Some good news for Windows 8 haters – the Start Button’s return has all but been confirmed by leaked screenshots of a pre-release version of Windows 8.1, although perhaps in the way you were hoping ...

Microsoft has shown some screenshots of some of the user interface improvements and alterations it’s going to deliver in Windows 8.1 later this year. These include more personalization, a Settings app ...

A lot of people complained and Microsoft listened. The company brought the Start button back in Windows 8.1. But the button doesn't have to stay there in your taskbar— there are hacks to re-hide it.

With Windows Blue, aka Windows 8.1, Microsoft is reintroducing a Start button and adding a boot-straight-to-desktop option. Here's how these may work. Mary Jo Foley has covered the tech industry for ...

Microsoft explains why it killed the traditional versions of the Start menu and Start button in the company’s new Windows 8 operating system. Microsoft explains why it killed the traditional versions ...

The inimitable Paul Thurrott today reported two images that detail key features of the coming ‘Blue’ update to Windows 8: the return of the Start Button, and the unification of the Start Screen and ...

Among the many new features that will be added in Windows 8.1 will be the appearance of a Start Button. This single news has bought smiles to many Windows 8 users, who were missing the Window Start ...

I know there are still doubters out there, but from everything I've heard, the rumored Start Button is going to be part of Windows Blue, a k a Windows 8.1. I've heard from one of my good sources that ...