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 ...

There were many tales of Windows 8 circling the drain over the holidays, but there's also hope on the horizon for Microsoft's OS Windows 8’s been in the news again and not in a good way — again. Net ...

Although Microsoft believes Windows 8.1 is equally at home on a tablet, laptop or desktop, nothing’s more fitting for the hybrid operating system than a device that blurs the lines. The Surface Pro 2, ...

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Some of us move from one OS to another with ease. But others find it a bit more difficult, especially when the new OS is a huge navigation and UI leap from what they’ve been using for nearly two ...

Though Windows 8 is winning rave reviews for its touch-friendly tablet experience, many feel that the operating system's "Modern-style" UI makes life more difficult for PC users. Count usability ...

For the last few decades, developers have always flocked to Microsoft’s operating system while Apple’s Mac OS X has been an afterthought. In the post-PC world though the tables have turned. Apple’s ...

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 ...

Update 7/19/2021: Windows 8.1 is long outdated, but technically supported through 2023. If you need to download an ISO to reinstall the full version of the operating ...

This past week, Windows president Steven Sinofsky published a blog post that gave considerable insight into the status of the upcoming Windows 8 on ARM architecture for tablets. ARM chips are largely ...

While tablets provide an excellent alternative to Netbooks of the past, Google has had their own affordable solution, the Chromebook. For those unfamiliar with the devices, they usually sell in the ...