Editor’s note: Ahead of Microsoft’s 50th’s anniversary, we’ve fixed the layout on this story — which we originally published in 2012 when Windows 8 launched. Now’s a good time to ...

Today marks the 30th anniversary of arguably the single most important release in the history of the personal computer – Windows 1.0. As Windows nears its fourth decade, it does so at a pivotal ...

After nearly four decades, an ancient secret buried deep in Windows 1.0 has been discovered by an intrepid digital archeologist. It’s a simple Easter egg, but one which was most likely ...

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 ...

Tom Warren 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.

Lucas Brooks, an avid Windows fan who digs through and analyzes its early iterations, recently shared his discovery of an easter egg that's been hiding in Windows 1.0 for nearly 37 years.

On Thursday, PC owners got a first look at the future of Windows. Microsoft hosted an event Thursday detailing what's next for Windows 11, the operating system that has helped power personal ...

The first version of Microsoft Windows will be knocking on the door of its third decade Thursday when it turns the ripe old age of 29 — well past retirement in software years, given that ...

On its Twitter and Instagram accounts, the company is "introducing the all-new Windows 1.0." Um, what? Windows 1.0 debuted nearly 34 years ago, on November 20, 1985. It consisted of a 16-bit ...

On November 20, 1985, Microsoft shipped Windows 1.0, a then new operating system. Development took two years after the Windows announcement in 1983, leading skeptics to call it “vaporware.” See EDN‘s ...

After a year of building on Windows Terminal previews, Microsoft has released version 1.0 of its new open-source terminal application. Microsoft announced Windows Terminal at Build 2019 and now ...

Microsoft has confirmed that it will be formally disabling TLS (Transport Layer Security) versions 1.0 and 1.1 very soon on Windows. In a blog post titled "TLS 1.0 and TLS 1.1 soon to be disabled ...