Engineers are now focusing on performance, reliability, and the overall Windows experience. is a senior editor and author of Notepad, who has been covering all things Microsoft, PC, and tech for over ...
The 'Get Windows 10' (GWX) fiasco One very controversial move in the early days of Windows 10 was Microsoft's heavy-handedness when it came to upgrading users from Windows 7 to Windows 10. In 2015, ...
A lot of different things happened to Windows 10 and 11 in 2025. Microsoft discontinued Windows 10, released a new feature update for Windows 11, announced all sorts of stuff, and dealt with multiple ...
Computing history: Raymond Chen is once again reminding us that back when Windows 95 ruled the software world, coding was a completely different beast. The Win9x user interface eventually made its way ...
Windows operating systems collect extensive data through various background processes, often without explicit user awareness.
On July 29, 2015, Microsoft launched Windows 10 to the world. It was a step in the right direction after the disaster that was Windows 8, merging the new live tile interface with the familiar Start ...