Windows 8 is the most significant operating system update Microsoft has launched since Windows 95, and the first one designed to run on such a wide range of devices. ExtremeTech has split its coverage ...

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 ...

Forget all of Microsoft’s hoopla about Windows 8‘s new Metro interface. If you’re a power user who relies on lots of legacy software, you’ll still be spending most of your time with the classic ...

Microsoft unveiled Windows 8 and released it to the world. As you can read in our visual history of Windows, the operating ...

Windows 8 may not offer the option to boot a computer directly to the familiar desktop interface. Users running the final code of Windows 8 RTM have reported that the operating system must first boot ...

Over the last few months, a compelling case has been made for Microsoft's doe-eyed championing of touchscreen tablets and apparent abandonment of the desktop. Windows 8's primary interface, with ...