Making Windows more relevant in a mobile world is a work in progress. PC makers are in a battle for survival. Brooke Crothers writes about mobile computer systems, including laptops, tablets, ...

Windows 8.1 has a nice feature called sync to the cloud so that when you reinstall the operating system, you automatically get the customizations. This saves time and energy. You can use the feature ...

Microsoft is poised to release Windows 8.1, a deep and crucial revamping of the Windows 8 ideal. The code is final (though Microsoft reserves the right to tweak it further), and the time for ...

It has been widely reported that the Start button is back. It is not, at least not as we had come to know it. What has appeared is a Start Screen/Desktop toggle switch that formerly was hidden in the ...

The Update bits that shipped on MSDN last week are not the same as the bits currently being shoveled out of Windows Update If you installed Windows 8.1 Update from the MSDN download provided by ...