Microsoft's goal for the Windows app store was to make it easy to find and download apps, which sounds simple but was a challenge given the array of programs likely to pop up. Lance Whitney ...

ABC News is now available as an app for Windows 8 tablets and computers. Oct. 25, 2012 — -- Not only is Microsoft's Windows 8 operating system launching today, but so is ABC News' very own ...

Whether you want it or not, Microsoft will release its Windows 8 operating system on October 26. The new OS upends the familiar Start menu-based interface you’ve known since Windows 95 in favor of one ...

Microsoft may tout the Surface as the best tablet for business productivity, but many professionals stick to traditional desktop programs rather than wading into the Windows Store. That’s unfortunate, ...

In a Thursday blog post, Microsoft’s Steven Sinofsky, president of the company’s Windows group, announced a slew of app updates that will roll out to early adopters of Windows 8 RTM in the coming days ...

Microsoft catch up with Android and iOS with Facebook and Flipboard apps. June 26, 2013 — -- Microsoft is addressing many of the user complaints of Windows 8 in its forthcoming Windows 8.1 update ...

Microsoft’s Windows Store now has over 20,000 apps available for download. This milestone was breached on Tuesday and propels the company towards its target of reaching 100,000 apps in 90 days from GA ...

Windows 8 has two environments: the full screen, touch-centric Windows Store App interface (also called Metro) and the Desktop interface, which looks and acts like Windows 7. If you install programs ...

Windows Package Manager is a package manager solution that includes a command-line tool (winget) and a set of services for installing apps on Windows 10 and Windows 11 PCs. Using the winget ...

Windows Blue may clean up some of Windows 8’s rough edges, but it won’t fix one of Windows 8’s core problems: The apps it ships with are rotten. Michael Cherry, an analyst with Directions on Microsoft ...

Speaking at the firm's Build developers conference in San Francisco, Microsoft's Steve Guggenheimer has hinted that developers working on Windows 8 apps may also be able to release said titles on Xbox ...

Microsoft has highlighted the similarities between the next-generation Xbox One games console and Windows 8. Richard Trenholm Former Movie and TV Senior Editor Richard Trenholm was CNET's film and TV ...