4 iconic Windows apps that quietly faded into history

With every new cycle of Windows, Microsoft will update, rebrand, or even remove software from its suite. These are some ...

Inside the Windows 1.0 reunion: How a scrappy team shipped the product that changed everything, eventually

A core group of early Microsoft developers and business leaders reunited this week, 40 years after releasing Windows 1.0, ...
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12 Of The Most Important Moments In Microsoft's History

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. When you think of Microsoft, the first thing that springs to mind might be the desktop PC, which is essentially synonymous with Microsoft's ...
PC World

Microsoft publishes MS-DOS, Word for Windows source code

Microsoft arguably built its business on MS-DOS, and on Tuesday the software giant and the Mountain View, CA-based Computer History Museum took the unprecedented step of publishing the source code for ...
TechSpot

FCKGW: How an internal Microsoft leak fueled Windows XP piracy

In context: Piracy has been a part of Windows history from the very beginning. Microsoft began taking the issue seriously with Windows XP, and Dave Plummer has now revealed that the first unauthorized ...
PC World

Every Microsoft Windows operating system, ranked

What was Microsoft’s best Windows operating system of all time? If you’re like us, you have…opinions. Even if you’re not the type to parse through all of the little details that separated Windows 98 ...