is a senior editor and author of Notepad, who has been covering all things Microsoft, PC, and tech for over 20 years. Microsoft is once again redesigning its Skype app for Windows today. While the ...

Microsoft’s decision to mix and mash the classic Windows 7 desktop with the brand new Windows Phone-like Metro-style UI of Windows 8 has been controversial since we first saw it. In our tests, we ...

I like new things. I really do. But, like most people, I don't like to change the way I work. I have built an efficient flow to my day and to disrupt it by trudging around through some ill-conceived ...

If you'd rather be taken to the traditional desktop interface upon booting up Windows 8, not the new Start screen, follow this handy tip. John Thompson has been addicted to technology ever since he ...