On Friday, October 26, Microsoft will unleash Windows 8 -- the result of more than three years of work by one of the world's largest cross-disciplinary software and hardware engineering teams, and ...

Windows 8 has two environments: the full screen, touch-centric Windows Store App interface (also called Metro) and the Desktop interface, which looks and acts like Windows 7. If you install programs ...

Forget all of Microsoft’s hoopla about Windows 8‘s new Metro interface. If you’re a power user who relies on lots of legacy software, you’ll still be spending most of your time with the classic ...

Buying a new Windows 8 device isn’t as simple as, say, picking up a new Android tablet. The device-spanning nature of the overhauled operating system means Windows works on a vast array of hardware, ...

Attempting to meet the needs of different types of users is a familiar trend, and the new Task Manager is another instance where this two-pronged approach works well. By default, the Task Manager ...

In my continuing mission to explore strange new tiles and seek out new bugs and windows, I give you my video gaming experiences with Windows 8 Consumer Preview. Share on Facebook (opens in a new ...