Microsoft will dump the familiar multicolored flag logos that have adorned Windows for the last two decades in favor of something much ... blockier. The new Windows 8 logo isn’t a flag ...

The software giant continues its march toward releasing its upcoming operating system, debuting a new logo that does away with the flaglike design of Windows past. Jay Greene, a CNET senior writer ...

Microsoft introduced a brand new logo for Windows. For Microsoft there's a lot riding on its highly anticipated Windows 8 operating system. But that's a story for another day. What we found ...

Microsoft is making plenty of big changes with its Windows 8 operating system, and that has now also extended to a new logo. As explained by Microsoft's Sam Moreau in a post on the official ...

Since Microsoft has boasted from the beginning that Windows 8 would be a complete redesign of the Windows OS, they figured, why not redesign the logo as well? The tech giant revealed its new ...

The Microsoft team has created a new logo for its upcoming Windows 8 operating system, and the results aren’t pretty. You might say this is Microsoft’s Gap moment, that uncomfortable situation ...

Microsoft can’t go back on it, the way they can’t go back on the changes they’ve introduced with Windows 8. Whether you enjoy the new logo and look or not, at least you can say they are both ...

But in order to meet Microsoft’s Windows 8 Certification requirements (which lets you slap a Windows 8 logo on your device), you need to meet certain criteria. Until recently one of those ...

Microsoft used external design agency Pentagram ... as the thinking behind the new Windows 8 logo suggests is the intention, then the refreshed OS may just achieve exactly what it needs to ...

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Microsoft revealed the new logo for Windows 8 several months ago, showing a highly stylized window in place of previous Windows logos that tended to look more like a waving flag. Today ...

With the complete overhaul of Windows 8 and its Metro UI makeover, Microsoft felt its new operating system needed a new logo — one that looked more like a window. New Windows 8 logo, meet user ...