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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Google’s presence in tablets has long consisted of its Android smartphone OS stretched to fit larger displays. The marriage has been an unhappy one, leaving Apple’s iPad and even Windows 2-in-1 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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, ...

Canonical has introduced the Ubuntu tablet interface, which will compete with Android, iOS and Windows with its own take on multitasking and advanced security features. The launch is the next step in ...

Tablets are a great balance between laptops and mobile devices, with the portability of a smartphone and the processing capabilities of a laptop. Recent tablets are more powerful and lighter than ...

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 ...

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 ...