The ability to boot directly to the Desktop? Check. Lots of handy changes to the user interface? Check. A better-looking app store? Check. A new and (somewhat) improved version of Internet Explorer?

An expert on user interface design has called Windows 8 “disappointing” for novices and power users alike. Jakob Nielsen, principal of the Nielsen Norman Group, studied how a dozen experienced PC ...

Windows 8.1 works toward solving many of the problems users had with Windows 8 and adds several useful new features to boot. Jason Parker Senior Editor / Reviews - Software Jason Parker has been at ...

Well-known interface guru Jakob Nielsen has put Windows 8 through user testing on PCs and tablets, and his conclusion is a stark one: Windows 8 is bad on tablets, and even worse on PCs. He blames ...

My, how time flies when you’re swiping through live tiles. Microsoft’s new-look Windows 8 launched exactly one month and one day ago, bringing its modern user interface and mobile-style apps to the ...

I like writing about Windows 8. But every time I do — like right now, as I’ve been working on a post on Windows 8.1 — I’m bedeviled by the same conundrum. It’s minor but aggravating, and it confronts ...

The past few months saw the use of various logos reflecting the upcoming operating system from Microsoft, Windows 8, which has recently been attributed an official logo with the previous trademark ...

Windows 8 was first mentioned at the CES 2011 in January last year. Microsoft then announced that Windows 8 would be adding support for ARM microprocessors in addition to the x86 microprocessors from ...

The much-anticipated update for Windows 8 will begin shipping on Oct. 17, delivering a set of changes that Microsoft hopes will calm critics and improve sales of the tablet-optimized OS. Windows 8.1, ...

The previous client version of Windows. Introduced in October 2012, Windows 8 featured desktop-tablet integration. Updated to Windows 8.1 a year later, Windows 8 was superseded by Windows 10 in 2015 ...