is a senior editor and author of Notepad, who has been covering all things Microsoft, PC, and tech for over 20 years. A Windows 8-style version of VLC is finally here. After months of delays, the ...

At long last, the Windows 8 Metro environment has a decent media player that can play MKV files: VLC for Windows 8! VLC Media Player Beta for Windows 8 is a complete reimagining of VLC for Microsoft's ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. The VLC team has announced on its Kicstarter project page that it has accumulated over £40,000.

One of the most popular free media players is now finally available for Windows 8. The team at VideoLAN has now completed work on version 1.0 of their VLC media player and it is now available to ...

VLC is a media player that’s earned a reputation as a Swiss Army Knife thanks to its ability to handle just about any audio or video file you can throw at it. There are versions of the app for Windows ...

The popular multi-platform VLC media player is now definitely going to be made available for Windows 8 modern UI users. This includes people who have Windows RT and Windows Phone 8, both of which ...

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One of the big downsides on the modern side of Windows 8 is that, well, the built-in video player is terrible. Finally, a worthy replacement has appeared on the horizon for modern UI fans: The ...

This week the newest VLC update will be bringing an entirely new – and surprisingly beautiful – look to VLC. This is the app you use when you want to be able to play any kind of media. The app you use ...

Even though it's been a while since VideoLAN successfully raised enough money via Kickstarter to work on a Windows 8 app for its VLC video player, the development of has taken much longer than ...