Latest Windows 8.1 News

Microsoft Edge Dev Preview Builds Now Available for Older Windows Versions
Microsoft released the new Chromium-based Edge browser on older versions of Windows last week. The company only released builds on […]

Microsoft Issues Updated WebView 2 SDK
Microsoft this week released an updated version of its new WebView 2 SDK, which helps developers add web content to […]

Microsoft Edge Preview Now Available on Windows 7, 8, and 8.1
Your national nightmare is over. Microsoft has finally announced the availability of preview versions of the new Edge for Windows […]

Programming Windows: A Timeline (Premium)
After obsessing over the idea of an open-ended “Programming Windows” series for months, I finally took a chance and published […]

Yes, Windows 8 is Still Unsupported
This would be much bigger news if Windows 8 was even supported anymore, but it’s not. But it is still […]

Microsoft Edge 75 First Impressions
An early build of the Chromium-based version of Microsoft Edge has leaked, giving us our first opportunity to see what […]

Looking Back on My Original “Slippery Slope” Article (Premium)
I’ve been pushing back against Microsoft’s escalation of advertising in Windows since the beginning. The post Looking Back on My […]

Leaking Windows 8: The Story Behind the ‘Security’ Wallpaper
Today, we live in the golden age of receiving builds of Windows before they are released to the general public. […]