Microsoft plans to do more than just reintroduce a Start menu to make Windows 9, aka "Threshold," more appealing to Windows XP, Vista, and Windows 7 users. Mary Jo Foley Mary Jo Foley has covered the ...

Mary Jo Foley has covered the tech industry for 30 years for a variety of publications, including ZDNet, eWeek and Baseline. She is the author of Microsoft 2.0: How Microsoft plans to stay relevant in ...

Microsoft is gearing up to show off a technical preview of the next version of Windows in late September and the focus very well could be on the enterprise based on the current watermark on builds of ...

Late next month, we fully expect Microsoft to release a technical preview of Windows Threshold and as we approach that launch window, we are learning more and more about the release and what all will ...

With Microsoft expected to make available a public technical preview of Windows Threshold around late September or early October, it's a good time to revisit the thorny cadence question. For ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Two separate reports claim that Microsoft plans to offer more direct ways for people to give ...

Microsoft is preparing to release the next version of Windows, code-named “Threshold,” in a public preview this fall, according to a Friday report. ZDNet’s Mary Jo Foley reports “Threshold” will be ...

There's quite a lot of interesting chatter about features of the upcoming Windows 9 Threshold OS. It's not much longer than a month away until we will be able to download and test a developer preview ...

The next version of Windows, which may include desktop virtualization as a core piece of functionality, is coming at the end of this month. Microsoft will hold a press event on Sept. 30 to describe ...

Based on a new report, Microsoft is planning on releasing the follow-up to its Windows 8 operating system on Sept. 30. The news is in line with an earlier leak that claimed the company is looking to ...

Microsoft is planning to reveal its successor to Windows 8 -- known as "Windows 9," if the company continues its naming scheme -- at the end of next month, according to a new report. The purported ...