Editor’s note: Ahead of Microsoft’s 50th’s anniversary, we’ve fixed the layout on this story — which we originally published in 2012 when Windows 8 launched. Now’s a good time to ...

On November 20, 1985, Microsoft shipped Windows 1.0, a then new operating system. Development took two years after the Windows announcement in 1983, leading skeptics to call it “vaporware.” See EDN‘s ...

On this day in 1985, Microsoft unveiled its leap into the graphical user interface world with Windows 1.0, a piece of ...

What was Microsoft’s best Windows operating system of all time? If you’re like us, you have…opinions. Even if you’re not the type to parse through all of the little details that separated ...

Microsoft's Twitter account adopted a Bill and Ted persona yesterday to announce Windows 1.0 from 1985. The company hasn't explained what it's planning but told a fan to "just take a chill pill ...

Microsoft is acting like it just woke up from a three-decade coma. On its Twitter and Instagram accounts, the company is "introducing the all-new Windows 1.0." Um, what? Windows 1.0 debuted nearly ...

Microsoft worked on the first version of a new operating system. Interface Manager was the code name and was considered as the final name, but Windows prevailed because it best described the boxes ...

After a year of building on Windows Terminal previews, Microsoft has released version 1.0 of its new open-source terminal application. Microsoft announced Windows Terminal at Build 2019 and now ...

What just happened? The Control Panel has been an essential component of Microsoft Windows for decades, and was originally introduced in Windows 1.0 in the mid-80s. However, its days are numbered ...

Microsoft reminded users that insecure Transport Layer Security (TLS) 1.0 and 1.1 protocols will be disabled soon in future Windows releases. The TLS secure communication protocol is crafted to ...