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’s head of Windows development on Tuesday came close to promising that the iconic Start button would return to the Windows 8 desktop, but never made a guarantee. In a 25-minute interview at ...

On Friday, October 26, Microsoft will unleash Windows 8 -- the result of more than three years of work by one of the world's largest cross-disciplinary software and hardware engineering teams, and ...

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 ...

I did it. I took the Windows 8 plunge. After vowing to buy a new desktop PC with Windows 7 — I balked at the idea of learning a new OS while also dealing with the hassle of reinstalling applications ...