While many of Windows 8.1’s major changes focus on the user interface, ultimately it all comes down to the apps. After all, the modern-style side of Windows 8 is supposed to be all about getting out ...

Making Windows more relevant in a mobile world is a work in progress. PC makers are in a battle for survival. Brooke Crothers writes about mobile computer systems, including laptops, tablets, ...

It’s the end of the line for Windows 7 and Windows 8.1. These older versions of Windows (plus Windows RT) stop receiving all security updates today, over a decade after their original releases.

Both Windows 8.1 and 7 are snagging more Web traffic, says Net Applications, while XP is grabbing less. Might this be related to the free upgrade to Windows 10? Lance Whitney is a freelance technology ...

Microsoft released its Windows 8 operating system to the public eight months ago. Since then, Windows 8 has sold more than 100 million licenses, and the company has received a lot of feedback from ...

Valve announced that its Steam online game platform will officially drop support for the Windows 7, Windows 8, and Windows 8.1 platforms starting January 1st, 2024. Windows 7 Professional and ...

Crapware is a fact of life for Windows PC buyers. Most of the time, it’s relatively harmless: limited anti-virus subscriptions you don’t want, WildTangent games and demoware you don’t need, and ...

Microsoft has officially ended mainstream support for Windows 8.1, marking the second-to-last milestone in the four-year-old operating system’s lifecycle. The last will come in 2023, when Microsoft ...

Phew. Maybe Windows Blue (or Windows 8.1, as Microsoft is now officially calling it) won’t be so blah after all. But Microsoft is betting big that a fresh coat of paint will be enough to bring users ...

Windows 8.1 has a nice feature called sync to the cloud so that when you reinstall the operating system, you automatically get the customizations. This saves time and energy. You can use the feature ...