Don’t shed a tear for Windows RT, the neutered operating system cursed to be the red-headed stepchild of the Windows family (to Windows Phone’s great relief). While the OS’s rocky birth has since led ...

Ah, Vegas. It’s the place where dreams are realized, and hearts are shattered. As such, probably no more appropriate venue exists to showcase the massive gamble that is Windows RT, Microsoft’s first ...

Face it, true Microsoft believers: it's just not that easy to explain Microsoft's "sort-of" version of Windows 8 known as Windows RT. But fear not: Just because Redmond doesn't want you calling it ...

The Web usage numbers are in: Windows RT can't get traction, and Lenovo doesn't believe RT 'is what businesses want' Microsoft insists that Windows RT has a grand and glorious future. But if the ...

Part of what sets Windows RT apart from Android, iOS, and other mobile operating systems is that it’s basically a full-fledged desktop operating system. Under the hood, it’s pretty much the same OS as ...

An earlier version of the Windows 8 operating system for ARM-based tablets. Pre-installed on tablets, RT apps were available only from Microsoft's online Store. Introduced with Windows 8 in 2012, by ...

Company temporarily pulls its recently released Windows RT 8.1 update for ARM-based devices owing to an unexplained issue. Mary Jo Foley has covered the tech industry for 30 years for a variety of ...

Earlier this week a developer figured our how to jailbreak a Microsoft Surface RT, allowing the tablet to run unsigned desktop-style apps. Now another developer has put together a tool that makes it ...

Two days after cutting the cost of putting Windows 8 RT on a tablet, Microsoft has announced that Office 2013 will now be included free of charge on all 7- and 8-inch Windows 8 tablets, reports The ...

An enterprising tinkerer seems to have jailbroken Microsoft's Windows RT tablet operating system to run unauthorized applications — at least temporarily. "Ironically, a vulnerability in the Windows ...

After what seems like forever, Microsoft is finally working on a version of Windows 10 for ARM hardware, and it’s pretty different from Windows RT. For those unaware, Windows RT is a version of ...

One of the perhaps the biggest but easily overlooked revelations Microsoft's BUILD 2017 developer conference didn't happen on stage or with any major press release. It, instead, happened in a ...