Microsoft veteran shares the internal codenames used during Windows 8 development.

Microsoft unveiled Windows 8 and released it to the world. As you can read in our visual history of Windows, the operating ...

Update 7/19/2021: Windows 8.1 is long outdated, but technically supported through 2023. If you need to download an ISO to reinstall the full version of the operating ...

From getting back your Start menu to tweaking the Metro UI, here's how to play better with Windows 8 Although it isn’t even in beta, the Windows 8 Developer Preview edition is already getting tweaked ...

My colleague Woody Leonhard has reviewed the final version of Windows 8, and I encourage you to read his take to understand the nuances of Microsoft’s tablet/desktop hybrid OS. I’ve detailed the many ...

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” ...

Here's what went wrong with the Windows App Store and how Microsoft is trying to get things right for the future. But is it too late? I've been writing about technology for more than 15 years and ...