In a rather unexpected shakeup, Steven Sinofsky -- the head of Windows -- has departed from Microsoft, effective immediately. He is succeeded by Julie Larson-Green (Sinofsky's second-in-command and ...

Steven Sinofsky is leaving Microsoft with immediate effect. Sinofsky, who was president of Microsoft Windows, departs just weeks after the launch of new operating system Windows 8. What to Read Next ...

A little off topic, but what's really frustrating is Microsoft's unwillingness to change aspects of Windows that are truly in dire need of change while doing all this UI experimentation, Off the top ...

There were obviously issues with Windows 8 (and why Windows 2012/2012 R2 kept the touch screen is beyond me, but it did push the industry to finally start making touch screens an option on the ...