Tablet PCs for nearly a decade ran almost exclusively with a Windows operating system. Enterprising users could install various forms of Linux and occasionally a third party would try their hand at ...

Five years ago, on November 7 2002, Microsoft launched Windows XP Tablet PC Edition. Bill Gates himself was on-hand to launch the new platform at a large press event. “The launch of the Tablet PC ...

There is something very special that is going to occur on January 31st, 2021. The world will witness the launch of a brand-new operating system meant for use on a tablet device. JingOS, as the ...

There have been contrasting reports of the Chrome making its way in tablet PCs, even though the Chrome OS from Google is primarily aimed at notebooks. Laptops running the Chrome OS takes 10 seconds to ...

Microsoft is aiming its new operating system for pen-based, "tablet" computing at the mainstream corporate market, but the first buyers are likely to be businesses with specific requirements. Although ...

At the New York launch this week, ISVs plan to demonstrate applications integrated with the Tablet PC OS, including Adobe Systems' Tablet PC plug-in for Acrobat, Corel's Grafigo 1.0, Autodesk's ...

The vendors used the PC Expo show, held here this week, to show beta software, prototype Tablet PCs and new applications. The Tablet PC, first unveiled publicly at Comdex Fall in 2000 by Bill Gates, ...

Canonical introduces the Ubuntu tablet interface, which will compete with Android, iOS, and Windows with its own take on multitasking and advanced security features. The launch is the next step in ...

Senior executives at Taiwan PC maker Acer took swipes at Microsoft during an event this week marking the first anniversary of the software giant's Tablet PC operating system. Acer President Wang ...

Editor’s note: Peter Yared is the founder and CTO of Sapho and was formerly the CTO/CIO of CBS Interactive. When iPads first came out, they were hailed as the undoing of the PC. Finally, a cheap and ...

Prices of Windows RT devices have started falling, signaling an attempt by PC makers to quickly clear out stock after poor adoption of tablets and convertibles with the operating system. Microsoft ...

Ian King and Dina Bass channel their deep throats: Microsoft … will preview its Windows operating system designed for tablet computers … next week, according to three people with knowledge of the ...