Windows 8 required users to learn a handful of concepts to get around and perform basic tasks. When you know what those concepts are—swiping from the edges, clicking in the corners, and a few ...

MSDN and TechNet users are now hammering Microsoft's download servers and getting their hands for the first time on the final Windows 8 build. The various betas have been used and reviewed extensively ...

In the Internet Explore app on the Windows 8 Start screen you can open different tabs that each contain a different a web page. This allows you to have multiple sites open at the same time that you ...

Microsoft pulled back much of the scaffolding and secrecy surrounding Windows 8 today at Mobile World Congress. I've been using the Windows 8 beta (download), officially known as the Windows 8 ...

While Windows 8 was Microsoft's idea of what the Windows platform should evolve into, the next version could be tailored to what users actually want from a modern operating system. According to the ...

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Posts from this topic will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. Microsoft has built a tutorial into its final version of Windows 8 to teach users how to use the new operating ...

It's now too late to whine about the user interface changes in Windows 8. They may be "confusing" and put a "cognitive burden" on ordinary users, but for now at least, these changes are there to stay.

If you had upgraded Windows 8 using the Windows8-Setup.exe executable, rather than through a DVD, it can be difficult to troubleshoot your computer in the event that it is not starting properly or you ...