A purported UX designer for Microsoft reveals why the "love it or hate it" Metro environment is the default in Windows 8. Lance Whitney Contributing Writer Lance Whitney is a freelance technology ...

The new head of Windows -- Sinofsky's successor-- Julie Larson-Green says it takes Windows 8 users between "two days and two weeks" to grow accustomed to the new Metro Start screen, Charms bar, and ...

With the launch of Windows 8 to MSDN and TechNet users in less than three days from August 15 (US time - August 16 in Australia), and then October 26 at retail, the decision to stop using the Metro ...

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 ...

I broke my half of our Windows 8 review into two smaller parts when I realized that sheer frustration with the Windows 8 Desktop/Metro integration section was threatening to destroy my positive ...

As part of the Windows 8 Consumer Preview launch, Microsoft debuted the Windows Store, with more than 70 free “Metro-style” apps. These apps are optimized for touchscreens, but fully functional with ...

We've been fans of Splashtop's remote access apps for quite awhile, so when we heard the company was working on a new remote desktop app for Windows 8, we jumped at the chance to take it for a test ...