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

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, ...

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

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, ...

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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 ...

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 ...

Forget what you know about Windows for a moment. The start menu doesn't exist, 16-bit is all the rage, but 32-bit is coming, and the taskbar is nowhere to be seen. Your computers UI is almost entirely ...