It's official -- well, sort of. Microsoft has formally changed the "Metro" name used to describe a user interface and an app style for Windows 8 to a new name, "Windows Store app." The name change ...

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 ...

Microsoft is reportedly inching closer to appeasing Windows 8’s detractors, with an update that would boot straight to the desktop instead of the modern-style Start screen. Windows 8.1 already has an ...

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Mozilla has revealed today that its Firefox for Windows 8 browser will likely finish development by October 2013, but it could see a delay until March of 2014. If all goes well, the Metro/Modern ...