Either Microsoft is gearing up for a very odd promotional effort or somebody on the Windows team has hijacked a functioning time machine. Yesterday, the company posted a video boasting an “all-new ...

Microsoft’s Windows operating system was first introduced in 1985. A lot has changed since then, and when we try to look back, we come across a few fond remembrances. Called Windows Throwback theme, ...

Members of the Windows 1.0 team at their 40-year reunion this week. L-R, kneeling/sitting: Joe Barello, Ed Mills, Tandy Trower, Mark Cliggett, Steve Ballmer (holding a Windows 1.0 screenshot) and Don ...

Microsoft “re-released” Windows 1.0 this week as part of a partnership with that Stranger Things show I have yet to binge on Netflix. While it’s free for you to download and play with—on Windows, of ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Today marks the 30th anniversary of arguably the single most important release in the history of ...

is a senior editor and author of Notepad, who has been covering all things Microsoft, PC, and tech for over 20 years. The PC revolution started off life 35 years ago this week. Microsoft launched its ...

Rummaging through his home office recently, Ray Ozzie, Microsoft's chief software architect, came across a trove of old documents that tech aficionados will get a kick out of: the press materials ...

First developed in 1981 by computer scientist Chase Bishop, the software project that would eventually become Windows actually started life under a far wonkier name: "Interface Manager." The title was ...

is a senior editor and founding member of The Verge who covers gadgets, games, and toys. He spent 15 years editing the likes of CNET, Gizmodo, and Engadget. Editor’s note: Ahead of Microsoft’s 50th’s ...

November 10, 1983: Microsoft tells the world about an upcoming product called Windows that will bring the graphical user interface to IBM PCs. Although Microsoft’s announcement about the new operating ...

Windows 1.0 officially released to the public 40 years ago today (November 20), and despite its age, still has some common similarities with what users can expect from the operating system today.

Easter eggs, fun little references or surprises hidden just below the surface, are practically a given for modern movies and video games. But they aren’t the exclusive domain of entertainment media, ...