Redpill was a complex mechanism in Windows 8 to activate disabled features for authorized users. The name was inspired by The Matrix movie, where the red pill signifies breaking free from the ...

Vista was a failure for Microsoft — it topped out at a 19% user share in October 2009 by Net Applications’ reckoning — less than a fourth of XP’s at its height, just 40% of where the still-growing ...

Microsoft wants Windows developers to write Windows 8-specific, Metro-style, touch-friendly applications, and to make sure that they crank these apps out, the company ...

Still, I think this could be healthy in the long run, even though Windows 8 development may have a rocky start. The focus for the development frameworks and tools should be the core platform (whether ...