Windows 8 is primed to be the most radical OS out of Redmond -- ever. Yeah, I know, the switch from Windows 95/98 to Windows 2000 was huge. Going from Windows XP to Vista (sorry, not Windows 7 -- they ...

If you were worried that, like Windows Phone 7, Windows 8 would be locked in landscape mode, fear not! On the Building Windows 8 blog, Microsoft has outlined that while landscape is certainly the ...

Microsoft is bringing more of the Metro user interface to Windows 8’s desktop, swapping frosted glass for sharp edges and minimalist icons. The aesthetic change, spotted by Engadget, was quietly ...

Microsoft’s Windows 8 developer preview has been out for about a month, and the software giant is ready to discuss some new changes to Windows 8 based on user feedback. In an incredibly long and ...

Aiming not to repeat the mistakes of its past, Microsoft pledged Monday to engage the developer community as well as consumers during development of its upcoming Windows 8 operating system. As part of ...

After a lot of fluster on the Building Windows 8 blog, the Release Preview is actually surprisingly similar to the Consumer Preview. Multi-monitor improvements are in, and Metro IE now supports Flash ...

In the latest 'Building Windows 8' blog post, Microsoft details the challenges it has faced supporting both USB 3.0 and older USB devices in the upcoming OS. Microsoft is promising full support for ...

Steven Sinofsky, president of the Microsoft Windows and Windows Live division, revealed the first details about Windows 8 on ARM (WOA) recently in the Building Windows 8 blog. Microsoft CEO Steve ...

Over the last few days, Microsoft has revealed a number of details on the Building Windows 8 blog regarding a new feature coming to the upcoming OS dubbed “Picture Password”. Upon hearing the name of ...

All I care about is Windows not slowing down horribly after months of use as Windows 7 seems to like to do, and the backup and restore not sucking so hard as Windows 7's backup does. On iOS ...

Windows 8’s Metro Start screen has elicited angry feedback from some users.Lance Whitney/CNET Responding to complaints over the Metro-based Windows 8 Start screen, Microsoft is still trying to defend ...