Windows 8 stunk. It might have helped cost chief executive Steve Ballmer his job. Windows 8.1 was a bit better — but if you love it, you have only a month or so left to enjoy it. Microsoft will kill ...

Last September, Microsoft showed off Windows 8 in public for the first time. One glance at the operating-system upgrade–heavily influenced by the company’s inventive Windows Phone–was enough to tell ...

Windows 8, the Ultrabook, and HP's second thoughts about exiting the desktop market suggest that competition for users' hearts and minds is far from over You’ve seen the numbers: IDC predicts a ...

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 ...

PCWorld examines Windows 8’s 15th anniversary, noting the controversial operating system’s touch-centric interface faced widespread user criticism despite introducing features like the Windows Store ...

I'm using Win 8 on my PC and laptop. The desktop is an improvement to Windows 7 in almost every way, especially speed. The old start menu is gone. I don't miss it much as I rarely used it. The modern ...