As we know, Microsoft has killed off one of the most recognizable mainstays of computing for Windows 8 – the famous Start button. If you’re one of the many eager beavers who has taken the ...

Microsoft decided to jettison the familiar desktop start button in its upcoming OS, but a utility from Stardock offers a promising alternative. Lance Whitney is a freelance technology writer and ...

If there’s any company that’s going to have a field day with Microsoft’s controversial new Windows 8, it’s Stardock. Case in point: Start8, a free beta program the company markets that replaces the ...

I have to admit that this rather amuses me. The way the two pieces turn up on the same day that is. Over in the WSJ Walt Mossberg gives us a run through of a couple of utilities to provide what many ...

Editors note: Please read our disclaimer on Neowin's relationship to Stardock in our forums. For the past several months, Stardock has been working on Start8 for Windows 8, which was designed to bring ...

I was expecting to get quite a lot of flack for my last piece on Windows 8: "Will 90% of people always hate Windows 8." What I actually got was some of the most positive and insightful feedback that I ...

Stardock today released a beta version of its “Start8” utility that restores a Start button to the desktop of Windows 8. The beta follows a series of preview versions that kicked off in March from ...

I’m not looking forward to Windows 8—and with good reason. If you don’t have a touchscreen, there’s not much to like about the Interface Formerly Known as Metro. The fact that this hobbled version of ...

Commentary: The Windows 8 Start screen does offers certain benefits, but the good, old-fashioned Start menu is still the best way to access all your programs and settings. Lance Whitney is a freelance ...

These free and low-cost utilities bring a classic Windows Start menu -- and respite from Metro annoyances -- to Windows 8 Search as you might, you won’t find a single bigger source of ire in Windows 8 ...

Question: How can I add a Start menu, or something like it, back to Windows 8? Without that and its list of all of your installed programs, you have to go subject yourself to a form of computing ...

If you've been giving the Windows 8 Consumer Preview a whirl and just can't get past the lack of a start button—or you haven't been able to fall in love with the start screen, Start8 is a new utility ...