Whatever the reason, “Metro” is out, and Microsoft is temporarily referring to the colorful, tiled interface of the impending flagship operating system as “Windows 8 Style UI”. That lacks flare, ...

Windows 8’s modern interface didn’t go over so well out of the gate. While there was a lot to like among all the Live Tiles and touch friendliness, usability experts panned many of the operating ...

There’s a lot of buzz around Microsoft’s decision to change the name of its tile-based design in Windows 8. Ricky publishes and manages the content on BizTech magazine's website. He's a writer, ...

RetroUI provides immediate ROI to enterprises deploying Windows 8 on legacy PCs. Users who don't need the clutter or confusion of the Metro desktop can work efficiently with the new Metro features ...

Splashtop on Thursday released a new tablet application that replicates the Windows 8 touch-driven Metro user interface on the iPad, which should help developers test applications for Microsoft’s next ...

I like writing about Windows 8. But every time I do — like right now, as I’ve been working on a post on Windows 8.1 — I’m bedeviled by the same conundrum. It’s minor but aggravating, and it confronts ...

You’re never far from a legal dispute these days, and Microsoft has made sure it is a bit further away. According to a report, Microsoft is currently being subjected to a trademark dispute for naming ...

For years, Microsoft has been nurturing a new user interface design that they have repeatedly and publicly called "Metro." Thursday, amid rumors of a trademark suit from a German company, they ...

I know this is just a test build so I can't be too harsh (and since I hate Chrome, it doesn't even matter personally to me) but if they do plan on having the browser look like that when using Metro, ...

Is this the last time I can use this image? Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) plans boot-to-desktop as default, mutter deep-throats. It’s said that Windows 8.1 Update 1 will skip the Metro (aka Modern) Start ...