Wishing you could retain more of a Windows 7 oriented look with your install of Microsoft's Windows 8 developer release? You'd certainly be one of many who just can't get used to the vastly different ...

The new Metro user interface ushered in with Windows 8 takes its lead from Windows Phoneand is designed to make life much easier on a tablet or desktop touchscreen. Using the old faithful keyboard and ...

As everybody knows, the most striking thing about Windows 8 is its Metro interface–those brightly colored tiles that serve as both shortcuts to programs and live widgets reporting data from those ...

Microsoft will offer Windows 8 users the option of working in the new Metro interface or sticking with a more traditional desktop environment. In the latest installment of the "Building Windows 8" ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. It’s unclear though whether Metro UI will also be removed from Windows 9, as Murtazin says there are a lot of internal debates on ...

Windows 8's new Metro UI is designed for tablets, but you'll get it on every Windows 8 PC. Five days into using Windows 8 nonstop, I've made up my mind: despite Microsoft's efforts, Metro really isn't ...

A theme for Android turns the home screen and status bar into an approximation of the Windows 8 Metro UI. It is currently available for the Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 but may soon be coming to other ...

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, ...

Microsoft's phone and tablet market shares remain stuck in single digits, which suggests Windows 8's difficulties go beyond the mishmash of Metro and Desktop UIs Two weeks ago InfoWorld debuted ...

Quite a few of you have been asking about apps that allow you to tweak Windows 8. Let me introduce you to my favorite - Metro UI Tweaker for Windows 8. Note: This application requires the enabling of ...

With reports that the Metro name will no longer be used by Microsoft for the UI in Windows 8, Windows Phone, and Xbox, some are wondering how Microsoft will get themselves out of this situation. It ...