Windows is probably the most consequential software ever created. It for nearly four decades, it has run the computers that we use to learn, create, defend our country, heal the sick, and look at ...

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 ...

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.--Microsoft's roadmap to the future includes side trips into casino gambling and sewing-machine design. A high-tech sewing machine Microsoft's Windows CE.Net operating system ...

What comes to mind when you look back at the history of Windows? Is it the iconic logos, the ever-changing Start menus, or maybe the introduction of Live Tiles? The story of Microsoft’s flagship ...

The service pack incorporates Windows XP SP1, including the .Net Framework and changes to the user interface as required by the company's antitrust settlement with the government. The SP1, announced ...

Linux's popularity could hinder the software giant in its quest to gain control of a server market that's crucial to its long-term goals. Stephen Shankland worked at CNET from 1998 to 2024 and wrote ...

FreeDOS is an open source operating system that allows you to run MS-DOS applications even though Microsoft stopped developing and supporting MS-DOS more than two decades ago. While FreeDOS has been ...

This week, Neowin noticed that Microsoft updated its Windows 11 upgrade guidance such that non-tech-savvy users may find it easy to make the jump from Windows 10 to Windows 11. Following that, today ...