Good news: In Windows 9, it does indeed look like Desktop users won't be thrust back into the full-screen Metro interface ... and some icons have been reworked so that they're two-dimensional ...

Microsoft’s Office 2013 suite will include Metro-style application icons and is expected to be released in early July. Microsoft’s Office 2013 suite will include Metro-style application icons ...

It is also expected to replace other instances of the traditional flag in Windows 8, marking a fundamental change of design aesthetic combined with Microsoft’s Metro style Start Screen.

Microsoft has just been sued by a heretofore little-known operating system technology firm, SurfCast for its use of tiles in Windows 8's Microsoft Design Language interface, a.k.a. Metro.

Windows 8 packages Internet Explorer 10 in two different flavors--Metro and desktop, each with their own pros and cons. Which one is better, and how can you manage both? Lance Whitney is a ...

Want to run the Metro ... Metro in Windows 8. The simplest way is to press the Windows Key + Q to access the Search charm. Type in Control Panel, and then click on the Control Panel icon when ...