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Windows 8 is now 15 years old. Here’s where it’s still being used

Just over 15 years ago—on June 1st, 2011—Microsoft unveiled Windows 8 and released it to the world. As you can read in our visual history of Windows, the operating system wasn’t well-received by users ...
Digital Trends

I hope these 3 long-lost Microsoft Windows 8 features stay gone forever

If you used a Windows computer in the early 2010s, chances are you experienced Windows 8. Whether it was a good experience is another matter entirely, though. If you ask me, it was a bit of a disaster ...
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Sorry, Microsoft, the Experts Have Spoken: Windows 8’s Interface Is Called Metro

Follow this author to personalize your feed and get instant alerts. WHY FOLLOW? Update your preferences in Account Settings Microsoft's explanation of Metro, from back in the days when it was ...
PC World

Microsoft is bringing back a failed app from Windows 8

Microsoft is currently testing a pair of new apps — including one that the company previously decided to stop using due to a lack of interest. The two new apps are People and File Search. If “People” ...
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Microsoft is finally updating a Windows 8 relic that hung on all the way to Windows 11

Windows 11 preview swaps Windows 8's dotted spinner for a smoother, solid-line loading wheel. Change appears in Insider build 26300.8289; enable feature ID 59728252 via Vivetool to view it. Microsoft ...