"Windows desktops" news, interviews, and features

News about Windows desktops

• Windows 10 to ship on July 29 for PCs and tablets

  The upgrade from Windows 7 or Windows 8.1 to Windows 10 will be free until July 29, 2016

• Dell takes one last shot at selling Windows 7 Home Premium PCs

  Just days before Microsoft orders OEMs to stop building new PCs with Windows 7 Home Premium, Dell tried one last time to spur sales

• Microsoft eases development for Windows and Windows Phone with new App Studio

  The company has also integrated Facebook with the App Studio service

• Fujitsu says its all-in-one PC-phones cut power consumption for UC

  Fujitsu also showed a laptop with its PalmSecure palm-vein authentication built in at the Cebit trade show

• A Samsung smart watch and smartphones with bigger screens expected in Berlin

  4K video is also expected to make an appearance on smartphones and TVs

• Wintel under siege as mobile and Android ascend at Computex

  Many of the hot products at Computex this week are non PC devices running Android

Interviews about Windows desktops

• UEFI president: We need more key providers

  UEFI Forum chief Mark Doran explains how UEFI works and addresses the criticisms around Microsoft's use of UEFI Secure Boot