The original version of Microsoft’s Windows 8.1 operating system did something no one ever thought Microsoft would do. With it Microsoft stripped away the Start Menu that’d dominated older versions of ...

Microsoft has been tweaking the Start menu and Start screen in Windows 10 since it started building the new OS. How do you switch between and customize both in Windows 10? Lance Whitney is a freelance ...

Lance Whitney is a freelance technology writer and trainer and a former IT professional. He's written for Time, CNET, PCMag, and several other publications. He's the author of two tech books--one on ...

Microsoft’s latest look at Windows was full of juicy new features like Cortana for PC, the Spartan browser and even a holographic interface device, but not everything was about advances still months ...

While researching a recent Consumer Reports article, I had to create a brand-new Windows 11 user account on my gaming PC. Hoo boy. Within seconds, I had ads on the lock screen, random app ...

iPadOS 19 will include a menu bar at the top of the screen like the one in macOS, according to a noted tipster on Thursday. If true, it’ll be a major step toward making iPads act more like Macs. In ...