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Whether it's the controversial Recall feature or adding AI to classic apps like MS Paint and Notepad, Microsoft has a penchant for adding pointless features to Windows 11. Maybe it helps generate buzz ...

They’ve closed down these “windows” for the last time. As of October 14, 2025, Microsoft’s Windows 10 has reached the end of its usable life, prompting an outpouring of tributes from tech-heads ...

Windows 10 was launched in July 2015. It was supposed to be the last major operating system (OS) upgrade, but Microsoft released Windows 11 in October 2021, and now Windows 10 has reached end of life, ...

Microsoft announced it was ending support for Windows 10, the world's most popular operating system, in October 2025, which means the popular operating system will no longer receive security updates ...

Checking Windows 11 compatibility on a Windows 10 PC using Microsoft’s PC Health Check App. Microsoft is beginning the global rollout of Windows 11 this afternoon, starting in New Zealand and ...

When you have a Windows computer and have to deal with Microsoft patches, hard drives that die, and hard drives that should be updated to solid-state drives (SSDs), there are a few key tasks you need ...

Windows 11 brings big changes to the Start menu and taskbar, an extensive reworking of the Settings app, and a Widgets pane designed to deliver news and reminders. Microsoft released Windows 11 to the ...

Remember Windows 3.1? If there's a thrill when you think about it, you can relive the whole environment at one masterful programmer's website.

Microsoft announced it was ending support for Windows 10 in October 2025, and since then, the Redmond company has been pushing Windows 10 users to make the leap to the latest version of Windows.

OK, brace yourself for this one, peeps. Linus Torvalds, the software developer who created the Linux operating system and one of the most iconic figures in the indy computing scene, says the bad rep ...

Microsoft’s vision for Windows in 2030 includes a “voice-first” interaction mode that shifts away from the traditional keyboard and mouse, making them feel “alien.” Under the hood, that means handing ...