Windows 8 is here to stay, and whatever tweaks Microsoft makes in its upcoming Windows Blue release, many users find the new interface difficult to master. That wouldn’t be such a big deal if ...

New Year's day turned out to be a fun day, as a friend brought his new Asus Transformer Book T100 to the coffee shop. I was sitting there with my own T100 and it was pretty cool to see two of them ...

While Windows 8 was Microsoft's idea of what the Windows platform should evolve into, the next version could be tailored to what users actually want from a modern operating system. According to the ...

Senior writer Seth Rosenblatt covered Google and security for CNET News, with occasional forays into tech and pop culture. Formerly a CNET Reviews senior editor for software, he has written about ...

We have heard it many times about Windows 8; the Start screen and other aspects of the "Modern" UI causes Microsoft's latest OS to have more of a learning curve than previous versions of Windows. To ...

Microsoft launches a new version of its operating system loaded with visual and functional novelties. The main one stands out as soon as you start a ses­sion: a new customizable start screen that ...

Q: I want to order a new laptop so I can give my old one to someone who is going back to school. I run Windows 7 on all my home computers, so I'm struggling with which OS to get on the new Dell. They ...

I am using my new Windows 8 powered computer since last once month and now I am quite comfortable with it. Though I was missing the Start button here in this latest operating system from Microsoft, ...

Windows 8 contains a number of new interface elements that can confuse new users, if they are coming in flat-footed from a preceding version; a little education goes a long way in learning Windows 8.

There is nothing specious about saying that the reason why people aren't learning Windows 8 is because they aren't interested in it and don't see the benefit. Saying it has keyboard shortcuts and the ...

Windows 8 may be the most disruptive operating system upgrade in 17 years, but the learning curve isn’t as steep as some have claimed, enterprise support company PC Helps said today. “It will be very ...