Back in 2012, Microsoft took a gamble in releasing its Windows 8 operating system. The desktop OS featured a bold new design language, a new touch-centric UI paradigm, and the infamous Live Tiles.

It has stuck around since 2012.

LAS VEGAS (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp has sold 60 million licenses and upgrades for its new Windows 8 operating system in the 10 weeks since its launch, one of the top executives of the company's ...

Whether you want it or not, Microsoft will release its Windows 8 operating system on October 26. The new OS upends the familiar Start menu-based interface you’ve known since Windows 95 in favor of one ...

Microsoft has launched the latest preview of its forthcoming Windows 8 operating system, bringing various improvements to what the firm is billing as the "most important piece of work we've done".

Microsoft founder Bill Gates calls the new Windows 8 operating system "a very exciting new product" from the world's largest software maker. Gates told The Associated Press on Thursday that he is ...

HIAWATHA - MobileDemand introduced a new rugged tablet computer Monday that the company says is the first fully rugged tablet PC running Microsoft's new Windows 8 operating system. The Windows 8 ...

Steam is no longer supported on Windows 7, Windows 8, and Windows 8.1 as of January 1, with the company recommending users upgrade to a newer operating system. The gaming company warned last year that ...

TAIPEI/PALOS VERDES, California (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp showed off a version of its next operating system at technology conferences in the United States and Taipei, as some PC makers grumbled over ...

PC gamers sticking with old versions of Windows may finally need to upgrade if they want to keep playing the games in their Steam libraries. Valve announced this week that it will stop supporting ...