Stories by Woody Leonhard

If you’re looking at a Win10 rollout, like Damocles staring at the sword, there are a few important tidbits that every executive needs to understand. Here is your report from the Win10 trenches.

Tips, tricks, tweaks, and twerks for Office gurus looking to make the most of the iPad variant

Hated Windows 8? Good news: Many of the features in Windows 10 aren't nearly as annoying

If you've been using Windows 10 for more than a few days, it's time to reconnoiter a bit. If you haven't yet learned about tweaking the Start Menu, searching, snapping, or creating new desktops, Mark Hachman at PC World can take you on a whirlwind tour. That's beginner's stuff. But what about the things lurking under the covers?

Love it or hate it, Microsoft Office has torn up the competition, leaving all manner of software carrion in its wake

These dozen add-on tools will help you harness and extend the power of Chrome

Changes to default settings, dubious new features -- if you expect something amazing to turn you on to Windows 8, you haven’t been following along

Before you install Windows 8.1, make sure you understand the gotchas and how not to get bit

Don't like the Metro interface? Here's the best way to banish it and boost your productivity.

Windows 8.1 follows Windows 8 in typical Microsoft "version 2.0" fashion, changing a bit of eye candy and dangling several worthwhile improvements -- but hardly solving the underlying problem. Touch-loving tablet users are still saddled with a touch-hostile Windows desktop, while point-and-clickers who live and breathe the Windows desktop still can't make Metro go away.

These legendary clunkers made Patch Tuesday a living hell for Windows users the world over