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… ...

The point is, even with the addition of the Start Button if you don’t like the direction Windows is going in Windows 8, Windows 8.1 won’t do anything to abate that.

While sources have emphasized that the Start Button won't work the way the current Windows Start Button does -- by opening up a Start Menu -- that's about all we've heard.

But: Microsoft isn’t completely rolling back Windows 8’s removal of the old approach to Start. Judging from the blog post, pressing the new pseudo-Start button won’t get you an old-style ...