An expert on user interface design has called Windows 8 “disappointing” for novices and power users alike. Jakob Nielsen, principal of the Nielsen Norman Group, studied how a dozen experienced PC ...

The BUILD convention (held this week in Anaheim, California) is Windows 8's coming out party. Although information nuggets about Microsoft's upcoming operating system have been released over the last ...

The past few months saw the use of various logos reflecting the upcoming operating system from Microsoft, Windows 8, which has recently been attributed an official logo with the previous trademark ...

The ability to boot directly to the Desktop? Check. Lots of handy changes to the user interface? Check. A better-looking app store? Check. A new and (somewhat) improved version of Internet Explorer?

Along with its heavily reworked user interface, Windows 8 introduces an online store where you can download apps designed to work with the new operating system. Even though Windows 8 still runs ...

Microsoft likes to talk about Windows 8 as being Windows “reimagined,” and in many ways it is quite a departure from its predecessors. To allow the operating system’s use across a range of touchscreen ...

One year after launching Windows 8, Microsoft has begun rolling out the operating system’s biggest update yet. The Windows 8.1 upgrade is available now to those who already have Windows 8, bringing ...

Ready to jump into Windows 8? As if the switch from the Windows 7 interface to the Windows 8 way of doing things wasn't bad enough, deciding what type of Windows 8 or Windows RT device to purchase is ...