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 ...

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 new head of Windows -- Sinofsky's successor-- Julie Larson-Green says it takes Windows 8 users between "two days and two weeks" to grow accustomed to the new Metro Start screen, Charms bar, and ...

Microsoft has designed a new user interface for Windows 8, with an emphasis on bright colours and friendliness. Personally, the interface (dubbed “Metro”) reminds me of a child’s toy. One of the ...

Way back in 1985, Microsoft launched Windows 1.0, the first version of its Mac-like software for PCs. In 2009, it introduced Windows 7, the current edition. Thanks to 24 years’ worth of astounding ...

On October 26, 2012, Microsoft released Windows 8, a hybrid tablet/desktop operating system that took bold risks but garnered mixed reviews. Ten years later, we’ve caught up with former Windows ...

GamesBeat met with project director Christopher Flores at the Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3) in Los Angeles, Calif. to discuss the upcoming gaming features built into Windows 8. Demonstrating on a ...

Microsoft held its first major unveiling of what’s in store with Windows 8 at the D9 conference this week. Windows 8 looks bold. It looks slick. It looks impressively innovative. But, it also looks ...

Microsoft has announced that the Windows 8 Release Preview, which is due in early June, will thankfully feature a bunch of much-needed multi-monitor tweaks and fixes. Share on Facebook (opens in a new ...

A U.K. design team recruited 14 Windows users and subjected them to the new Windows 8 interface. Apparently none of them cottoned to it immediately. CNET contributor Don Reisinger is a technology ...

Mary Jo Foley has covered the tech industry for 30 years for a variety of publications, including ZDNet, eWeek and Baseline. She is the author of Microsoft 2.0: How Microsoft plans to stay relevant in ...

Enterprise developers are seeing demand for Windows 8 line of business apps on mobile devices. However, the applications–while impressive–are speeding along mostly in vertical markets for very ...