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 ...

Microsoft catch up with Android and iOS with Facebook and Flipboard apps. June 26, 2013 — -- Microsoft is addressing many of the user complaints of Windows 8 in its forthcoming Windows 8.1 update ...

Even if you aren’t a huge techie, you probably know about all the big, mainstream apps that are fundamental to how we use our PCs. I’m talking Word, Outlook, Chrome, Slack, Dropbox, etc. You know, ...

Whether you want it or not, Microsoft will release its Windows 8 operating system on October 26. The new OS upends the familiar Start menu-based interface you’ve known since Windows 95 in favor of one ...

Chris Hoffman is the author of Windows Intelligence, an email newsletter that brings the latest Windows news, tips, and tricks to inboxes each week. He's also the former editor-in-chief of How-To Geek ...

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 ...

Microsoft's Windows 8 has been kicking about in public beta form for some time now, so many PC users already know what to expect from the latest edition of the world-conquering operating system. It's ...