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 ...

Last September, Microsoft showed off Windows 8 in public for the first time. One glance at the operating-system upgrade–heavily influenced by the company’s inventive Windows Phone–was enough to tell ...

I've been waiting to write about the Windows 8 Consumer Preview, wondering if over time, the new user interface would grow on me. Now that I have spent the past couple of weeks trying it on a variety ...

BARCELONA - Microsoft on Wednesday officially unveiled the consumer preview of Windows 8, its next-generation operating system. The updated OS preview is available now for download via preview.windows ...

Microsoft's newest update, Windows 8, will be available to users in October, according to Bloomberg News. The operating system, tailored to the tablet-heavy market, will be finished over the summer ...

Dan's love affair with tech began in 1985 with his first computer, the Enterprise 128. After a psychology and zoology degree at university, a career on stage and screen he joined Pocket-lint in 2009.

Windows 8 is set to be the biggest change to Microsoft's computer operating system since Windows 95 some 17 years ago, and now customers can download a trial for free. First, customers need to ...

From today users of Windows 7 will be able totry outthe "reimagined" software ahead of its full release. The company calls it the most significant redesign of the Windows interface since its ...