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 ...

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 ...

In 1975, Gates and Allen formed a partnership called Microsoft ... Described as an operating system that “Works Better & Plays Better, ‘Windows 98’ offered support for a number of new ...

While it didn’t include Microsoft’s Internet Explorer, later versions did. Windows 95 also introduced the concept of “plug and play.” Just install the new hardware, and it works!

Here’s how it works. Today is Windows 1.0's ... From 20 November 1985, here's the first Windows boot screen featuring the old Microsoft logo preceding the operating system that began to change ...

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 ...

which works on future generations of technology. “If you think about the scale of that,” Bathiche said, “it’s kind of crazy.” For this third chapter in our Microsoft @ 50 series, GeekWire spent more ...

Microsoft is turning 50, and nothing has defined the tech giant more than Windows. Like you, we've loved some versions of the desktop OS, and others...not so much. PC hardware is nice, but it’s ...

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 ...