‘Action Is Needed’—Microsoft Changes Windows Update In 10 Days

Microsoft has just confirmed there are now 1.6 billion Windows users — most of whom are affected by its decision to terminate ...
Windows Latest

Microsoft’s Satya Nadella confirms 1.6 billion monthly Windows devices, Bing crosses 1 billion users for the first time

Microsoft says Windows now has 1.6 billion monthly active users, while Bing crossed 1 billion monthly active users for the ...

Angry Hacker Drops Microsoft Zero-Day Exploit, 1 Billion Users Warned

A security researcher frustrated with Microsoft has released the BlueHammer Windows zero-day exploit, telling the company, “I ...
GeekWire

Inside the Windows 1.0 reunion: How a scrappy team shipped the product that changed everything, eventually

Members of the Windows 1.0 team at their 40-year reunion this week. L-R, kneeling/sitting: Joe Barello, Ed Mills, Tandy Trower, Mark Cliggett, Steve Ballmer (holding a Windows 1.0 screenshot) and Don ...
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Windows 1.01 was launched 40 years ago, but it didn't start well — Microsoft's graphical OS adventures were uncompetitive at launch

Windows 1.01 was released by Microsoft 40 years ago. It was the software company’s first commercially released WIMP (Windows, Icons, Menus, and Pointer)-driven shell, laying the foundations for the ...
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Microsoft blocks Chrome downloads on Windows, hitting 1.4B users

Microsoft is escalating its browser battle by inserting new roadblocks between Windows users and Google Chrome, turning a long‑running rivalry into a direct confrontation that now touches an estimated ...
PC World

Microsoft Windows hits 40 years old: A visual walk down memory lane

On November 20th, 1985, a then not-so-big company called Microsoft announced that Windows was commercially available. Read the full story of the Microsoft operating system below. Windows 1 to 11: The ...