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It’s not as if the release of Windows 8 is imminent, nor are we going to see a Windows 8 tablet launch very soon, but still, there are a number of rumours going on in regards to the development of a Microsoft Windows 8 tablet. (...)Read the rest of Microsoft Developing A Windows 8 Tablet? [...]...

Sources cited by Taiwan's DigiTimes say Redmond is thinking of unveiling its own Windows 8-branded tablet with help from TI and various Taiwanese component makers. Originally posted at News - Microsoft Source: Yahoo! News

Microsoft may soon enter the tablet game with a Windows 8-branded device. Source: Yahoo! News

In the wake of Microsoft‘s first “Windows 8” preview, reports have surfaced that the PC software giant plans to launch its own Microsoft-branded tablet to compete with Apple‘s iPad line, and the growing variety of Android-based tablets. According to DigiTimes, the device will be a collaborative...

At the moment, the tablet market consists of Apple’s iPad 2 and everyone else. Apple runs iOS and everyone else runs Android, alongside the odd occurrence of Windows. There is no stronger brand out there in the tablet market than Apple and iOS, though. Microsoft has realized this and is now...

There's little doubt that the launch of Windows 8 will bring with it a wave of new tablet devices from all sorts of manufacturers and vendors. But did any of us expect to see one bearing Microsoft's own logo? According to DigiTimes' sometimes accurate, sometimes shaky upstream supplier sources...

Microsoft Corporate Vice President Mike Angiulo demonstrates “Windows 8” at partner preview event in Taipei, Taiwan, for COMPUTEX 2011, June 2, 2011. “This represents a fundamental shift in Windows design that we haven’t attempted since the days of Windows 95." Link Removed

Since then, there have been several leaked images of supposedly new features that you might see in the next version of Windows when it launches (perhaps in early 2012). And Microsoft showed off some features in a preview last week. Source: Yahoo! News

Microsoft is holding its official launch of its cloud-hosted application suite, known as Office 365, on June 28. CEO Steve Ballmer will be on hand at the New York launch event, according to an invitation I received. (click on the image above to enlarge) June 28 also may be the date when the...

Windows 8- due to launch in 2012, got a big reveal today by Microsoft. They've posted up a video on building Windows 8 that gives us some tantalizing clues about the next-gen operating system. While... Source: Yahoo! News

Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer may have misspoken when he said Windows 8 was coming in 2012, but now we hear MS will definitely demo a Windows 8 tablet PC next week. So its anti-Apple plans will get their first real public airing--just don't expect Ballmer to be there. Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer...

Bloomberg is adding fuel to the rumor fires claiming that Microsoft may show off the tablet version of Windows 8 next week at the AllThingsD conference. If and when that happens, here’s what to watch for. Steven Sinofsky, the President of Microsoft’s Windows client division, is slated to take...

Microsoft may be ready to lift the curtain on Windows 8 as a tablet platform by the end of this month. read more Link Removed

Microsoft set to unveil its answer to Apple's iOS and Google's Android, according to a published report. Source: Yahoo! News

Microsoft took an unusual step Tuesday and issued a statement in an attempt to retract its own CEO Steve Ballmer's confirmation of Windows 8 launching in 2012. A representative insisted there was a "misstatement" and that it hadn't committed to launch plans. It tried to spin InfoWorld by...

Microsoft yesterday backed away from comments made by CEO Steve Ballmer, who had told Japanese software developers that the next version of Windows would be dubbed Windows 8, and that it would launch in 2012. Source: Yahoo! News

Microsoft yesterday backed away from comments made by CEO Steve Ballmer, who had told Japanese software developers that the next version of Windows would be dubbed Windows 8, and that it would launch in 2012. Source: Yahoo! News

Computerworld - Microsoft yesterday backed away from comments made by CEO Steve Ballmer, who had told Japanese software developers that the next version of Windows would be dubbed Windows 8, and that it would launch in 2012. Link Removed

TOKYO, May 24 (UPI) -- Microsoft Corp.'s next operating system will be ready for release in 2012, Chief Executive Officer Steve Ballmer said at a conference in Japan. Source: Yahoo! News

We were expecting Toshiba to launch its Windows 7 tablet during the second half of this year, but rumor has it that the company may be abandoning the slate altogether. DigiTimes is reporting that both the 11.6-inch slab and a forthcoming Chromebook have disappeared from Toshiba's product...