Microsoft's Steven Sinofsky has published an update to the Building Windows 8 blog in which he sheds light on how Windows 8 treats the GUI differently than any previous version of the operating system ...

在经历了多个与MS-DOS藕断丝连的系统版本后，微软在2001年为我们带来了一个时代的经典——Windows XP。伴随着90后无比熟悉的开机提示声，映入眼帘的是同样成为时代记忆的「蓝天白云大草原」壁纸。在Windows ...

Microsoft said Friday that it is abandoning the “Aero” user interface with Windows 8, calling the UI that debuted in Vista and continued in Windows 7, “cheesy” and “dated.” In a massive 11,300-word ...

The Windows 8 Consumer Preview–the desktop version of Windows 8–has been getting all of the attention lately, but another new kid is in town as well: Windows Server 8. Packing in tons of new features ...

Before I get started with my first look at Windows Server 8, I want to say a couple of things up front. First, the software is a Developer Preview release. This means Windows Server 8 isn't even ...

I've written about it before, and I'm here to do it again -- but it's still worth a read. However, before I dive in, I want to remind y'all that I'm just the bearer of the news. While I personally ...

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What comes to mind when you look back at the history of Windows? Is it the iconic logos, the ever-changing Start menus, or maybe the introduction of Live Tiles? The story of Microsoft’s flagship ...

On Monday, the last day of September, the Raleigh-based company released an upgrade of its Red Hat Linux--version 8.0--that features significant improvements to the GUI in order to make Linux a more ...