Microsoft has historically used small games and even screensavers to demonstrate notable features in new Windows releases. The 3D Maze screensaver was designed to showcase the ...

The Pocket 386 is a tiny laptop computer with a 7 inch display, a QWERTY keyboard, and a body that’s small enough that you might actually be able to fit it into a (large) pocket. It’s also a device ...

In 1995, Microsoft released the first iteration of what would become the Windows 9x series of home operating systems, the aptly named Windows 95. Windows had already been a prominent player in the ...

He Chunhui (hchunhui) has developed the Tiny386 x86 PC emulator in C (C99) and managed to run Windows 3.1/3.2 and Windows 95 ...

Michael Kanellos is editor at large at CNET News.com, where he covers hardware, research and development, start-ups and the tech industry overseas. Microsoft has taken steps to ensure that Windows 95 ...

The 1990s are remembered as the start of a technological revolution and the beginning of the digital era with the recent birth of the internet and the mass adoption of personal home computers. Fast ...

When I couldn't get the machine to recognise the CD-ROM, I borrowed a friend's computer, put my HD into it as a the primary slave (having formatted it etc) and then used his CD-ROM to copy the setup ...

Windows 95 launched 25 years ago. Windows 95 introduced several features that went on to become staples of all Windows operating systems. Windows 95 was the first user-friendly version of Windows.

Retro Potato: Longtime Microsoft software engineer Raymond Chen recently responded to an intriguing retro-tech question posed by a game developer on X. The developer inquired about the three distinct ...

Microsoft is giving Windows 10 a fresh coat of paint. But it’s not just getting a touch-up — Microsoft is doing all the fine details, getting under the switch plates and sanding the molding. Windows ...