Microsoft is pushing AI agents deep into Windows, reviving a platform strategy that once made the PC operating system ...

Microsoft wants Windows to become the platform for AI agents, echoing its early Windows strategy while balancing innovation, ...

If you're looking for a 1990s flashback, the Internet Archive has you covered with a new window into the world of Microsoft's 24-year-old Windows 3.1. Unless you're working at a certain airport, ...

In 2018, Microsoft open-sourced the original and first GUI-based Windows File Manager which debuted in Windows 3.0. The program, which is maintained on GitHub by Microsoft, is now available to ...

Imagine a world without the Start button. No, I’m not talking about Windows 8. Dig deep into your memory, and you may recall a time when Windows 3.1 ruled the Earth. Twenty-five years ago this month, ...

Microsoft stopped issuing licenses for Microsoft Windows 3.x software on 1 November after 18 years. After some early mid-steps with versions of Windows that used concepts like "tiling" of Windows ...

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Update, Jan. 16, 2025: This story, originally published Jan. 15, now includes a statement from Microsoft regarding the Windows zero-day exploits. As if Windows users hadn’t got enough to worry about ...

“Microsoft Solitaire” was originally intended to teach new computer owners how to work a mouse. (Museum of Play Photo) “Microsoft Solitaire,” a computer game played by more than 500 million people ...

Microsoft operating systems almost never actually die, preferring instead to fade away into the mists of antiquity, but as of November 1, Windows for Workgroups 3.11 is finally, officially, totally ...