In the tech world, this was to have been one of the biggest events of the year. Microsoft, the industry's queen, would be giving birth to her newest bundled bit of joy, a precocious blue-and-white ...

Despite Windows XP’s promises of improved stability and a generally more useful interface, not even Madonna can make it the right choice for many computer users. Hyped as the most significant new ...

Windows XP turned six months old on Wednesday, and Microsoft celebrated by touting the more than 32 million copies it has sold, either directly to consumers or installed on new computers. This makes ...

Early sales of Windows XP have exceeded those of some previous Microsoft Corp. desktop operating systems, boosting PC-related industries, the company said Thursday, citing independent research figures ...

If you remember when Windows 95 launched then you'll probably struggle to think of a product that has been that extensively publicized in one big push since. In the UK Microsoft paid huge sums of ...

Windows XP’s retail release was October 25, 2001, ten years ago today. Though no longer readily available to buy, it continues to cast a long shadow over the PC industry: even now, a slim majority of ...

20 years ago today, Microsoft launched Windows 95, with help from the Rolling Stones "Start me Up." The song choice was prophetic. For better or worse, the launch of Windows 95 was the beginning of a ...

As mighty winds battered the big-top tent over a stage shrouded with Windows XP banners, at times drowning out the presentation, Microsoft Canada unveiled its latest operating system in Toronto on ...

Nothing short of a mechanism that would automatically upgrade them to a more recent version of Windows for free without need for user intervention would be enough, and in the case of those who are ...

Back in August 2023, Windows 95 became 28 years old. Official support for Windows 95 ended in 2001, to be replaced by Windows 98, then Windows XP, then Windows Vista. (Oof.) We’ve previously ...

Crystal Dew World has released a major update to its retro Windows benchmarking tool. The updated CrystalMark Retro 2.0.0 was made available today, as freeware, and the major change here is that its ...

Twenty years ago this week, Microsoft introduced its Windows 95 operating system on CD-ROM. One of the legacies of the operating system was its dreamy startup music, composed by legendary producer ...