Microsoft plans to do more than just reintroduce a Start menu to make Windows 9, aka "Threshold," more appealing to Windows XP, Vista, and Windows 7 users. Mary Jo Foley Mary Jo Foley has covered the ...

Mary Jo Foley has covered the tech industry for 30 years for a variety of publications, including ZDNet, eWeek and Baseline. She is the author of Microsoft 2.0: How Microsoft plans to stay relevant in ...

Windows 'Threshold' Leaks Point to Return of Start Menu Microsoft's follow-up to Windows 8, the operating system revamp code named Threshold, could reintroduce the Start menu ditched in the original ...

Morrissey celebrates Microsoft ditching the Charms Bar, with gladioli. Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) is said to be giving up on the whole Charms schtick. Windows 9 — the assumed name for codename Threshold ...

Microsoft is preparing to release the next version of Windows, code-named “Threshold,” in a public preview this fall, according to a Friday report. ZDNet’s Mary Jo Foley reports “Threshold” will be ...

So, question about KMS activation, as it relates to Windows 7. We already have a KMS server which activates Windows 2008R2 servers. Works great. So, I want to have a few Windows 7 machines I am ...

An interesting question is circulating online kicked off by Microsoft watcher Michael Gillett last Saturday: What will Microsoft name the next version of Windows? I know, that doesn’t sound very ...

Windows Threshold is a term that refers to a major Windows update that is coming in the future. It is believed to be a codename for a Windows project and now it seems the project is “official” after ...

Microsoft is expected to release a preview of the next version of Windows this fall and it will likely be followed by a full release of Windows 9 in early 2015. Right now the software’s code-named ...

Will Redmond back down, like Coca-Cola did? Microsoft (NSADQ:MSFT) is said to be giving back more of what we lost in Windows 8. ‘Threshold’ — presumably called Windows 9 — will reinstate the Start ...

A consensus of leaked details — hardly infallible — now places a technical preview of the next version of Windows in late September or early October. Two days ago I asked the question: Which Windows ...

We’ve heard that Microsoft’s Windows 9 OS will have two different versions: the first is centered around the desktop with no modern UI and the second is centered ...