It had to happen sooner or later. News from those who somehow acquired copies of a Windows 8 "Consumer Preview" version (build 8220) that leaked this weekend indicates that Microsoft has finally ...

Windows 8 delivered a number of major design changes, but none has been quite as controversial as the removal of the Start button and Start menu. Microsoft claims this was in part because people just ...

Sure, Windows 8 has sold over 100 million copies in its 7 months of existence, and, for most products, that would be quite a triumph. But for Windows, software used by over a billion machines, it's ...