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 ...

Windhawk is a free and open-source utility that allows you to customize most aspects of the Windows user interface, including ...

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 ...

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 ...

Windows 11 is finally receiving the Start Menu interface I've been asking for since launch, and it elevates Microsoft's PC platform as a whole.

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 ...

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 ...

Operating systems should be invisible according to some, yet Windows XP is anything but. Visually, it's Microsoft's most innovative OS since Windows 95, making more use of graphics than ever. The ...

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 ...

After over a decade of trying to stretch the Windows user interface to include mobile devices, Windows 8 promises to go the other way -- taking the Windows Phone interface and grafting it onto Windows ...

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 ...

Every graying movie franchise needs a great sequel to give it a boost. Think Star Trek and James Bond. Operating systems are no different—especially Microsoft’s. After receiving a critical beatdown ...