When Microsoft built Windows 8, it bet that it could create a Windows Store experience that would rival competitors like Apple and Google. The company was confident enough of its abilities in this ...

Why not just have "The Windows Store" that is available across all supported version of windows? I have opened the Windows app store a total of 0 times since it came out, pardon the ignorant question.

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Microsoft has amended the guidelines of the Windows 8 store to allow the sale of mature games, Gizmodo reports. Initially, the guidelines prevented the sale of games rated "Adult" by the ESRB and, in ...

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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 ...

I'd like to see an article on what Windows 8 could bring to the business environment. In an enterprise setting like the one I find myself in, looking at W8 as seen through these articles makes it ...

Windows 8 has two environments: the full screen, touch-centric Windows Store App interface (also called Metro) and the Desktop interface, which looks and acts like Windows 7. If you install programs ...