Microsoft blended the Windows 7 interface with its new Metro UI. Metro UI was entirely different from the UIs Windows had ...

(CNN) -- Upgrading to the new Windows 8 operating system is not nearly as complicated as it looks, despite Microsoft's sometimes muddled marketing. Getting used to using it is a different story. At ...

Windows 8.1 is finally here and with it Microsoft’s hopes of a second act for its flagship operating system. Windows 8, launched just under a year ago, was a bold attempt to propel the OS into the ...

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 ...

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 ...

After serving users for almost ten years, support for Windows 8.1, Microsoft’s serially overlooked operating system, has officially come to an end. This means that while computers running 8.1 will ...

Despite being perhaps the only person on Earth craving a way to use the Windows 8 UI on Linux, even developer er-bharat ...

The artificial restrictions Microsoft put on Windows 8 are simply mind boggling. There's no technical reason why a program couldn't generate tiles and a desktop UI, but because they're so adamant on ...

Ericuse165 asked people on the Windows forum what they thought of the Windows 8 Consumer Preview. I offer my two cents. Microsoft has created a very confused and confusing operating system. Windows 8 ...

<b>commentary </b> The usability expert branded Microsoft's new operating system "disappointing." But his approach would lead to the kind of incremental improvements that have dogged Microsoft for ...

Steam is no longer supported on Windows 7, Windows 8, and Windows 8.1 as of January 1, with the company recommending users upgrade to a newer operating system. The gaming company warned last year that ...

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