Microsoft’s decision to take a radical departure in the user interface of Windows 8 has many of its customers asking the same question. Microsoft has always had downgrade rights in place for its ...

A Linux developer has created a Windows 8 DE. Win8DE looks very much like Windows 8. This new desktop is still in alpha stages. Remember Windows 8? I'm sure I can guess what you remember from that ...

(AP) Can’t decide if you want a PC or tablet? Now you won’t have to. With the release of Windows 8, computer makers are doing their best to blur the boundaries with an array of devices that mash ...

Last week, Microsoft and its retail partners revealed a few more details about Windows 8 pricing, clarifying what the Redmond, Wash., developer has purposefully left muddy in the months leading up to ...

Microsoft today announced that it’s wrapped up Windows 8 and declared that the operating system has met the “release to manufacturing” (RTM) milestone. “A short while ago we started releasing Windows ...

I upgraded to Windows 8.1 a couple of days ago, and so far I've been happy. There are a couple of outliers though, and neither Mr. Google, Mr. Bing, nor Mr. DuckDuckGo have any answers so far. So, I ...

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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 ...