Rumours coming out of HTC's home country suggest it's about to make a return to the tablet world, although it's said to be moving away from its Android past to embrace the slightly less competitive world of Windows 8 tablets. Read More >>

If you have a PC with Windows 8 but miss Windows 7, there's no need to downgrade. Following a few simple steps, you can make Microsoft's current operating system look and feel almost identical to its predecessor. Here's how to bring back the Start menu and the attractive aero glass theme how to hide other Windows 8 elements like the Charms menu. Read More >>

Later today, Windows 8 and RT's Mail, Calendar, and People apps will all receive updates in the Windows Store. Meaning, later, Windows 8 gets a little bit better! Here's how the updates to the apps will break down. Read More >>

Intel updating BIOS code is normally the sort of eye-glazing sorta-not-really-news that we do our damndest to avoid. What they've only just gone and done, though, is release the developer version of code for Android 4.2.2 that among other things will let you dual-boot Android and Windows 8 on any Intel-powered device. Read More >>

If your laptop can't last long enough to get your stuff done, what's the point of having a portable? The product testing gurus over at Which decided to see how the current generation Windows 8 laptops and ultrabooks stacked up. Their conclusion? The 13-Inch Retina MacBook Pro is the best, even running Windows 8. Read More >>

The Wall Street Journal is claiming that Microsoft has started offering discounts to OEMs for Windows 8 and Office 2013, in a bid to drive sales of small, touch-enabled laptops. Read More >>

Microsoft's rumoured to be pulling 'an Apple', shifting from big product updates every three or so years, to a more rapid, yearly refresh cycle. The rumours currently focus on 'Blue', which is supposed to be a sort of feature-pack upgrade that Microsoft would sell though its online store, a bit like Apple does with OS X 10.x updates. But would you be up for paying a small amount, say £25, for that kind of thing every year? Read More >>

Microsoft's money man and chief financial officer Peter Klein made it clear that we could see some smaller Windows tablets appear to battle in the lucrative 7" tab market, with the software giant ready to open the smaller, narrower floodgate if demand's there. Read More >>

There is a disturbing trend in the gadget world, and it's that laptop, tablet and phone makers aren't taking battery life seriously enough. Yes, having touch on a Windows 8 notebook is great, but not if the computer lasts an hour and a half less than one without that capability. And what good is a smartphone with an HD display and superfast processor if you have to plug it in around lunchtime? Read More >>

The big story of CES 2013 was, undoubtedly, 4K TVs. But, some reckon that 4K is just a gimmick, nothing more than the latest buzzword that companies bandy around to over-compensate. That's wrong. 4K is here to stay, and in more than just TVs -- but it's not perfect yet. Read More >>

Six days, 22 hours and 9 minutes later, I've finally managed to install Windows 8. I don't know what I did to upset the god of Windows Vista. Maybe he'd thrown a tantrum at getting fired on his birthday. Maybe somehow he knew I was going to write this column. Maybe there just Is No God of Windows Vista (that kinda figures actually.) All I can tell you is that it took me a week to get from Vista to 8. Read More >>

The Microsoft Surface was the biggest new tech of 2012. Its first iteration — Surface RT, a confusingly named and marketed tablet-with-a-keyboard — bombed. Pretty hard. So why believe in the full-powered Surface Pro? Simple. It's a braver and more divergent take on the laptop-tablet convergence than anyone else has risked so far. Read More >>

Nokia's CEO Stephen Elop has said the company is looking to "broaden its portfolio" in the future, with the long anticipated move into tablets perhaps about to happen. Way after everyone in the world has already bought one and then upgraded it to a better one six months later, but still. Read More >>

Sales of Windows 8 PCs were pretty sluggish to start with, but according to Microsoft, sales of Windows 8 licenses have been decent, at least -- they've sold the same number of Windows 8 licenses as they'd sold Windows 7 licenses by this point, 90 days in. Read More >>

Currently Microsoft's punting Windows 8 at a rather bargainous £25 a shot, but after tomorrow, it's going to jack that price right up to around the £120 mark. If you're ever likely to need an install of Windows, buy it now. Windows 8 really isn't that bad, for £25 that is. Read More >>