The tablet, slate and pad, or Apple iPad, category is barely hatched, but the operating system wars are well worth noting. Let's consider the moving parts: Apple powers the iPad with its iPhone ...

JingOS is an Ubuntu-based Linux distribution designed to mimic the look and feel of touch-first operating systems like iOS and Android. Developed by a Chinese company called Jingling, the operating ...

When TechCrunch founder Mike Arrington first came up with the idea for the CrunchPad tablet, here’s what he wanted: A cheap touchscreen tablet that was pretty much just a screen and web browser. He ...

[timecom-gdgt url=”http://gdgt.com/hp/slate/” style=”full” float=”right”] On a company earnings call yesterday, Hewlett Packard’s Todd Bradley made ...

HUFFINGTONPOST.COM - Seventeen months after CEO Steve Ballmer unveiled a Windows slate that never made it to market, Microsoft, the king of the desktop, is taking another stab at tablets. But the ...

But it’s the only tablet operating system that lets you run both big applications and smaller apps. As for Windows 8 as an operating system for traditional computers, it’s not a winner, because its ...

So, I have a 2560*1440 pixel, 27" screen and THAT is all MS is letting me see when I log on? I once said that Microsoft may be many things but is not retarded, I'd like to take that back. Microsoft IS ...

Microsoft has long maintained that Windows is its operating system of choice for tablets. But there’s increasing evidence that Windows Phone 7, not Windows, will be the operating system that Microsoft ...