Windows 1.01 was released by Microsoft 40 years ago. It didn't start well.

After a few more posts, including videos that featured a wonky synthesizer soundtrack, it became clearer that it was a promo with Netflix to promote Stranger Things 3, which launched on the streaming ...

Ever wondered what owning a computer in the 1980s was like? Outside of nostalgia, it wasn’t the best. Until 1984, unless you were in some kind of strange lab or university, nearly everything was ...

Windows went on sale 40 years ago. Here's the whole history of the operating system, from Windows 1 to 11 and everything in between.

Thirty years ago, Microsoft gave to the world the first version of what would become the most popular operating system in the world. Windows 1.0 was released on November 20, 1985, and while the ...

On Monday, Microsoft's Windows Twitter account tweeted out a promotional video for Windows 1.0. Teasing regarding the first version of Windows continued throughout the week, with several hints toward ...

What's going on? Windows has been particularly coy and vague in its responses to queries from followers, telling them only to "Stay tuned" and "Wait for updates!" Windows 1.0 was released in November ...

Stranger Things 3 debuted last week on Netflix, and in advance of the premiere, Microsoft began teasing something related to Windows 1.0. If those two things seem unconnected, well, Microsoft has ...

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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 ...

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 theme, ...

I may maintain that the fact that Microsoft has sold 100 million Windows 8 licenses in six months doesn’t mean much. But that doesn’t mean that Windows sales figures aren’t interesting. In fact, ...