Windows 8 lives again on Linux, and I'm just as confused by it as you ...

Block by boring block.

Valve Software bigwig Gabe Newell has his long knives out and he’s slashing in Windows 8’s direction, going so far as to call Microsoft’s imminent operating system makeover a “catastrophe.” It’s not ...

Windows 8 is coming in 2012: Here's an early look at 10 major new features and areas of improvement. Editor’s Note: As expected, Microsoft’s Windows President, Steven Sinofsky, took the stage at the ...

Windows 8 RP: Incremental improvements Lots of little things changed between Consumer Preview (CP) and Release Preview (RP). There are more colors and patterns for the Metro Start screen, as well as ...

If you were asked to pick the most annoying of the various Microsoft Windows interfaces that have appeared over the years, ...

Microsoft's Windows Store might have more than a few big-name apps missing when it officially launches alongside Windows 8 on Oct. 26, but Skype won't be one of them. Today, the Microsoft-owned video ...

Above shows me moving through the new interface with widgets on the left and pinned application favorites on the right. All of these were the defaults that shipped with Windows 8. I wasn’t able to get ...

Forget what you’ve heard. Microsoft’s most radically redesigned version of Windows is often brilliant and improves upon Windows 7--even if you don’t own a touchscreen. But, still, it’s not for ...

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 ...

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 ...