PCWorld has already published a hands-on of Windows 8.1. We’ve examined what’s inside the updated system, and we’ve explained what we still hope to see in future revisions. But we haven’t yet ...

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Microsoft is poised to release Windows 8.1, a deep and crucial revamping of the Windows 8 ideal. The code is final (though Microsoft reserves the right to tweak it further), and the time for ...

On October 26, 2012, Microsoft released Windows 8, a hybrid tablet/desktop operating system that took bold risks but garnered mixed reviews. Ten years later, we’ve caught up with former Windows ...

A purported UX designer for Microsoft reveals why the "love it or hate it" Metro environment is the default in Windows 8. Lance Whitney Contributing Writer Lance Whitney is a freelance technology ...

Windows 8 no longer includes the traditional Start Menu that Windows users have become associated with using. Instead they replaced it with a new interface called the Windows Start Screen that many ...