Microsoft tried to kill Paint in Windows for a successor nobody wanted, then killed...
Microsoft tried to retire MS Paint for Paint 3D in 2017, users pushed back, and Paint survived. Paint 3D didn't. Here's the full history, and why Microsoft should open-source what's left.
Microsoft engineer explains why 32-bit Windows was capped at 4GB RAM, and it wasn’t...
32-bit Windows is commonly said to max out at 4GB because of basic address math, but Microsoft had a way around that limit years before Windows 11 arrived, and chose not to use it on consumer PCs.
iPhone Duo’s photos could pass for Microsoft’s Surface Duo ads from 2020
Turns out, it isn't just the name that iPhone Duo copied from Surface Duo. Apple's keynote pitch, app pairing, and posture-aware software all trace back to research Microsoft did six years ago.
The foldable iPhone Duo is here, and it’s the Surface Duo Microsoft gave up...
Apple is unveiling the iPhone Duo today, but Microsoft got to a book-style foldable phone first with the Surface Duo, a device with excellent hardware let down by unfinished software and a company that lost interest too soon.
Microsoft revives Bill Gates’ “PC on every desk” promise for Windows 11, now it...
Decades after Bill Gates promised a PC on every desk, Microsoft is giving that vision a second act with "unmetered intelligence." Backed by RTX Spark and Project Zenith, the company wants Windows 11 PCs to run massive AI models locally without cloud latency or token fees. Here is what the shift means.
Microsoft said it would cut Windows 11 ads, then put a Harry Potter ad...
If you've set up Bing-powered wallpapers on Windows 11 (and Windows 10), you might see a full-fledged advertisement for Harry Potter.
Excel keeps people on Windows, and a Linux distro creator wants Microsoft to end...
DHH asked Satya Nadella why Word and Excel still don't run natively on Linux. Microsoft's FY2026 results show Windows is now a fraction of its revenue, while Azure and Microsoft 365 grow by double digits, making DHH's argument more plausible than it would've been a decade ago.
Microsoft engineer says “typing code is absolutely over,” and Windows 11 is already being...
When a veteran Microsoft engineer says traditional software development is behind us, the industry listens. David Fowler argues that manually typing code line-by-line is fading fast, replaced by AI agents in Aspire, WSL, and native Windows 11 workflows. Here is what it means for developers.
New Outlook quietly added 5 new features in August, but the All inboxes view...
Microsoft says it has finished rolling out the August 2026 update for Outlook, and there are quite a few notable changes
Microsoft is adding an AI-powered Canvas to Excel that turns workbook data into interactive...
In July 2026, Microsoft added as many as six Copilot features to Excel, and I am not even considering the third-party integrations. Now, there's another one coming, and it's called Copilot...
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