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Microsoft is planing to release Windows 8 next year. Looks like this is how long we will need to wait for a decent Windows tablet as well. According to Electronista, Microsoft's Andy Lees says that... Source: Yahoo! News

Microsoft has a huge incentive to get this thing out the door -- not so much for its PC business, but for tablets, where it's not yet really in the game and won't be until Windows 8 is available. Link Removed

The Microsoft CEO will return to the Consumer Electronics Show keynote stage in January. read more Link Removed

The Microsoft CEO will return to the Consumer Electronics Show keynote stage in January. Link Removed

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Hewlett-Packard launches the TouchPad this week, but expect the company to build Windows 8 tablets once it ships next year. Fast Company asked HP's PC boss Phil McKinney if they'd ship a Windows 8 tablet. Source: Yahoo! News

"One-two chip-software punch" reported Microsoft may have given up on Intel monogamy , but Chipzilla reckons it will have new Atom chips ready in time for Windows 8 tablets next year.… Source: Yahoo! News

For Hewlett-Packard's TouchPad tablet, which heads to market on Friday, the company avoided using Android at all costs . Well, actually, at a very specific cost: HP spent $1.2 billion last year to acquire Palm, which helped develop the TouchPad's slick software, WebOS. HP's tablet strategy --to...

Intel will launch its “Cloverview” chips, aimed at tablets, by the time Microsoft rolls out its Windows 8 operating system, according to a report. Link Removed

As Apple's iPad threatens to gobble up PC market share, Microsoft may be moving faster than expected on Windows 8. An anonymous source tells ZDNet's Mary Jo Foley that Microsoft's shooting for an April 2012 release to manufacturing for Windows 8, which will accommodate tablets with a touch-based...

Microsoft's Windows 8 represents a huge bet for the company—not only in traditional desktops and laptops, but also "post-PC" devices such as tablets. Link Removed

Tech giant is accused of fostering 'fear, uncertainly and doubt' by emphasising HTML5 and CSS3 for writing apps for tablets Independent developers for Microsoft's platforms are increasingly concerned about the lack of clarity from the software giant over the future direction of its programming...

The decision to make Windows 8 work on all types of devices may work for Microsoft, but it will fail in the mobile space if it exposes the user to two areas of legacy Windows operation. Source: Yahoo! News

Microsoft's Xbox Live online gaming platform will be built into Windows 8, and will work across PC and tablets, according to a report ( ZDNet UK - Application Development ) Link Removed

Microsoft starts to do things right again. I like what Microsoft showed of Windows 8 so far. It takes the user interface concept introduced on the Windows Phone 7 to tablets and PCs. Microsoft... Source: Yahoo! News

In this edition of the Windows Desktop Report, Greg Shultz examines arguments for and against separate editions of Windows 8 for tablets and desktops. We'd like your input. Link Removed

Microsoft's 'Windows 8' on tablets will find itself head-to-head against the iPad. It'll need a media hub and perhaps Windows Phone apps if it wants to succeed. Link Removed

Microsoft’s CEO Steve Ballmer got ahead of himself on Monday when he publicly blurted out a general roadmap for the next version of Windows. Ballmer told an audience at a developer forum in Tokyo that Microsoft will have news to share about Windows 8 on tablets, slates and PCs over the next...

Link Removed It finally happened! On Wednesday, we finally got a glimpse at what Microsoft has in store for its next version of Windows and how it plans to compete in the...

Microsoft has given us its first public demo of Windows 8. It looks flashy, but Microsoft is still trying to marry tablets with desktops. This time, it could ruin the standard version of Windows... Source: Yahoo! News