Microsoft might be confident that its forthcoming Windows 8.1 updates will be enough to satisfy the legions of critics who’ve made a hobby out of bashing its latest OS, it seems that the world’s ...

Today Pokki announced that it has racked up an impressive 500,000 downloads of its product for Windows 8 in the first six weeks of its life. Pokki, providers of an application store for the Windows ...

While Microsoft may have thought that it had overcome the negative reactions that accompanied Windows 8, the world’s top PC manufacturer isn’t necessarily convinced. Lenovo said Thursday that it will ...

Lenovo, the world’s largest computer maker, announced today that its Windows 8 PCs will come bundled with the Pokki Start button and menu replacement, along with its desktop mode-oriented app store.

After securing Acer as its first major OEM deal, Pokki, an alternative Windows application marketplace and Start Button replacement, today secured Lenovo as its newest partner. The deal will see Pokki ...

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Open up the Windows 8 desktop mode and you'll notice a major change: The Start menu is gone. Without the familiar button at the lower left corner, many veteran Windows desktop users are lost in ...

Microsoft’s introduction of Windows 8 was hard for a lot of people to grasp, particularly because of the death of the Start menu. However, the Start menu never completely left us, as companies began ...

Lenovo will be preloading a Start Button/Start Menu from SweetLabs on new PCs it ships worldwide, starting with its Windows 8 consumer laptops and PCs. SweetLabs announced Lenovo partnership deal on ...

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