The PC industry’s response to the rapid rise of tablets has been to push touchscreens into laptops of all shapes and sizes. Two years ago, at Computex in Taiwan, Intel announced it would use its Ultrabook fund to boost production of large touchscreens in anticipation of a 3-5x increase in demand

On October 1, Microsoft officials blogged in a fairly vague way about some of the coming features of potential interest to enterprise users. But these "under the covers" features were not explained or analyzed in detail -- at least up until now. A quick aside, because I've been asked this question

On Tuesday, Microsoft held a small event where the company took the cover off of the latest version of Windows, Windows 10. The new operating system brings back the beloved Start Menu, unifies the experience across a myriad of devices and features a revamped command prompt. Yes, you read that

Windows 8, when we first met I wasn't sure what to make of you. An OS that could do it all seemed a very powerful thing, and indeed it was. The flexibility to be both a laptop and a tablet was a heady thing, and a strong attraction. Over time the fascination with your dual personality faded, as I

On September 30, Microsoft officials are slated to talk up the enterprise piece of the company's vision for the next major version of Windows, codenamed Threshold. Though next Tuesday's invitation-only event in San Francisco for about 50 press and analysts is only the first of what will likely be a