Windows RT

Update: HP’s Printer App Invaded My PC, and It Might Be Invading Yours

The printer maker confirmed it was investigating why HP Smart was automatically downloading through the Microsoft Store.

Microsoft’s Most Embarrassing Product Failures

Forget the winners like Windows and Xbox: This tech giant has a lot of skeletons in its closet.

Aaaand Windows RT is dead. Microsoft has confirmed that Windows 10 won’t be coming to either of the Surfaces that run RT, though an update that offers some of the features will. It’s Windows Phone 7 all over again. But hey, good riddance.

Microsoft Just Slashed $100 Off the Price of the Surface 2

Microsoft has knocked $100 off the price of its Surface 2 Windows RT tablets—making them cheaper than even the lowliest large iPad models. The price reduction means the base 32GB model now costs $350, the 64GB unit $450, and the 64GB model with LTE $580. That new pricing means the 32GB Surface 2, with a…

The Best Windows Tablet Display Doesn’t Come From Microsoft

A new generation of Windows tablets has arrived with the launch of the Microsoft Surface 2, their second generation tablet, and the Nokia Lumia 2520, Nokia’s first ever tablet. With virtually identical functionality and OS software, it is the quality and performance of their displays that really differentiates the tablets. Microsoft’s original Surface RT launched…

Lumia 2520 Review: Not Much More Than a Pretty Face

Up until now, pretty much your only option for a Windows RT tablet was the Surface 2. But now Nokia is giving you another choice, in the form of the Lumia 2520, a colorful line of tablets that look even larger versions of its rainbow phones. https://gizmodo.com/surface-2-review-one-step-forward-two-steps-behind-1448865506 What Is It? A colorful Nokia tablet running…

Lumia 2520: Nokia Is Making a 10-Inch Tablet Now, Too

Nokia just revealed its very first tablet, the 10-inch, Windows RT 8.1-running Lumia 2520. As far as tablets go, it’s pretty standard fare. Here’s what we’re working with: 1080p video, a 6.7-megapixel Zeiss lens on the back and a 2-megapixel shooter on the front. It supports 4G LTE and has Microsoft Office built-in. The 2520…

Surface 2 Review: One Step Forward, Two Steps Behind

The Surface RT was Microsoft’s brassy if ultimately flawed attempt to do a cannonball into the placid, iPad and Kindle-dominated tablet pool. It didn’t quite work out. With the Surface 2, Microsoft is taking the opportunity to say “No guys, but really,” with a blistering, scary sort of confidence. What Is It? The Surface RT…

Microsoft just announced that Outlook is coming to Windows 8 RT as part of the free Windows 8.1 update coming later this year. If your office is stuffy about using Outlook only for mail, you can finally use a Surface for work. [Microsoft]

iFontMaker: Make Your Own Font When Nothing Else Will Do

While designers may suffer this the most, pretty much anyone who’s typed anything, well, ever has struggled to find the perfect font to suit their means. Normally, you’d be forced to settle for something that only approximates your vision, but rarely will you find exactly what exists so clearly in your imagination, which, let’s face…

Microsoft is updating IE 10 in Windows 8 and RT to allow Flash content to run by default tomorrow.

Uh oh: Samsung is already halting sales of Windows RT tablets in Germany because of low demand. That doesn’t bode well.

Samsung’s announced it won’t release Windows RT tablets in the US—because it thinks consumers don’ know what RT is.

Windows RT Jailbroken to Run Desktop Apps

Windows RT has been hacked to allow desktop apps to run on Microsoft’s ARM-based OS. The trick circumvents a setting which usually restricts ARM-based apps to Microsoft’s built-in ones, so that unsigned desktop apps can also be installed. The Verge explains: Using a method to exploit the setting in memory, the vulnerability could allow Windows…

Report: Nokia’s Windows RT Tablet Will Have a Surface-Like Keyboard Cover

According to a report from The Verge, Nokia’s going to out its own Windows RT tablet early next year. That’s fine; it would be weirder if they weren’t. But what’s a little less expected is that the company’s elves are hard at work on creating a keyboard cover of their very own. Rather than clopping…

Windows RT Takes Up Half of the 32GB Microsoft Surface’s Storage

So this is surprising, and kind of dumb. Microsoft just put a final figure on the storage numbers for Windows RT: 16GB on the 32GB model, and 18GB on the 64GB model. That’s even bigger than the already hefty 12GB estimates that had been around before. That large of an imprint for an operating system…

Just in time, Microsoft has released a WinPho8 sync tool for Windows 8 and RT. Go forth and transfer media. [Microsoft]

Netflix, Hulu, and More

This week was a Microsoft bonanza. A new operating system and new hardware means new apps. So joining the best apps of the week roster is a new batch of titles meant for RT. Inside, you’ll find a lot of apps you know and love, all ready for your new Surface tablet. Netflix: Obviously the…

Microsoft Surface RT Review: This Is Technological Heartbreak

Surface was the single biggest genuine tech surprise of the year so far. Microsoft tantalized us with a tablet that made the iPad look stale. Its snap-on keyboard made all laptops look immediately old fashioned. And it promised The Future of Computers. We hadn’t looked forward to something this much in a long, long time.…

Samsung Ativ Tab Is a 10.1-Inch, Windows RT Running, Microsoft Surface Challenger

While some PC makers are nervous about building hardware for Windows RT, Samsung’s going for it with the Samsung Ativ Tab. Will it be enough to steer people away from Microsoft Surface? The Ativ Tab has 10.1-inch 1366×768 display, is 8.9mm thick, and weighs 20 ounces. So it’s slimmer and lighter than the last Samsung…