I was expecting to get quite a lot of flack for my last piece on Windows 8: "Will 90% of people always hate Windows 8." What I actually got was some of the most positive and insightful feedback that I ...

Windows 8 has made a marked departure from the previous versions of the operating system. For many years now, the Start button has been the primary means in which you navigated Windows. In Windows 8, ...

I have to admit that this rather amuses me. The way the two pieces turn up on the same day that is. Over in the WSJ Walt Mossberg gives us a run through of a couple of utilities to provide what many ...

Editors note: Please read our disclaimer on Neowin's relationship to Stardock in our forums. For the past several months, Stardock has been working on Start8 for Windows 8, which was designed to bring ...

If there’s any company that’s going to have a field day with Microsoft’s controversial new Windows 8, it’s Stardock. Case in point: Start8, a free beta program the company markets that replaces the ...

Ed Rhee, a freelance writer based in the San Francisco Bay Area, is an IT veteran turned stay-at-home-dad of two girls. He focuses on Android devices and applications while maintaining a review blog ...

Editors note: Please read our disclaimer on Neowin's relationship to Stardock in our forums. A few days after Microsoft launched the Consumer Preview build of Windows ...

Stardock today released a beta version of its “Start8” utility that restores a Start button to the desktop of Windows 8. The beta follows a series of preview versions that kicked off in March from ...

With Christmas now long behind us, one or two of you may well have been lucky enough to find a shiny new Windows 8 PC under the tree. After cleaning off the crapware, it’s time to use the thing, and ...

I’m not looking forward to Windows 8—and with good reason. If you don’t have a touchscreen, there’s not much to like about the Interface Formerly Known as Metro. The fact that this hobbled version of ...

If you've been giving the Windows 8 Consumer Preview a whirl and just can't get past the lack of a start button—or you haven't been able to fall in love with the start screen, Start8 is a new utility ...

As we know, Microsoft has killed off one of the most recognizable mainstays of computing for Windows 8 – the famous Start button. If you’re one of the many eager beavers who has taken the ...