Microsoft announced general availability on March 1 of the final version of its Windows Embedded Compact 7 operating system, codenamed "Chelan." Microsoft posted a 180-day trial version of the ...

Microsoft hasn't released a new version of its ruggedized operating system, since it delivered Windows Embedded Handheld 6.5 (based on the Windows Mobile 6.5 core) in July 2010.

Ah, Windows Embedded. The Microsoft operating system that millions of devices and machines are running, typically with a custom application or skin running on top of it so that users don’t ...

Embedded system developers have a wide range of operating systems available to them today. Of course, the most straightforward operating system is to have no operating system! However, many systems ...

Microsoft today released two of its new Windows Embedded 8 operating system products today, with a third product expected next month.

Windows Embedded is effectively a cut-down version of the operating system designed for computers used for a few dedicated tasks.

Juniper Systems' Microsoft Windows Embedded Handheld 6.5 for the Mesa Rugged Notepad is an operating system that includes a new finger-friendly "Mega Keys" on-screen keyboard with larger keys and ...

Microsoft's Tablet Surfaces Windows 8 Changes Are More Than Skin Deep I gave Windows 8 a Best of 2012 award last year (see Windows 8 Goes Far Beyond The Typical Operating-System Update).

The wraps are off Microsoft's Windows 2000 embedded operating system (OS). Whistler Embedded's modular design lets developers use Windows 2000's advanced features in embedded designs that now rely ...

After introducing interrupts and the foreground/background architecture, I am finally ready to tackle the concept of a Real-Time Operating System (RTOS). In this first lesson on RTOS (commonly ...

Windows Embedded operating systems accounted for 36 percent of retail and hospitality POS shipments in 2007.

Infinium Labs and Venturcom announce that the Phantom Game System will use a Windows XP Embedded-based operating system.