Visually, Windows 8 Metro design is not a pretty sight. I’m no designer nor do I claim to be, but a mishmash of solid-colored tiles and a flat, blocky design don’t exactly stir the soul.

Windows 8 is considerably more complicated because you have two versions of IE, one for the Legacy Desktop and one for the Metro Start screen. In Windows 8, if you choose IE as your default ...

Eagle-eyed Metro users saw a number on the Windows Store tile, clicked or tapped on it, then clicked or tapped on the Updates link and received a list of the apps to be updated. Mail was on the list.

Windows 8 is great—if you ditch its Live Tiles and silly swipe gestures. Here's how to do just that and get back to clean desktop living.

Even after Microsoft ditched Windows 8’s unloved ‘Metro’ interface for the more traditional Start menu with Windows 10, Live Tiles managed to stick around.

This is vexing in Windows 8; it's arguably even more annoying in Windows Server 2012. The Start screen could make an ideal at-a-glance console, with Live Tiles to indicate the health of various ...

Windows 8.1, the free update that adds another layer of customizability and usability changes to Microsoft’s Windows 8 operating system, address many of functional issues that plagued the ...

As you can see in our First Look video above or in the official BlueStacks promo, the Windows 8 integration works with the Metro interface, creating tiles for Android apps that look and feel like ...

Windows 8.1 update 1 adds mouse-friendly options to Metro apps, as well as the Start screen itself. Leaked versions of the impending Windows 8.1 update 1 show even more improvements inbound.

According to new Windows 9 leaks and rumors, it seems we could be in for some dramatic changes by the time the first public preview of Windows 9 rolls around on September 30. The most recent ...