In March, when Microsoft's Windows Embedded team shared its cross-product roadmap, there were lots of mentions of "Windows Next" and not a lot of tangible delivery dates. On November 13, the team ...

Is Microsoft’s mobile operating system strategy confusing anyone yet? First Microsoft was touting the benefits of running a full-blown version of Windows 7 on devices like the HP Slate—a strategy that ...

Windows Embedded (which includes Windows Embedded CE and Windows XP Embedded) is the name given to the variations of Microsoft's Windows operating system that are built to run on minimalist computers ...

Back in November 2012, Microsoft officials said the first of its Windows Embedded 8 offerings would be available in March. Right on schedule, on March 20, the two primary SKUs of Microsoft's latest ...

Guggenheimer announces Windows Embedded Compact 7 community technology preview for manufacturers of consumer and enterprise devices. TAIPEI, Taiwan - June 1, 2010 - During a keynote address tomorrow ...

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Not all Windows XP operating systems will become security risks after April 8. It turns out that most of the embedded versions of Windows XP will live on for a few more years, even as the Windows XP ...

Microsoft has laid out its roadmap for releasing the next version of Windows Embedded in various forms, and has made a Community Technology Preview of Windows Embedded Standard 8 available for ...

The first branding of Windows for embedded systems. Windows XP Embedded was an enhanced version of XP for PDAs, handhelds and other appliances that used the x86 CPU. It supported such features as ...

According to Microsoft, Windows Embedded Standard 2011 takes the power, familiarity, and reliability of Windows 7 and shoves it into a highly customizable and componentized form, allowing OEMs to ...

Tom Warren is a senior editor and author of Notepad, who has been covering all things Microsoft, PC, and tech for over 20 years. Microsoft is releasing a second version of its Windows Embedded ...