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 ...

40 years ago, Microsoft presented Windows 1.0 at the Comdex computer trade fair in Las Vegas. In 1985, Bill Gates ...

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Windows 1.0 officially released to the public 40 years ago today (November 20), and despite its age, still has some common ...

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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 ...

Let’s start with gaming. For years, gaming was easier on Windows, but a growing number of Linux distros are great for gaming ...

Top 5 things you didn’t know about Windows 1.0 Your email has been sent Windows still has more than 75% of the market on the desktop, but that wasn’t inevitable ...

What just happened? Almost four decades on, a hidden feature of Windows 1.0 has been found for the first time. It's an Easter egg saying "congrats!" that contains the names of the original Windows ...

It’s not a stretch to say that Microsoft’s Windows is one of the most ubiquitous and well-known pieces of software the world has ever seen. At one point or another you’ve almost certainly spent some ...