PDC attendees received the Windows 7 "Pre-Release Preview" as part of the goodies Microsoft distributed Tuesday afternoon. I have already installed the new OS on a spare computer at home, though as I ...

In November, details emerged of Microsoft's plans to refresh its Windows 10 user interface with new design elements. Being developed the under codename 'Project Neon', the changes are said to be part ...

The Windows taskbar has been largely unchanged sinc he days of Windows 95, and features a disappointing number of customization options. Worse yet, since Windows 11 was introduced, you don't even get ...

Windows through the ages: the history of the world's most popular OS Microsoft recently announced plans to strip the Windows interface to its basics -- flattening surfaces, removing reflections, and ...

OK, so I've had the Windows 8 Consumer Preview bits in my hot hands for a few hours and now I've had a chance to use the operating system on both virtual machines and physical systems, I thought I'd ...

Fans of Microsoft's Aero desktop experience will have to prepare for a life without translucent windows in Windows 8. Buried deep within a novel-length blog post, the company announced on Friday that ...

Microsoft has released a preview into what it sees as the future of the Windows user interface across the whole spectrum of devices that we interact with on a daily basis from the PC to smartphones ...

Last week, we reported on how Microsoft's plans for the future of Windows 10 on phones is gradually coming together. A key part of those plans is the company's development of a unified CShell user ...

Mitch Tulloch is a Microsoft Most Valuable Professional and lead author of the Windows 7 Resource Kit from Microsoft Press. You can follow him on Twitter at ...

Microsoft has released Windows 10 Insider Build 21376 with a preview of a new default font for Windows 10 called 'Segoe UI Variable.' For years, the default font family used in Microsoft branding and ...