BlackBerry lets iPhone and Android users try out the new BB 10 OS in their browsers

Have you been considering the new BlackBerry Z10 but aren't sure what to think about the still-fresh BlackBerry 10 operating system? If you're an iPhone or Android owner, now you can try out BB 10 in your mobile browser.

Windows 8 upgrade for students will cost $70 on Feb. 1, but you can still get it for $40 now

Microsoft will offer a discounted version of Windows 8 Pro for students after the price of the OS goes up on Feb. 1, but anyone who wants to get in on Windows 8 can do so at an even lower price during the next two days.

5 reasons you should buy Windows 8 now

One of the best reasons to do so? The base price of Windows 8 will jump 300 percent on Feb. 1.

Usability expert tears apart Windows 8

Design expert Jakob Nielsen calls Microsoft's still-fresh Windows 8 operating system "a monster that terrorizes poor office workers and strangles their productivity."

Bill Gates calls Windows 8 & Surface ‘an important set of innovations’ (video)

Microsoft chairman and former CEO Bill Gates has joined the company’s marketing campaign to praise Windows 8, Windows Phone 8, and the Surface tablet, and he touts the benefits of all three in a new video.

Preorders for Windows 8 start today — $70 in stores, $40 online

Microsoft has released finalized pricing and packaging details for all versions of its upcoming Windows 8 operating system. Physical copies of Windows 8 Pro cost $70, while downloads costs $40.

Leaked training videos show how retail will try to explain Windows 8

Microsoft’s new Windows 8 operating system arrives on virtual and physical shelves on Oct. 26. To get ready for the launch, Microsoft has created instructional videos to help retailers sell and explain Windows 8 to consumers.

Microsoft announces Windows 8 launch event Oct. 25 in New York

Microsoft will officially launch its upcoming Windows 8 operating system on Oct. 25 at an event in New York.

Windows Phone 8 likely launching Oct. 29 — will it be too late?

Microsoft’s Windows Phone 8 OS will reportedly launch on Oct. 29, just a few days after Windows 8 launches. But with a launch more than a month after the iPhone 5, is Microsoft seriously hurting Windows Phone 8′s potential reach?

Cat power: Apple’s Mountain Lion is quickly marking its territory

Apple’s just-launched Mountain Lion operating system has already seen widespread adoption among Mac users and accounts for 3 percent of Mac web traffic around the globe, AllThingsD reports.

Mountain Lion is an incremental OS update from Lion with 200 new …

Citing weak sales, LG backs away from Windows Phone (updated)

Updated at 7:31 a.m. on 5/1/12 with additional LG comment.

South Korea’s LG says it has no immediate plans to manufacture new Windows Phone devices, and instead it will focus all its mobile firepower on Android.

Microsoft’s Windows Phone 7 …

Google’s Android OS now seeing a whopping 850K activations per day

Google’s incredibly popular Android mobile operating system is now seeing more than 850,000 phone activations every day, writes Google Senior VP Andy Rubin on a company blog today.

“Each and every day, we are humbled by the trajectory of Android …