Windows 8: kind of confusing, right? There’s no Start button (unless you install a third-party replacement), no straightforward way to shut it down, no Windows Media Center (unless you download it ...

PCWorld has already published a hands-on of Windows 8.1. We’ve examined what’s inside the updated system, and we’ve explained what we still hope to see in future revisions. But we haven’t yet ...

In Windows 8 Microsoft added new kinds of apps. Called Windows Store apps, these are the small pieces of software that Windows 8 users flock to when they want a touch friendly experience or to use any ...

Perhaps one of the best things about Windows 8 Store apps, a.k.a. Metro apps a.k.a. Modern apps (Microsoft really needs to pin down what these apps will be called) is that they put content front and ...