Microsoft has just launched a new HealthVault app for its Windows 8 operating system, designed to run on tablets, W8 phones, and computers. The upgrade doesn't functionally allow users to do anything ...

Whether you want it or not, Microsoft will release its Windows 8 operating system on October 26. The new OS upends the familiar Start menu-based interface you’ve known since Windows 95 in favor of one ...

More than 138,000 visitors to Gitex, the foremost technology show in the region, will have a seamless high-tech experience this year, thanks to the collaboration between Microsoft, LINK Development ...

Microsoft is currently testing a pair of new apps — including one that the company previously decided to stop using due to a lack of interest. The two new apps are People and File Search. If “People” ...

Document management startup Doo.net has boldly launched a Metro-style application for the upcoming Windows 8 OS even though it has yet to release a version of its app for Win 7. Doo.net’s native ...

With $25, an iPad and a bit of curiosity, you can try Windows 8 on a tablet right now. Splashtop, a maker of remote desktop software, has released a $25 iPad app called Win8 Metro Testbed. If you’ve ...

Here's what went wrong with the Windows App Store and how Microsoft is trying to get things right for the future. But is it too late? I've been writing about technology for more than 15 years and ...

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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 ...