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.

The Start button had been pausing games for years, but newer Home buttons now often do that, too. And Select? It hasn't had a clear purpose for a long time. Because of this, we've seen some tinkering.

Push-button start has been, until recently, considered a luxury feature. That’s no surprise — starting your car with the press of a button feels like the height of convenience.

Patrick Marshall answers your tech questions. This week's topics cover the Start button on monitor screens failing to function and an alert sound on a PC that's becoming more frequent.

Windows 7 Start Button Changer is a freeware portable app that allows you change the Windows 7 Start Orb or Start Button easily.

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As Sony waves goodbye to the Select and Start buttons with the launch of DualShock 4, we pay a heartfelt tribute to two departing icons. Kinda.

Gmail is rolling out a new "Select All" button on Android devices which can help you more quickly clean your inbox.

After that, the Windows 8.1 start button simply disappears and the Pokki "start button" sits in its place. Pokki also has other features I like.

As for how you’ll use the start and select buttons for PS3 games, Shuhei confirmed they’ll be mapped to Share and Options buttons on the DualShock 4, an obvious choice.

The Select and Start buttons that have appeared on every Sony PlayStation controller since the PlayStation, PlayStation 2 and PlayStation 3, died on November 15 in brick and mortar and online ...

The SN30 Pro+ is clearly based on the iconic SNES controller, with a cross-shaped D-pad on the left, oblong start and select buttons in the middle, and circular A, B, X and Y inputs on the right ...