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 ...

We’ve ripped the virtual wrapping off our shiny new Windows 8.1 preview update, and the first thing we embraced was the long-awaited and sorely missed Start button, whose return earned our praise ...

Microsoft has introduced the familiar ‘Start button’ to Windows 8 with a new update that also includes new search features. By Matt Warman And Agencies and Mattwarman 30 May 2013 • 3:46pm Windows 8.1 ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Variously known as Windows Blue, the OS update is expected to be unveiled at Build in June, at ...

When it comes to Windows sources, Paul Thurrott is about as solid as they get. On his SuperSite for Windows, Thurrott has just confirmed that the next big update to Windows 8 — known as Windows 8.1 or ...

Microsoft has released screenshots confirming the return of a Start button to Windows 8 Microsoft has confirmed a Start button is returning to the desktop mode's taskbar of its Windows 8 operating ...

Windows 10 quintessentially combines the functionality of Windows 8 Start screen with the ageing style and looks of Windows 7 Start menu, wherein some older apps could be represented as ugly Win32 ...

Microsoft has confirmed a Start button is returning to the desktop mode's taskbar of its Windows 8 operating system. The lack of the facility - which had been in every previous version since Windows ...