A core group of early Microsoft developers and business leaders reunited this week, 40 years after releasing Windows 1.0, ...

A scrappy group of early Microsoft developers and business leaders reunited this week, 40 years after releasing Windows 1.0, sharing previously untold stories and reflecting on how their work set the ...

I love Tiny11 Builder, but what if you just want to clean up an existing Windows 11 install? This is a strong contender.

FreeBSD has a tool for automating package building called the Poudriere build system, but this couldn't build the base OS. It ...

Privacy and user control: Zorin OS 18 respects user privacy and isn’t bogged down with AI extras like CoPilot and Recall. You ...

ZDNET key takeaways There are tons of brilliant open-source apps.You'll find open-source titles for Linux, MacOS, and Windows.Some of these apps are so good, they should have a price tag. Since I ...

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 ...

It’s no surprise that Windows remains the world’s most widely used operating system for desktops and laptops—a position it has held for decades, thanks to its dominant market share. That’s not the ...

Windows 1.0 officially released to the public 40 years ago today (November 20), and despite its age, still has some common similarities with what users can expect from the operating system today.

November 10, 1983: Microsoft tells the world about an upcoming product called Windows that will bring the graphical user interface to IBM PCs. Although Microsoft’s announcement about the new operating ...

After nearly four years, Oracle has released the next major update for VirtualBox. The latest VirtualBox 7.0 release has introduced support for TPM and Secure Boot for Windows 11 users. It means that ...