It’s crunch time. In just over two weeks Microsoft is hosting a massive media event in New York to officially launch Windows 8. With the clock winding down, Microsoft is working diligently to improve ...

October 26: It's the day Windows 8 and Windows RT tablets and PCs are available for retail purchase. It's also the day that a number of Microsoft-developed apps for the new platforms are downloadable ...

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 ...

If you haven’t had a chance to look at or even try out Windows 8 Metro applications, you should. I have been running Windows 8 for a few months and while most of the application on the Windows Store ...

When Windows 8/RT launched, the benefit of Metro-styled apps may not have been immediately apparent. But, as Redmond's fledgling Windows Store began to fill out, some standouts have already appeared.

The barriers between Windows 8.1 and Windows Phone 8.1 just crumbled even further, as Microsoft introduced WP 8.1 versions its Reading List and Movie Moments apps to the Windows Phone Store on ...

New research shows that Windows 8 has barely half of the most popular iOS apps, and that’s one more reason that Windows 8 tablets simply haven’t caught on. Apps sell tablets, and unless Microsoft ...

Windows 11 comes packed with apps and features to get you started, but you can enhance your experience even further with the right apps. While there’s no shortage of tools you can download from the ...