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 ...

Here in the ExtremeTech bunker, where bleeding-edge tech comes to meet its maker, most of us have now been using Windows 8 for a few days. Here are some of the tips and tricks we've learnt. Share on ...

Forget all of Microsoft’s hoopla about Windows 8‘s new Metro interface. If you’re a power user who relies on lots of legacy software, you’ll still be spending most of your time with the classic ...

We’re just a few months away from Windows 8’s final release. A new operating system can be overwhelming, and not all the changes and additions will appeal to you, but a lot of good stuff in Windows 8 ...

Windows 8 is an odd, discombobulated beast of an operating system that suffers from an identity crisis of the most severe degree. On the one hand, the primary focus of Windows 8 is to bring ...

We've been fans of Splashtop's remote access apps for quite awhile, so when we heard the company was working on a new remote desktop app for Windows 8, we jumped at the chance to take it for a test ...

Although Microsoft believes Windows 8.1 is equally at home on a tablet, laptop or desktop, nothing’s more fitting for the hybrid operating system than a device that blurs the lines. The Surface Pro 2, ...

Microsoft unveiled the Windows 8 Consumer Preview Product Guide for Business just a few hours before the widely anticipated release of Windows 8 Consumer Preview. In addition to the predictable pablum ...

Speaking at the firm's Build developers conference in San Francisco, Microsoft's Steve Guggenheimer has hinted that developers working on Windows 8 apps may also be able to release said titles on Xbox ...