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Windows 8: This bold experiment blended two UIs with awkward results. Let's look back ...

Well, thanks to Stardock's ModernMix, you now can! With ModernMix installed, you can run Metro (Modern, Windows 8-style UI) apps on the Windows 8 Desktop. With ModernMix, Metro apps essentially behave ...

Last week, we showed you how to bring the classic start menu to Windows 8. Now, we're going to show you how to bring the new Metro start menu to older Windows versions! WinMetro Thanks to IObit's new ...

Microsoft is definitely blurring the line between mobile and desktop operating systems with Windows 8, which combines an attractive Windows Phone-like interface that’s optimized for touch with the ...

Bad news for people who hate Metro (or whatever Microsoft’s calling it now): there’s apparently no way for users to get around the tiled Start menu interface in Windows 8. According to ZDNet, there is ...

Before you get too excited: No, the Start Screen is still there -- but due to a trademark claim by Metro AG, a massive Eurasian retail chain, Microsoft can no longer call it the Metro Start Screen, ...

Whatever the reason, “Metro” is out, and Microsoft is temporarily referring to the colorful, tiled interface of the impending flagship operating system as “Windows 8 Style UI”. That lacks flare, ...

Windows 8 offers a number of significant benefits, including a great performance boost and new features like shared storage spaces. But not everyone’s crazy about the tiled Start screen. If that ...

Microsoft no doubt knew it was going to have to face a lot of flak over its new operating system. And here's some more. Brooke Crothers writes about mobile computer systems, including laptops, tablets ...

Microsoft’s Windows 8 beta has been publicly available for nine days, and it’s clear hardly anyone likes it. IDC predicts Windows 8 will be “largely irrelevant for users of traditional PCs.” Tablet ...