Microsoft to Name New Software Windows 8.1, and It’s Free

Microsoft announced Tuesday the updated version of its Windows 8 operating system — which had been code-named Windows Blue — will be called Windows 8.1, and it will be available for free to encourage as many people as possible to take up the new software.

ATD on Air: A Short History of Instagram, Windows 8’s Start Menu and the Future of Streaming Video

A quick rundown of video appearances by AllThingsD staffers.
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Microsoft: That Windows 8 “New Coke” Analogy Is Silly

“Windows 8 is a good product, and it’s getting better every day.”
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Does Windows 8 RT Have Enough Users for Its Own iTunes App?

“You shouldn’t expect an iTunes app on Windows 8 any time soon.”
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Microsoft’s Gates: iPad Users Really Just Want a Surface

Apple got it totally wrong.
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Spanish Linux Group Files EC Complaint Over Windows 8 Secure Boot

Microsoft European antitrust woes: A neverending story.
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And the 32GB Surface Pro Will Have Just Enough Storage to Display the Start-Up Screen

Surface Pro’s advertised storage space is very different from its actual storage space.
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Microsoft’s Surface Pro Tablet to Debut February 9

The wait for Microsoft’s Surface Pro will soon be over. The company said Tuesday that the Windows 8 Pro version of its tablet will go on sale in the U.S. and Canada on Feb. 9, at a starting price of $899. The Surface Pro’s debut comes about three months after the release of the Surface RT, the consumer version of the device, which is thought not to be selling as well as Microsoft had hoped.

Windows 8 Couldn’t Save Holiday PC Sales

For the first time in a half-decade, PC sales declined in the holiday quarter.
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Windows 8 Tallies 60M Licenses, on Par With Windows 7 Rollout

Note: 60 million Windows 8 licenses does not mean there are 60 million Windows 8 machines in use today.
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Well, Maybe Someone Will Buy the Surface Pro …

Fujitsu Not Pleased With Windows 8 Demand, Either

Microsoft Mulling European Retail Stores

Windows 8 Tablets for Cabin Attendants? Surely You Can’t Be Serious.

Windows 8 Off to a Weaker Start Than Windows 7

Microsoft: Four Million Windows 8 Installs Down, 396 Million More to Go

Microsoft’s Ballmer: Surface Is the Tablet Consumers Really Want

Latest Tablet Shipments Forecast: Lots More

Employees Are the iPad’s Best Friend in the Office

Get Ready to Party Like It’s Windows 95

Microsoft Expands Retail Surface With 32 New Holiday Stores

Ballmer: In a Year, 400 Million Devices Will Be Running the Latest Windows OS

Lenovo Sees Microsoft Surface as Show of Faith in Windows 8

Ultrabooks Still Racking Up Infra Sales