Running traditional desktop apps on Windows RT may be one step closer to reality, thanks to a vulnerability that a hacker claims lets you run any desktop app on the ARM version of Windows. A hacker ...

It was only a matter of time: Windows RT has been hacked to allow non-Microsoft applications to run in Desktop. Prior to this hack, your Windows RT tablet (such as the Surface RT) could only run Metro ...

Just a few days after hackers figured out how to run unauthorized desktop apps on Windows RT tablets, a hacker on the XDA Developers forum has posted a download-and-click jailbreak tool for the ...

Windows RT may be a dead platform, but it is a desktop version of Microsoft Windows designed to run on computers with ARM-based processors. So it’s not all that surprising that one of the first things ...

Microsoft and a respected researcher disagreed this week about whether a bug in Windows RT is actually a security vulnerability that should be patched. The bug, revealed Jan. 5 by a hacker known as ...

With Windows RT, you can’t install any desktop app you want and are limited mostly to the tiled Metro apps. A jailbreak, however, is available now that will free Windows RT tablets (like the Microsoft ...

Back when Microsoft first split Windows 8 in twain, it initially called the two divisions Windows 8 and Windows on ARM (WoA). Outwardly, Microsoft's justification was that it wanted to ensure a smooth ...

I think Microsoft is hoping that some fraction of the will to develop desktop apps for RT, when unable to do so, will wind up developing instead for metro/microsoft's store. For years MS was bashed ...

Windows RT is a touch-friendly, battery-sipping version of Windows for the ARM processor architecture. It’s built on the same Windows “core” as Windows for x86/64 hardware, though the kernel was ...

“The Microsoft Surface is such a well-designed and innovative piece of hardware, with it's elegant Type/Touch covers and kickstand, that it makes a strong case for Windows RT. The classic desktop is ...