With Windows Blue, a k a Windows 8.1, Microsoft is re-introducing a Start Button and adding a boot-straight-to-desktop option. Here's how these may work.

It's been rumored for quite some time that Microsoft would be bringing back the Start button in Windows 8.1. This news alone has Windows users… ...

While responding to users clamoring for a return for the Start button in Windows 8, Microsoft may have pulled the greatest PR switcheroo.