[hackitbuildit], from instructables, has brought us a a DIY windows 8 tablet. To make the tablet, an old laptop is used that meets the minimum requirements of windows 8 preview, a touch screen ...

Following are the client versions of Windows 8 and 8.1. When upgrading to Windows 8 from an existing Windows operating system via download, Windows 8 retains the same word size. For example, a 32 ...

A Microsoft document that sets out the minimum hardware requirements for Windows 8 tablet devices provides some hints about what tablets running Microsoft's next-generation operating system could ...

The tablet features the optional HP ElitePad Smart Jacket for connectivity options... Dell has abandoned its smartphone business in order to go after the lucrative Windows 8 tablet department.

My blog last week, "University Deploying Thousands of Windows 8 Tablets Is Smart Tactics, Flawed Strategy," generated quite a bit of reader reaction. I'm actually quite excited about what ...

Emirates Airline - one of the world's largest carriers - is also getting in on the tablet action, but it's eschewing the all-too-familiar iPad in favour of slates running Windows 8 instead.

Today, it seems like Acer has confirmed the official pricing for their other Windows 8 devices, the Iconia tablet line up. Paul Spain at Tech Jungle reports today that Acer confirmed detailed ...

Microsoft has been pushing Windows 8 as a touch-friendly software for tablets and PCs for the past two years, but Windows 8 tablets have yet to make a real dent in the overall market. Earlier this ...

Lenovo just unveiled the Miix 2, an 8-inch Windows 8 tablet built around Intel's latest Bay Trail-T Atom-based processor. Among the lowest-costing Windows tablets to date, Lenovo's new tablet will ...

An earlier tablet that ran the Windows 8 operating system. In addition to vendors such as HP, Dell and Samsung, Microsoft also makes Windows tablets (see Surface tablet).