There's been talk for a while that Microsoft was going to make some big changes to Internet Explorer in the Windows 10 time frame, making IE "Spartan" look and feel more like Chrome and Firefox. It turns out that what's actually happening is Microsoft is building a new browser, codenamed Spartan,

I've heard many people say the same thing I concluded not long after I spent some time with Windows 10: If only this is what Windows 8 had been, things would have been different. Windows 8's release was accompanied by a PC sales winter, but how responsible was Windows 8 for it? Perhaps it didn't

Development continues on Windows 10, and things are changing at a rapid pace. A new snapshot, Windows 10 build 9901, has been leaked and it’s the first to feature Cortana and a redesigned Windows Store. It’s been known for some time that Microsoft planned to integrate their virtual assistant into

Microsoft officials said last month that the company isn't planning to deliver any Windows 10 Technical Preview versions until the new year. But that doesn't mean nothing's happening on the Windows 10 front until then. Just yesterday, Microsoft made available a few fixes and updates to the November

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