When you log into Windows 8, you are greeted by a Start screen populated by live tiles (constantly updating icons that hook into Metro apps) and conventional icons. In the screenshot above, most ...

Windows 8 was faster, more secure, and had more features than Windows 7. The new Start Menu was not popular, but it was revised with Windows 8.1. Windows 8 introduced numerous features that ...

Windows 8 is indeed, as many complain, two different operating systems with little in common. There’s the mobile-optimized Start screen and the more traditional Windows Desktop.

For those who dislike the new Windows 8 Start screen, Walt Mossberg has tested two third party plug-ins that bring the traditional Start menu back to the Windows 8 desktop. (Photo: SweetLabs, Inc.) ...

By now, you've either upgraded to Windows 8 -- or you've decided to skip the operating system entirely (at least until Microsoft does something about that pesky Metro Start screen). If you haven't ...

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 ...

Windows 8 might have issues (most notably the retardation that is most Metro apps on the desktop), but the Start Screen is actually a real strength of the operating system.

Then, in 2013, Windows 8.1 was launched; this time around, the company didn't bring back the Start menu. However, the Start button was reintroduced, linking users back to the Start Screen.

In fact, it is said to do the exact opposite of what people want it to do, and merely bring up the Windows 8 Start screen, but not the traditional Start menu.

I completely disagree about the start screen vs the start menu. The only Windows 7 feature I use from the start menu is "search" and the windows 7 search just works better than the windows 8 search.

If you thought the transition from Metro to desktop interfaces was jarring in Windows 8, wait’ll you see the Windows 8 Start screen pop up with a sound effect that’s associated with the pre ...

Microsoft has brought video-calling king Skype to the new Windows 8 OS, which hits stores Friday, and it sure looks pretty.