Upon its launch in 1998, Windows 98 received public praise for introducing features that supported the rapidly growing ...

Microsoft released Windows ME (Millennium Edition) as a follow-up to Windows 98, intended to prepare for the 21st century. However, it quickly earned a reputation as "the Worst Operating System of All ...

The latest one to catch my attention is Desktop Survivors 98, a retro explosion of lookalike Windows 98 assets and motifs that has you spraying arcs of solitaire cards and blasting stuff out of ...

Desktop Survivors 98, developed by solo indie dev Brandon Hesslau, delivers players to the tranquil meadows of the default Windows 98 homescreen, where you'll utilize solitaire cards, recycle bins ...

But Windows 98 essentially served as a gateway to the Internet for Windows, with the Active Desktop allowing active Web content to be added to the desktop and Internet Explorer 4.0 debuting.

Windows 98 was designed to be "plug and play" ready, meaning users could simply plug devices like printers and scanners into their computers and use them right away, without installing any software.

In brief: It's now possible to run a barebones version of Discord on legacy Microsoft operating systems including Windows 98 (and even Windows 95, if you're willing to jump through a few extra hoops).

Exo Labs, an outfit with the mission statement of democratising access to AI, such as large language models, has lifted the lid on its latest project: a modified version of Meta's Llama 2 running ...

In brief: A group of artificial intelligence researchers has demonstrated running a powerful AI language model on a Windows 98 machine. And we're not talking about just any old PC, but a vintage ...

It urged users to upgrade to a more secure operating system, such as Windows XP, as soon as possible. This could mean buying a new PC for those running a machine bought eight years ago with Windows 98 ...

Windows 98 Emarsee/Wikimedia The first, real internet-ready Windows operating system, Windows 98 had measured the wind’s direction and was desperate to get out ahead of it.