Microsoft is bringing its Outlook email program to Windows 8 RT in a bid to expand the availability of Windows tablets based on low-power ARM processors. Outlook will be included with version 8.1 of ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Lance Whitney is a freelance technology writer and trainer and a former IT professional. He's written for Time, CNET, PCMag, and several other publications. He's the author of two tech books--one on ...

If you were looking forward to updating your Windows RT tablet to the fancy new 8.1 update this weekend, it’s time to start looking for a Plan B. Microsoft has temporarily yanked the Windows RT 8.1 ...

Microsoft launches Windows 10 for PCs on July 29th. Later this year the company will roll out Windows 10 for smartphones, Xbox consoles, and other devices. But what about tablets that originally ...

Microsoft is hoping that Windows 8 RT will be its tablet savior, but the pricetag for Windows 8 RT tablets may be so high that they’ll never get a chance to compete. So warns an IDC analyst. IDC ...

Two days after cutting the cost of putting Windows 8 RT on a tablet, Microsoft has announced that Office 2013 will now be included free of charge on all 7- and 8-inch Windows 8 tablets, reports The ...

Charlie Demerjian from SemiAccurate wrote a great article about Windows 8 and Windows RT’s glaring problems, that most other tech sites avoid talking about. It’s a long post, so I’ll try to make a ...

Microsoft’s Surface tablet has cheesed off at lot of OEMs, including Acer, yet the fact they are offering ARM support on Windows 8 now means many other OEMs will get a shot a making Windows 8 based ...