Microsoft blended the Windows 7 interface with its new Metro UI. Metro UI was entirely different from the UIs Windows had ...

Windows 8 isn’t for everyone. If you’re mostly a desktop PC user comfortable with Windows 7, upgrading to Windows 8 is probably not worthwhile. If you’re a mobile user who needs easy access to the ...

Even in the best of times, businesses don’t like upgrading their PC operating systems. The process is expensive and time-consuming, and usually demands retraining a technically challenged workforce.

Windows 8.1 will do a fine job of smoothing out some of Windows 8’s roughest edges, and add some new features that should have been in the operating system in the first place. But can it fix the worst ...

Three years ago we were benchmarking Microsoft's then latest operating system, Windows 8. At the time we were keen to make sure Windows 8 performed as well as Windows 7, which was a huge upgrade from ...

Microsoft is retooling the latest version of its Windows operating system to address complaints and confusion that have been blamed for deepening a slump in personal computer sales. The tune up ...

Windows 8 also has its own native apps, and you can run those as well. But it’s the only tablet operating system that lets you run both big applications and smaller apps. As for Windows 8 as an ...

As of January 12, Microsoft's controversial operating system, Windows 8, is no longer officially supported. As such, Microsoft is advising people still running it to upgrade to Windows 8.1 or Windows ...

Someone recreated Windows 8.1's tiled Start menu for Linux — a niche, open-source throwback. It's Python-based, supports ...

Windows 10 launched on July 29th and has already been downloaded over 14 million times. But why? Microsoft ’s decision to make Windows 10 free plays a big part (especially given warnings to wait) but ...

Microsoft has started to leak details of its plans for the upcoming release of Windows 8, highlighting a very different design philosophy compared to Apple's existing Mac OS X Lion. A new blog entry ...