Windows 8 Start page Microsoft’s Steve Sinofsky announced on the Building Windows 8 blog Wednesday that development on Windows 8 is now complete. The final bits are being shipped to hardware OEMs, ...

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When Microsoft built Windows 8, it bet that it could create a Windows Store experience that would rival competitors like Apple and Google. The company was confident enough of its abilities in this ...

Windows 8.1's store is a far cry better than Windows 8.0, with a number of features that make it worth a second look. If you're considering the OS, check out the improvements. Share on Facebook (opens ...

With the launch of the Windows 8 Consumer Preview, Microsoft has embraced the age of the app and opened its own app store — the Windows Store. Like Apple’s iOS App Store and Google’s Android Market, ...

Why not just have "The Windows Store" that is available across all supported version of windows? I have opened the Windows app store a total of 0 times since it came out, pardon the ignorant question.

Kia [/url]":1sdwrjt4]Now all the Windows Store needs is some Apps that people will actually use. Not sure why all the downvotes. I came here to say the same thing. It's the biggest elephant in the ...

Microsoft has amended the guidelines of the Windows 8 store to allow the sale of mature games, Gizmodo reports. Initially, the guidelines prevented the sale of games rated "Adult" by the ESRB and, in ...

It's official -- well, sort of. Microsoft has formally changed the "Metro" name used to describe a user interface and an app style for Windows 8 to a new name, "Windows Store app." The name change ...

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 ...

NEW YORK — Microsoft will be releasing its own tablet computer for the first time when the new version of Windows comes out today, as the software company tries to challenge Apple Inc. and its ...