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 ...

Last September, Microsoft showed off Windows 8 in public for the first time. One glance at the operating-system upgrade–heavily influenced by the company’s inventive Windows Phone–was enough to tell ...

Windows 8 presents a radically new user experience that will be unfamiliar to just about everyone who's ever used a computer, and everyone will have to learn a few new tricks to get things done in the ...

Let’s take a look. Putting Windows 8 Consumer Preview into perspective No doubt you’ve already banged around the Windows 8 Developer Preview, and your clicking finger is poised to get the Consumer ...

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 ...

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 ...

Windows 8 has delivered no bump to flagging consumer PC sales in the U.S., a retail research analyst said today. “There wasn’t any pop at all,” said Steven Baker of the NPD Group. “The hope was that ...

BARCELONA, Spain (AP) - Microsoft on Wednesday let consumers start trying out its upcoming touch-based Windows 8 operating system, which aims to power a new wave of computer tablets and traditional ...

Microsoft today announced that customers had downloaded more than 1 million copies of the Windows 8 Consumer Preview in its first day of availability. The company released the preview Wednesday around ...

Since the release of Windows 8 Consumer Preview last week, a nagging question has been hounding speed-hogs everywhere: just how much faster is Windows 8 than Windows 7? We decided to find out for ...