A deep look at Windows 8, Microsoft's answer to the iPad. Feb. 29, 2012 — -- Every day billions of people in the world boot up their computers and are brought into the world of Microsoft ...

Microsoft's ill-fated Windows 8 operating system was well ahead of its time, and Windows 11 could learn a thing or two about touch UX from it.

Folder icons are far less glitzy and much ... But rather than make two separate tablet and desktop interfaces like Microsoft did for Windows 8, Microsoft chose to make the Windows 10 desktop and ...

Windows 8' s tile interface is ... But based on what I'm seeing from Microsoft's Windows 8 strategy, ... Instead of a desktop with icons and windows, you see a series of squares or tiles.

Microsoft isn't kidding when it says Windows 8 will be the biggest overhaul of its flagship operating system since the landmark Windows 95 release. This is like no Windows we've seen before.

A guide to Microsoft Windows 8 Ed Rhee/CNET How to run Desktop and Metro programs in Windows 8. Next, you'll see a mosaic of Live Tiles, each representing an application.

But the Metro interface hasn’t brought a new golden age for Microsoft. Adoption of Windows 8 PCs has been slow, while Microsoft’s Surface tablets have proven a $900 million-plus flop.And ...

A Windows 8 rebuild plan for Microsoft Fear not, Windows faithful, Ken Hess is here to help with suggestions for a Windows 8 rebuild. Written by Ken Hess, Contributor April 24, 2013 at 10:47 a.m. PT ...

Windows 8 beta is eminently touchable, definitely social, and maybe just a bit sexy. Latest. ... Early look at Microsoft Windows 8 beta. By Seth Rosenblatt. February 29, 2012 / 12:42 PM ...

Microsoft is preparing to release an updated Windows 10 Technical Preview with a series of updates to the operating system’s iconography. One obvious change is the Recycle Bin icon that sits on ...

The classic Windows is still there in Windows 8. Microsoft hid it behind the Metro interface. That means you get the same old taskbar, Start menu and desktop full of icons for your favorite apps.

Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer can't afford to be wrong about Windows 8. If Ballmer is right, Windows 8 will prove that Microsoft still has the technology chops to shape the future. If he's wrong ...