In Vernor Vinge’s science fiction novel A Deepness in the Sky, one of the characters works as a software archaeologist, mining thousands of years of code and libraries to find the solutions to ...

Microsoft is trying to make Windows app development feel a lot less painful. This week, the company unveiled winapp, a new open-source command-line tool designed to cut through the setup, packaging, ...

In late March, the first builds of Windows 8.1 leaked to the Web. At about the same time, the number of Windows 8 apps reversed several months of slowing growth and charted four straight months of app ...

Microsoft has repeatedly been slammed over the lack of high-profile apps in its Windows Store, but developers may be embracing Redmond’s new operating system after all. Twitter Tuesday announced its ...

Everyone knows two things about Windows Phone: It’s a fine platform, and it’s far too small. Users of Windows Phone will sing its praises, but the problem remains that there are far too few users, in ...