One of the most innovative features coming in Windows "Longhorn" Server isn't really a feature as much as a whole new version of Windows. It's called Server Core, and it will only take one-sixth of ...

Official details about Microsoft's supposed work on making Windows 10 'modern' and more modular in nature have been scant, but a flurry of documents and insider reports over the last year have given ...

Is Windows RT dead? Is the desktop going away? What's "Threshold" got to do with it? Here's Mary Jo Foley's latest attempt to try to make sense of where Microsoft's Windows roadmap is leading us. Mary ...

Windows is an old operating system and several core components of the operating system make it impossible for the platform to adapt to newer devices. Microsoft is aware of these issues and the ...

This week on the Windows Central Podcast: Microsoft leaks Windows Lite bits, a new Xbox Dashboard is coming soon, and much more Can Windows Lite be the savior that Office UWP needs? A lightweight OS ...

Recent remarks by a Microsoft exec who noted there won't be three different Windows variants in the future have set off a storm of speculation -- just about all of which is dead wrong. Microsoft ...

Microsoft's long rumored dual-screen Andromeda phone may never see the light of day, but the related "Windows Core OS" project or WCOS, is still underway, and according to a job vacancy posted on ...

Tiny Core Linux is a true example of just how small a functional desktop operating system can be, even in 2025.