There has always been a lot to like about Windows 10. But the nagging issues we’ve had are all suddenly falling by the wayside. I have my theories about why these changes are happening, and why they are happening almost all at once. They involve a change of regime, the pending Windows 7 upgrade apocalypse,…

Scanning over the thousands of articles we wrote this year, I've collected my picks for the top Windows and PC stories of 2018.

Microsoft today announced the October 2018 Update for Windows 10 IoT, its operating system for embedded devices.

UPDATE: Microsoft contacted me regarding the premise of this story and confirmed that security had nothing to do with the decision to use Linux in its MCU. It was, as I suggested, the right tool for the job. I received the following quote: "Microsoft is a multi-platform company, and has been for years. We chose…

I revisited Windows IoT Core a few weekends ago and found it to be useful in a quick project that involved dumping my wireless headset's EEPROM. In other words, just another weekend at Rafael's place.

I have to give Microsoft and its partners some credit for reducing the complexity of VR/AR and for lowering prices across the board, even with rival platforms. I still don't see VR/AR as the next platform wave, per se. But Windows Mixed Reality may be just what this market needed to be successful. I mention…

I recently spoke with Microsoft's Jeff Burtoft and Aaron Gustafson about the company's plans to bring Progressive Web Apps to Windows 10.

As you may have heard, Microsoft is slowly replacing its monolithic and proprietary .NET technologies with the open, modular, and cross-platform .NET Core.

Leo Laporte, Mary Jo Foley and I discuss Windows 10 on ARM, Cortana (finally) coming to devices, bots, bots, and more bots, and so much more.

Years in the making, Google's Internet of Things (IoT) platform, now called Android Things, is ready for its first developer preview.

Windows 10 is wonderful but controversial, and 2016 was in many ways a landmark year for Microsoft's last great desktop platform. This story is still being told, and the ending is unclear. But Windows 10 dominated my mind-share and coverage this past year. And any discussion of this product must by nature cover both the…

In this episode of Windows Weekly, Fr. Robert Ballecer, Mary Jo Foley and I discuss Microsoft's kill switch for Get Windows 10, SMS Relay in the Skype Preview, how Microsoft is not locking Linux out of PCs, new Microsoft layoffs, wearable news and opinions, and much more.

Well, we figured it would happen this week, and it has: Microsoft today began delivering Windows 10 build 14901 to Insiders on the Fast ring. Yes, this is the first "Redstone 2" build.

Microsoft revealed that it will soon start shipping new pre-release builds of Windows 10 after a short break for the Anniversary Update release. These new builds will include our first peek at "Redstone 2," the next major milestone for Windows 10.

After a few weeks off, Microsoft is jumpstarting its Windows 10 Mobile development efforts and it still plans to ship a "final" version of what it's now calling Windows 10 for Phones sometime later this month.

With Microsoft not charging any more to upgrade from Windows 7 or 8 to Windows 10, the company is still able to make money with the OS although it's not the conventional route in some cases.