Microsoft designed a masterpiece right when the PC world needed it most. In the age of AI and dark patterns, it‘s grown only more resonant. Every so often, Microsoft design director Diego Baca boots ...

Remember when the internet was just starting out? It was a wild, new place, nothing like what we see today. Back then, ...

In honor of Microsoft's 50th anniversary, we've ranked the best Windows consumer operating systems Microsoft has ever shipped, in order from worst to best.

About/Description: Windows 2.0 is a 16-bit operating environment from Microsoft released on December 9, 1987, as a successor to Windows 1.0. Windows 2.0, 2.01, and 2.03 are shells for the MS-DOS ...

Introducing GraphRAG 1.0 Microsoft debuted the pre-release version of GraphRAG in July 2024 to advance AI use in complex domains. Since that time, we’ve seen incredible adoption and community ...

Without Microsoft, the world of modern computer technology would not be the same as we know it. Next year, Microsoft turns 50 years old, so it’s worth looking back at the megacorporation’s significant ...

Feel nostalgic? You can still relive some of the operating systems of old. Enjoy these classic operating systems in your ...

A Glimpse into the Past of Personal Computing In a historic move, Microsoft has made the source code for early versions of MS-DOS available to the public. This release offers a fascinating glimpse ...

More open source surprises for you today, coming from Microsoft too which is always interesting to see as they've now open sourced MS-DOS 4.0.

Download Microsoft DOS V1.1 and V2.0 Source Code Other historical source code releases in this series include IBM’s APL programming language, Apple II DOS, Adobe’s Photoshop, Apple Macpaint/QuickDraw, ...

Over its 40 years, PCMag has covered every version of Microsoft's operating system. Like you, sometimes we loved it, and sometimes we didn't. Let's take it back to MS-DOS to see how Windows has ...