A purported UX designer for Microsoft reveals why the "love it or hate it" Metro environment is the default in Windows 8. Lance Whitney Contributing Writer Lance Whitney is a freelance technology ...

Microsoft is bringing more of the Metro user interface to Windows 8’s desktop, swapping frosted glass for sharp edges and minimalist icons. The aesthetic change, spotted by Engadget, was quietly ...

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, ...

Microsoft will walk away from the “Metro” tag it’s been using for over a year to describe the new environment and apps in both Windows 8 and Windows RT, the company confirmed Friday. “We have used ...

Update: The guide below was written for Windows 8 Developer Preview and will not work with the Windows 8 Consumer Preview released on February 29th, 2012. But you can still enable Metro style apps on ...

It's official -- well, sort of. Microsoft has formally changed the "Metro" name used to describe a user interface and an app style for Windows 8 to a new name, "Windows Store app." The name change ...

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I broke my half of our Windows 8 review into two smaller parts when I realized that sheer frustration with the Windows 8 Desktop/Metro integration section was threatening to destroy my positive ...

A new Twitter app, a new game, and an update to existing blogging app have popped up in the Windows 8 Store. Lance Whitney Contributing Writer Lance Whitney is a freelance technology writer and ...

Microsoft finally revealed details of its next-generation Windows 8 operating system on Tuesday at its Build event in Anaheim, California. Windows 8 is, according to Windows president Steven Sinofsky, ...

Microsoft threw a big bash in Barcelona today to throw the switch on the Windows 8 Consumer Preview. This early look at the next major version of Windows is now available for download to allow ...

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 ...