The start screen "grid" has been touted as a big feature of Windows 8. However, with the portable Start Screen Animations Tweaker, you can improve it even more.

Google is also working to add transition animations, especially when entering chats from the main conversation view. These changes are work-in-progress and not currently live, although we managed ...

With Windows Blue, a k a Windows 8.1, Microsoft is re-introducing a Start Button and adding a boot-straight-to-desktop option. Here's how these may work.

Microsoft took the bold steps of removing the traditional Windows 8 Start menu and Start button orb from its Windows 8 Consumer Preview last week. Desktop PC users are currently debating the ...

First introduced with Windows 95, the Start button has gone through several changes, but it’s a nice connection to the past. But it looks like that may be going away, as well.