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 ...

Lenovo and SweetLabs have inked a deal to integrate the Pokki software suite into the manufacturer's new PC lineup. Our team tests, rates, and reviews more than 1,500 products each year to help you ...

Windows: We've discussed some great ways to bring the Start Menu back in Windows 8, but Pokki doesn't just offer a good-looking, feature-packed start menu replacement, it also offers its own app store ...

Ever since Microsoft revealed that it will kill the classic Start menu in Windows 8, third-party developers have been cooking up ways to bring it back. SweetLabs, a San Diego-based start-up, is the ...

The latest in a lineup of Start menu replacements for Windows 8, Pokki is a free, fluid tool for users who crave more than the new Start screen. Lance Whitney Contributing Writer Lance Whitney is a ...

Lance Whitney is a freelance technology writer and trainer and a former IT professional. He's written for Time, CNET, PCMag, and several other publications. He's the author of two tech books--one on ...

Earlier this month, it was revealed that the free Windows 8 version of Pokki, which adds its own version of a Start menu to the desktop, has had over three million downloads since the launch of ...

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 ...

Windows users looking for something resembling the classic Start Menu that was stripped out of Windows 8 don’t have to look too far. Several apps that roughly recreate the Start Menu’s functionality ...

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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 ...