Windows 8.1 has been one of the most-maligned operating systems in recent memory, and, in my opinion, much of what's been written about it has been misguided, unfair, and just plain wrong. The ...

The new version of Windows, available Friday, features a colorful, touch-friendly suite of tiles In testing Windows 8 I've come to really enjoy it, but it took a lot of re-learning and adjustment The ...

Our team tests, rates, and reviews more than 1,500 products each year to help you make better buying decisions and get more from technology. Microsoft said Wednesday that Windows 8 users who prefer ...

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 ...

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 ...

Starting off as a spotty youth who worked in Currys, he moved to the BBC (after getting a degree) where he was an editorial wrangler. A stint writing for Top Gear and co-presenting Sky One's Gadget ...

I broke my half of our Windows 8 review into two smaller parts when I realized that sheer frustration with the Windows 8 Desktop/Metro integration section was threatening to destroy my positive ...

Microsoft is striving to reduce the memory footprint of Windows 8, saying that RAM usage represents a 'key engineering tenet' of the new OS. In a post on the MSDN blog page, Microsoft's Steven ...

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 ...