Forget all of Microsoft’s hoopla about Windows 8‘s new Metro interface. If you’re a power user who relies on lots of legacy software, you’ll still be spending most of your time with the classic ...

In a double-barrelled assault, Microsoft has explained why the Start menu in Windows 8 has met its demise, and why the Start screen is better. The first round of the attack sees Chaitanya Sareen ...

One of the challenges of Microsoft's new Metro-style Start screen in Windows 8 is how to provide the constant "live tile" updates that the design calls for without destroying battery life or crippling ...

Some of us move from one OS to another with ease. But others find it a bit more difficult, especially when the new OS is a huge navigation and UI leap from what they’ve been using for nearly two ...

Microsoft has written volumes about how we don't need a Windows 7-style Start menu in Windows 8 -- Microsoft is wrong If you’ve played with the Windows 8 Developer Preview, you know that the old ...

Windows 8 is kind of the laughing stock among the many Windows versions released throughout the years. There have always been misfires, but Windows 8's radically different approach to the UI design ...

Ever since Microsoft revealed that it will kill the classic Start menu in Windows 8, third-party developers have been cooking up ways to bring it back. SweetLabs, a San Diego-based start-up, is the ...