Five years ago, on November 7 2002, Microsoft launched Windows XP Tablet PC Edition. Bill Gates himself was on-hand to launch the new platform at a large press event. “The launch of the Tablet PC ...

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The Tablet PC OS platform from Microsoft…anyone remember that? It was that great operating system from Microsoft that had all the tablet functions we were all clamoring for? Its that other system…you ...

Senior executives at Taiwan PC maker Acer took swipes at Microsoft during an event this week marking the first anniversary of the software giant's Tablet PC operating system. Acer President Wang ...

The vendors used the PC Expo show, held here this week, to show beta software, prototype Tablet PCs and new applications. The Tablet PC, first unveiled publicly at Comdex Fall in 2000 by Bill Gates, ...

At the New York launch this week, ISVs plan to demonstrate applications integrated with the Tablet PC OS, including Adobe Systems' Tablet PC plug-in for Acrobat, Corel's Grafigo 1.0, Autodesk's ...

Intel has posted a demonstration of its Linux-based Meego OS for tablet computers via a YouTube video that shows the OS’s multitouch support, multitasking and integrated social networking. The video, ...

Microsoft is aiming its new operating system for pen-based, "tablet" computing at the mainstream corporate market, but the first buyers are likely to be businesses with specific requirements. Although ...

Prices of Windows RT devices have started falling, signaling an attempt by PC makers to quickly clear out stock after poor adoption of tablets and convertibles with the operating system. Microsoft ...

If Google is planning to launch a tablet device in the near future, it should bypass its embryonic Chrome OS and instead go with Android, the company’s other mobile operating system that’s taking the ...

Ian King and Dina Bass channel their deep throats: Microsoft … will preview its Windows operating system designed for tablet computers … next week, according to three people with knowledge of the ...