Google has launched a dedicated search app for Windows 8 ahead of Friday’s official release of the OS. Google Search for Windows 8 is now available free in the Windows Store and will be an alternative ...

The most recently leaked Windows 8.1 build, number 9374, revealed some major changes to the operating system. In what may be termed a compromise for not offering the start button and menu back, the ...

Microsoft has spent so much time at the BUILD conference this week talking about how Windows 8 will operate like a tablet OS that you might feel left out if you plan to continue working on a desktop ...

Mozilla has developed its first prototype of the browser for the Metro UI, but a challenge awaits Firefox and other Windows 8 browsers. Lance Whitney Contributing Writer Lance Whitney is a freelance ...

Pieces of Windows 8 inexplicably didn't survive jump to Windows 8.1, and new feature allows Microsoft to track your local searches As Windows 8.1 Milestone Preview testers push and prod their way into ...

One thing very common to all of us is our reliance on operating systems in our hobby life. If that OS is Windows then you could be in for quite a shakeup with Windows 8. Many readers are Linux or ...

As Foursquare continues its evolution from being the simple geo-location and check-in app it once was to the hub of local information and recommendations intermixed with Foursquare user reviews that ...

Hi, I'm sure this applies to windows 7/Vista as well but is something I have only noticed with Windows 8. The EDB file (in ...

You can, if you wish, choose to change the default location of the search index in Windows 11/10/8/7. It is, by default, stored in the C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Search\Data folder, which is a hidden ...