Morrissey celebrates Microsoft ditching the Charms Bar, with gladioli. Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) is said to be giving up on the whole Charms schtick. Windows 9 — the assumed name for codename Threshold ...

Microsoft plans to do more than just reintroduce a Start menu to make Windows 9, aka "Threshold," more appealing to Windows XP, Vista, and Windows 7 users. Mary Jo Foley Mary Jo Foley has covered the ...

Mary Jo Foley has covered the tech industry for 30 years for a variety of publications, including ZDNet, eWeek and Baseline. She is the author of Microsoft 2.0: How Microsoft plans to stay relevant in ...

Microsoft is preparing to release the next version of Windows, code-named “Threshold,” in a public preview this fall, according to a Friday report. ZDNet’s Mary Jo Foley reports “Threshold” will be ...

A consensus of leaked details — hardly infallible — now places a technical preview of the next version of Windows in late September or early October. Two days ago I asked the question: Which Windows ...

Microsoft could be unveiling Windows 9 sooner than expected. Previously known as Threshold, the release may be more than just the return of the Start button and the ability to run Metro-style apps on ...

Microsoft is expected to release a preview of the next version of Windows this fall and it will likely be followed by a full release of Windows 9 in early 2015. Right now the software’s code-named ...