Microsoft hopes to improve usability with new features in Windows 8.1. June 26, 2013 — -- Microsoft has slowly released details of the next version of Windows 8 -- Windows 8.1-- over the past ...

Windows 8.1 works toward solving many of the problems users had with Windows 8 and adds several useful new features to boot. Jason Parker Senior Editor / Reviews - Software Jason Parker has been at ...

Microsoft has released its Windows 8.1 update today, which is a free download for Windows 8 users. Microsoft has three editions: Windows 8.1, Windows 8.1 Pro and Windows 8.1 Enterprise (for volume ...

Microsoft has been talking about its next version of Windows 8 for months, and has already shown off bits and pieces of it. The new version, Windows 8.1, debuts today. It's not the final version, ...

Word is Microsoft has released Windows 8.1 to manufacturing. There's still no indication that developers or users are going to get the gold bits before October 18. Mary Jo Foley has covered the tech ...

If you could synthesize a year's worth of mixed reviews into just a few words, Windows 8 would probably boil down to these three: confusing, contradictory, and unfinished. Today, almost exactly one ...

Microsoft made available for download by the public as of October 17 the Windows 8.1 bits, as well as a few post-RTM updates to those bits. But what about enterprise customers? Microsoft execs said ...

The latest build of Windows 8.1 Update 1 has leaked, revealing many of the changes that Microsoft hopes will make Metro less painful for desktop users. The biggest change appears to be that Windows ...

Microsoft released its update to Windows 8.1 today, which will begin arriving to devices at some point through the Windows Update service. The release was highlighted at last week's Microsoft Build ...

Microsoft set Windows 8.1 upon the world today, and with it a host of improvements large and small. You check out our full review here, but in the meantime, here’s ...

Microsoft has announced that the first major update to Windows 8, known as Windows 8.1, will be available worldwide beginning Oct. 18. The update will be released as a free download for consumers and ...

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