Microsoft has reversed course and provided the release to manufacturing (RTM) version of Windows 8.1 to developers and IT pros via MSDN and TechNet. Microsoft has reversed course and provided the ...

Microsoft’s newly released Windows 10 offers developers what at first blush appears to be a can’t-miss pitch: Write your app once and run it anywhere Windows exists. With Microsoft’s push toward “one ...

Windows 10X is an optimized version of Windows built for dual-screen devices. Microsoft showed off Windows 10X at Microsoft Developer day and released an emulator of the OS. Developers have responded ...

Windows 11 developers are getting a productivity enhancement today from Microsoft Corp. with a new feature announced at Microsoft Build 2023 called Dev Home: an open-source dashboard with a set of ...

A recent column of mine hit a sour note with one open-source software developer. As it turns out, the Windows on Arm software development situation doesn't all come down to silicon and hardware ...

Fewer developers are making applications for Microsoft's Windows operating system, a survey has revealed. According to analysts at the Evans Data Corporation research house, 64.8 percent of North ...

Microsoft's security-assurance group has become the software giant's taskmaster for the next month. Under a new push to secure software code and convince customers that security is a top priority, ...

In this post, we will help you with how to enable Device discovery in Windows 11 Developer Mode. The Device discovery feature helps to discover unmanaged devices such as mobile devices, network ...

Microsoft has announced that it's waiving the fees involved with signing up and submitting an app for listing on the Microsoft Store on Windows 10 and Windows 11. Starting in June, it will be free for ...

Lance Whitney is a freelance technology writer and trainer and a former IT professional. He's written for Time, CNET, PCMag, and several other publications. He's the author of two tech books--one on ...

Game developers are now able to more easily develop games for Apple devices using Windows machines, thanks to a new set of Metal developer tools released by Apple (via Reddit). Apple quietly released ...