Windows went on sale 40 years ago. Here's the whole history of the operating system, from Windows 1 to 11 and everything in between.

First developed in 1981 by computer scientist Chase Bishop, the software project that would eventually become Windows actually started life under a far wonkier name: "Interface ...

Computers have so many USB ports that picking one to use can be hard. With a simple inspection, you can easily decide which ...

With the HP FilmScan 5-Inch Touch Screen Film Scanner, it's easy to sum up the sales pitch: It's an inexpensive film scanner ...

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Gray windows and simple graphics make CivIdle a 4X strategy game you could get away with playing on office time, back in 2001 anyway.

Windows 1.0 did set the stage for Microsoft to take the OS market by storm, however, and it introduced some iconic features that you might still be using t ...

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 ...

Windhawk is a well-known Windows customization tool that can do wonders for the operating system, and the latest update makes ...