The Windows 8 Start screen has the potential to be a great application launcher, but the application shortcuts it creates for desktop apps can stick out against the slick, modern system tiles. Luckily ...

With a tiling manager like FancyWM, every window finds its place automatically. Once it's running, you can open two apps, and they'll each take half the screen. Open more, and they'll keep arranging ...

Microsoft researchers in Asia are experimenting with the usefulness and feasibility of making Windows' Live Tiles interactive. A newly published video clip from Microsoft Research's TechFest 2014 ...

One of the challenges of Microsoft's new Metro-style Start screen in Windows 8 is how to provide the constant "live tile" updates that the design calls for without destroying battery life or crippling ...