In context: Windows XP is one of the most popular versions of Windows despite its quirks. Released in 2001, it was the definitive OS for an entire generation of kids for whom the "Bliss" wallpaper and ...

It only really took Vista to make thousands of geeks look more fondly at Windows XP, and so Microsoft's announcement that it would be maintaining the last-gen OS for use on low-power netbooks was well ...

SAN FRANCISCO - Hewlett-Packard, the world's largest maker of personal computers, plans to unveil a line of touch-screen laptops running Microsoft's new Windows 8 software, including one model that ...

Computer makers have known for a long time that Microsoft’s Windows 8 would attempt to move the PC operating system much further into the world of tablets and touch-screen devices. So why weren’t ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Brooke Crothers covers and reviews electric vehicles and autonomy. Laptop touch screens are a godsend for some, useless for others ...

As technology advances, so do the features available to consumers for home computing. Laptops with touch screen capabilities are pretty common these days, but not everyone finds them useful or ...