In Pictures: Top Metro apps for Windows 8 power users
The Windows 8 Metro application ecosystem is evolving. Here are 17 early entrants worth adding to your tablet or PC
Stories by Woody Leonhard
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Windows 8 book authors dish on Windows 8
Writing a book about Windows 8 takes a peculiar combination of perseverance, insight, and a high tolerance for pain. Those who write books about Win8 get to dig into the heart of the beast -- they're exposed early and often to inconsistences and difficulties, and they're tasked with making the hard parts of Win8 accessible to regular people. Along the way, book authors acquire an enormous amount of experience with how the product actually works, going far beyond the stunted feature lists, glib reviews, and sound bites we've all come to expect.
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In Pictures: 12 enraging Office 2013 flaws -- and how to fix them
A step-by-step guide to exorcising the new demons in Microsoft Office 2013
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Microsoft's 13 worst missteps of all time
DOS 4.0, Zune, and Windows 8 are but a few of the landmarks among 25 years of failures Redmond-style
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In Pictures: 15 essential Chrome extensions for power users
Add-ins abound for the increasingly popular and powerful browser. Here’s a tour of the best
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10 must-have features for Windows 9
Desktop users deserve a significant rethink of the Windows 8 gaffes and omissions for the next version of Windows
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Forget Windows 8: Give us Windows 7.8
A billion users don't have the right hardware to run Windows 8, even if they wanted to. Here's how Microsoft could give them the best of Windows 8
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Windows 8 review: Yes, it's that bad
A desktop OS for tablets and a tablet OS for desktops, Windows 8 is guaranteed to disappoint nearly everyone
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In Pictures: Windows 8 Release Preview - a visual tour
Here are some of the more interesting improvements - and quirks - of Windows 8 RP, as Microsoft sprints to the finish line
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Windows 8 nears the finish line: What's good, what's bad
Microsoft lifts the Windows 8 kimono one last time before the finish line. Here are the improvements and inconsistencies
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Windows 8: Something old, something awkward
InfoWorld's Enterprise Windows blogger, J. Peter Bruzzese, described Windows 8 as "Windows Frankenstein." I'm tempted to call it a "Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde" operating system, but I can't decide which name to assign to the Metro side of the fence and which to the Windows 7-like desktop.
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What you should expect from Windows 8
With the Windows 8 Consumer Preview beta edition just around the corner, now is a good time to examine what we know and don't know about Microsoft's forthcoming OS, and what IT should look for when the Consumer Preview hits as expected on Feb. 29.
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In Pictures: Top 15 free tools for every Windows desktop
Powerful Windows utilities for a fast, productive desktop environment
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20 years of innovative Windows malware
Windows PCs have been under siege for 20 years. What a difference those two decades make.
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Top 15 free tools for every Windows desktop
If you haven't looked at the Windows utilities landscape lately, you're in for a big surprise. Many of the old favorites have changed, bringing new features to Windows 7, as well as XP. Others have fallen by the wayside, replaced by upstarts that deliver meaningful functionality that once cost big bucks.
