagining" of Windows. Don't believe us? Take a look for yourself.

Microsoft wants Windows developers to write Windows 8-specific, Metro-style, touch-friendly applications, and to make sure that they crank these apps out, the company has decided that Visual Studio 11 ...

Microsoft showed its first public demo of Windows 8 on Wednesday, and it’s not at all like the Windows operating systems you’ve come to know over the past 25 years. The next version of Microsoft’s ...

Windows 8.1 works toward solving many of the problems users had with Windows 8 and adds several useful new features to boot. Jason Parker Senior Editor / Reviews - Software Jason Parker has been at ...

From the very beginning, Windows 8 was developed as a 'touch-first' operating system - one that was created primarily to work with touch inputs, but which could be used just as comfortably with a good ...

Microsoft is buying the maker of the world’s largest multi-touch displays in an effort to create Windows 8 devices that can be used for collaboration. The purchase of Perceptive Pixel (PPI) for an ...