Microsoft's Bing search engine takes center stage in Windows 8.1. Windows 8 already shipped with a bunch of apps—things like News, Weather, and Sports—developed by the Bing team, using Bing services, ...

Once upon a time Windows-powered devices dominated the portable computer market. But these days many people use Android or iOS-powered phones or tablets to do many of the things that used to require a ...

Microsoft is already rallying Windows for a price war with Google, and now it may be gearing up to call in some fresh troops to help combat the looming threat of Chromebooks and Android, and—perhaps ...

The rumors were true: On Friday, Microsoft announced Windows 8.1 with Bing, a new version of Windows 8.1 available only to hardware manufacturers. The new edition of Windows appears to be the same as ...