Windows XP’s most famous pirated key wasn’t a hack, and a Microsoft engineer explains...
If you used a PC in the early 2000s, this image of a CD with FCKGW-RHQQ2-YXRKT-8TG6W-2B7Q8 written with a marker needs no explanation.
Before the iPhone, Microsoft had already built the smartphone, running a Windows you probably...
Long before the iPhone, Microsoft and Orange launched the SPV in 2002, a Windows-powered smartphone with email, calendar, and Exchange integration years ahead of its time. From Windows CE's early handhelds to the Pocket PC era, here's how Microsoft's mobile head start slipped away.
“It was fun,” Microsoft on why Windows 95 had music, cartoons, and games
Windows 95 turns 31 today, and Raymond Chen explains why its CD shipped with a Weezer video, cartoons, and games nobody asked for. Because it was fun. That instinct built one of the best-selling operating systems ever, and it is the same instinct Windows 11 has quietly lost somewhere along the way.
Microsoft CEO warns AI dependency can mean “outsourcing your thinking,” and it should worry...
Satya Nadella says a firm will not exist if it does not have control over the knowledge or data, as models have "outsourced your thinking."
Microsoft’s leaked new OS is one you’ll hope stays buried, and it’s not Windows
Microsoft spent 2024 building a working Copilot-only OS called Project Aion, dropping the Start menu, desktop icons, and Win32 apps for an AI shell built on Edge. I went through the leak in detail, and I hope this one stays buried, though Windows 11's agent workspace tells a different story.
Microsoft now pays you if you invite your friends to use Edge browser on...
If you invite enough friends to Microsoft Edge, you can easily buy yourself Xbox Game Pass or a gift card through Microsoft Rewards.
Microsoft has launched a new initiative where it rewards...
Microsoft built a Classic Outlook “skin” for New Outlook to win over users who...
Microsoft says it will let users apply an Outlook Classic-like interface to New Outlook using built-in themes.
Microsoft explains why Pinball vanished from Windows: “We couldn’t afford to spend days studying...
3D Pinball disappeared after Windows XP, and Raymond Chen explains why. A 64-bit porting bug sent the ball falling straight through the table, and with an outside company's uncommented code and a deadline looming, Microsoft's engineers made the call to cut it.
Microsoft rebranded Office every 24-36 months, and it had nothing to do with design
While Microsoft changed Office icons and names every two to three years in the 90s, the strategy wasn't driven by aesthetics. According to former executive Steven Sinofsky, physical store shelves and multi-year enterprise contracts dictated these frequent visual updates to justify costly upgrades.
Microsoft confirms it accidentally disabled Copilot in Outlook Classic, and we wish it wasn’t...
Microsoft accidentally broke Copilot integration in Outlook Classic while trying to integrate more AI-powered features.
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