The tablet, slate and pad, or Apple iPad, category is barely hatched, but the operating system wars are well worth noting as mobile platforms move upstream and Windows 7 tries to go downstream.

Microsoft announced general availability on March 1 of the final version of its Windows Embedded Compact 7 operating system, codenamed "Chelan." Microsoft posted a 180-day trial version of the ...

Staying fluid. Windows 8 supports long press in various places, but Microsoft has made a deliberate effort not to need it: regular, everyday tasks should all be possible without long pressing. iOS ...

I’ve been testing Windows 8 RTM on a tablet, and it’s clear that as a tablet operating system, Windows 8 is a winner. Here’s three reasons why it may be better than the iPad and Android tablets.

More importantly, Windows 10 will be a single operating system that finally spans all of Microsoft’s Windows powered devices, from desktops and laptops all the way through to tablets and phones.

Little was heard or seen of Windows 8 tablets at CES; where were they, and what's to ... 2012 promises to shape into an interesting year for tablets running Microsoft’s next operating system ...

Just as PCs and Macs run Microsoft Windows and MacOS X, so different tablets are based around different operating systems. The most popular of these is Apple's iOS found on the various iterations ...

Windows 8 is a PC operating system, so it does have a local file system with a file browser, and you can pick pictures there, but traditionally that doesn't give you access to those cloud pictures.

There are two other tablet operating systems you need to know about. The first is inside the BlackBerry PlayBook, called the BlackBerry Tablet OS. The second is HP's tablet OS, called webOS.

The operating system is the computer's most important piece of software. It manages the hardware resources, ... Its latest versions, including Windows 10, are also used on some tablets, ...