A Google security engineer accused Microsoft of treating outside researchers with “great hostility” days before posting details of an unpatched vulnerability in Windows that could be used to crash PCs or gain additional access rights.
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Google engineer bashes Microsoft’s handling of security researchers, discloses Windows zero-day
Advanced Micro Devices hopes to regain share in the PC processor market with its upcoming chips based on the Jaguar core, which will bring console-like gaming and wireless displays to laptops with Windows 8 and its successor, Windows Blue.
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Windows 8.1 laptops with AMD’s new chips to support wireless display
Advanced Micro Devices has opened the door to embrace Google’s Android operating system, but said it would continue to focus on Windows with its upcoming tablet and laptop chips.
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AMD willing to embrace Android
The latest Here Maps update for Windows Phone 8 devices adds augmented reality features. [Read more]
Windows 8 was rebuilt from the ground up with a finger-friendly focus. That proved to be a problem during the operating system’s early days
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Touchscreen notebooks snag 10 percent of the laptop market, report claims
Microsoft’s Xbox One home-entertainment console, available later this year, has ties to Windows 8 and Windows Azure. [Read more]
The all-new console, which debuts later this year, features a new Kinect sensor, a connection between Xbox and Windows OS, and more. [Read more]
Its newest video previews how the gesture-control system will work on Windows when it ships in July. The company promises a Mac video soon.
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Leap Motion shows off Windows compatibility
A boutique system builder has bucked the industry trend of slumping PC sales by continuing to focus on selling Windows 7 machines.
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Boutique PC seller laughs all the way to the bank on the back of Windows 7
Dell last week again blamed Windows 8 for contributing to a decline in PC sales revenue during the quarter that ended May 3.
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Dell replays Windows 8 blame card as PC sales slide