I’ve had a lot to say about Windows 8 already this year, and I’ll doubtlessly have more as we edge closer to its official late-October release date. And, let’s face it: most of it hasn’t been good.

Microsoft shipped Windows Community Toolkit v8.2, an incremental update to the open-source collection of helper functions and other resources designed to simplify the development of Windows ...

The Windows Community Toolkit advanced to version 8.1, adding new features, improving existing controls and making dependency changes. The toolkit is a community-driven project hosted by the .NET ...

I’m test-driving the freeware version of AVG’s Anti-Virus 7.0, and so far my hat’s off. Not only does it seem as up-to-date as Symantec, it’s definitely got less of a dragging impact on system ...

Windows has powerful built-in command-line troubleshooting tools, but remembering all those commands is tough when you don't regularly use them. Windows Maintenance Tool simplifies everything by ...