In a double-barrelled assault, Microsoft has explained why the Start menu in Windows 8 has met its demise, and why the Start screen is better. The first round of the attack sees Chaitanya Sareen ...

Ever since Microsoft revealed that it will kill the classic Start menu in Windows 8, third-party developers have been cooking up ways to bring it back. SweetLabs, a San Diego-based start-up, is the ...

Microsoft has uploaded a new video to its Windows YouTube channel, offering us a thirty second TV commercial that showcases the power of Windows 8.1. Microsoft is touting “one experience for ...

SweetLabs’ Pokki software, which has been downloaded by millions of Windows 8 users frustrated with the lack of a start button/menu, will now be pre-installed on new Lenovo Windows 8 PCs. This new ...

With Windows 10 seemingly just around the corner, Microsoft plans to fix one of its most egregious mistakes with Windows 8: the missing Start menu. By now you may know the story, as the company has ...

Microsoft has written volumes about how we don't need a Windows 7-style Start menu in Windows 8 -- Microsoft is wrong If you’ve played with the Windows 8 Developer Preview, you know that the old ...