We chat with "BoneyardBrew" a long time Neowin forum member who has launched a new version of his popular Steam skin that makes the download client look like the Windows 8 "Metro" interface. More...
Yahoo is testing out a new home page redesign that looks a lot like the "Metro" titles found on Windows 8, right now to the arrows that let uses move the tiles left and right. More...
One of Mozilla's programmers has shared more information on what's contained in the recently launched first public version of the Firefox web browser for Windows 8. More...
Despite an official memo several weeks ago that tells the company to stop using the "Metro" brand for Windows 8 apps, Microsoft continues to use Metro in new online documents. More...
According to a statement from Microsoft, the company will not certify any Windows 8 apps for posting in its Windows Store that has the word "Metro" in its title. More...
A couple of Neowin members have created some concepts for how the "Metro" (now "modern) UI could be used in the File Explorer feature for Microsoft's Windows 8. More...
Microsoft has decided on a new name for Metro and they have carefully selected the name, Windows 8. While we wish we could make this up, make the jump to learn more about the new naming convention. More...
Microsoft has made a subtle, but substantial change to Windows 8 between the previews and RTM and that change will no longer allow you to boot to the desktop environment according to new information. More...
A number of new and free Windows 8 Metro apps have recently appeared for download in the Windows Store, including an official WWE app, an app for the SyFy cable channel and more. More...
Velocity Micro has confirmed to Neowin that it is working on a Windows 8 product that will include touch screen support - but details of that product have yet to be announced. More...
In a new blog post, Microsoft gives more tips to Windows 8 app developers on how their apps can be more productive while still running in the background of the OS. More...
Microsoft has revealed that the free Visual Studio 11 Express tool can't be used to make Windows 8 desktop apps. Neowin got in touch with Microsoft to find out more. More...
In a new blog post, Microsoft talks about how Windows 8 Metro app creators can allow their apps to be more productive, even while working in the background of the OS. More...
One of Neowin's forum members, "Zaindeel", has created Metro2 for Superbar, a set of over 100 icons for Windows 7 taskbar that have a Windows 8 Metro art style. More...
Mozilla has continued to slam Microsoft for not allowing browsers like its own Firefox to run well on Windows RT (Windows 8 ARM) in the Classic mode, saying Microsoft is restricting use of its APIs. More...
A representative for VideoLAN gives us some information about their plans to release VLC for Windows 8, including if they plan to offer a Metro version of the free DVD software. More...
The cloud file storage service Box has revealed plans to launch a Windows 8 Metro app that will allow users to share and collaborate on files stored on the service. More...
Symantec has released beta versions of three of its Norton 2013 security projects, all of which support Windows 8 Consumer Preview and its Metro touch screen interface. More...
A Mozilla team member has posted up an online presentation which showed some mockups of their upcoming Windows 8 Metro version of the Firefox web browser, among other upcoming projects. More...
In the newest Windows 8 app developer blog, Microsoft offers some tips to app makers on how to create "fast and fluid" animations in their Metro-style app creations. More...
Firefox programmer Brian Bondy has written a new update on the development of Firefox for Windows 8's Metro interface, saying the team is making "steady progress" More...
The latest entry on the official Windows 8 app developer blog has Microsoft offering some hints to Metro app makers on how to create and update their app's live tiles. More...
Avast has offered more information on its plans for a Windows 8 version of its popular anti-virus program, saying they are now thinking about "potential graphic changes" for the Metro user interface. More...
Avast, the maker of the popular free antivirus software, has told Neowin that Microsoft is "actively discouraging" them from developing a Metro UI version of the software for Windows 8. More...
WinZip confirms it will be developing a version of its file compression software product specifically for Microsoft's Windows 8 Metro user interface, but details have yet to be revealed. More...
A developer has created a way to bring a version of Windows 8's Metro user interface over to Android as a custom theme for the mobile OS that so far works on a couple of tablets. More...
The newest entry in the Windows 8 app developer blog talks about how app creators can use asynchrony to help build "fast and fluid Metro style apps" for the new operating system. More...
A programmer for the upcoming Windows 8 version of Firefox says that the team is "embracing the framework" of the Metro interface instead of trying to fight it. More...
A Mozilla technical evangelist has posted up what the group plans to add to upcoming versions of its Firefox web browser for 2012, saying that version numbers will become less important for users. More...
The development team behind the Photobucket app discuss the creation of their Windows 8 app and their wish that Microsoft would allow for more code convergence among their products. More...
The team behind the popular web browser Opera has told us that it is "currently looking" at possibly supporting Windows 8 and its Metro user interface but won't comment beyond that. More...
If you're currently on the Windows 8 Consumer Preview and you're hating having to go through long processes to access things, such as applications, perhaps there is a handy keyboard shortcut to use. More...
Microsoft has released a PDF document for application developers to help them create apps that will better use Windows 8's touch screen based Metro user interface. More...
Today Microsoft casually showed off Office 15's new interface in a video, revealing the new Metro style interface, and some sort of cloud integration. More...
Windows 8 Metro-based apps will be able to add web content into those apps with no performance hits, compared to iOS apps that use Safari-based web content, according to a new blog post from Microsoft More...
In a new interview, Microsoft's Director of User Experience Sam Moreau talks about how the company has made the decisions for the overall design of Windows 8's user interface. More...
Another day, another leak of screenshots from Windows 8 build 8220. While the classic desktop is still more of the same, there is a new tasty UI tidbit - and it's not the Start orb. More...
As we approach the beta, or the "Consumer Preview" to be released sometime next month, there are new details on the changes we can expect for daily file management tasks in Windows 8. More...
Kobo has announced that it will be developing an number of eReader apps specifically for the Windows 8 Metro interface, to be offered via download on the Windows Store feature . More...
Windows 8 apparently now includes a way to close Metro style applications just by touch gesture, rather than by using the task manager which is in the developer's preview version of the OS. More...
A new rumor suggests that Microsoft has made the decision not to allow standard desktop apps from being run on the ARM version of Windows 8, making the ARM port running Metro only apps. More...
Some app developers thinking about making programs for Microsoft's Windows 8 are already speculating that the patent troll company Lodsys could go after those same developers with lawsuits. More...
If you have been wanting to change the background on the new Metro interface, a tutorial has been put together to make the process a bit easier and it now supports x86 and x64 installs. More...
Microsoft is planning to limit sales of Metro-style Windows 8 apps to Microsoft's own app store when it launches, and that Microsoft will take a 30 percent cut from sales too. More...
If you have been wanting to change the background on the new Metro interface, a tutorial has been put together to make the process a bit eaier. More...
While x86 programs won't run on Windows 8 on ARM hardware, Microsoft confirms that a full version of its Office suite will be available for ARM - and a Metro style implementation is on the cards. More...
There are a lot of new features in Windows 8 and one of them is the new look to the control panel. Neowin has a video walk through of the new interface and it is rather impressive. More...
Microsoft has created a specially designed interface just for tablets, which runs on top of Windows 8. Neowin takes a look at the new interface and the features of the new OS. More...
The latest post on Microsoft's official Windows 8 blog talks about how the company is responding to feedback from the public concerning the next version of its PC operating system. More...
In Microsoft's latest blog entry on Windows 8, the company talks more about why the company decided on having two user interfaces for its next operating system. More...