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 ...

Whether you want it or not, Microsoft will release its Windows 8 operating system on October 26. The new OS upends the familiar Start menu-based interface you’ve known since Windows 95 in favor of one ...

Microsoft's Windows Store might have more than a few big-name apps missing when it officially launches alongside Windows 8 on Oct. 26, but Skype won't be one of them. Today, the Microsoft-owned video ...

From getting back your Start menu to tweaking the Metro UI, here's how to play better with Windows 8 Although it isn’t even in beta, the Windows 8 Developer Preview edition is already getting tweaked ...