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This morning, Microsoft released Windows 8.1. Windows 8 users can upgrade for free by visiting the Windows Store; if you have another operating system, the upgrade will cost you the same price as ...

Microsoft's latest version of Windows, 8.1, arrives today. CNET takes a look at what came before it, and what's still ahead. Josh Lowensohn Former Senior Writer Josh Lowensohn joined CNET in 2006 and ...

Windows 1.0 officially released to the public 40 years ago today (November 20), and despite its age, still has some common similarities with what users can expect from the operating system today.

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 ...

In another example of "everything old is new again," you can now recapture that old-school Microsoft feeling without even a single floppy disk drive. The year was 1980-something. One afternoon, a ...

One of Windows 8.1’s coolest tricks is buried deep in the new Food & Drink app. The app is chock-full of recipes for all sorts of delectable goodies, but touchscreens and foodstuffs don’t mix so well.

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 ...

Thanks to the surprising power and flexibility of JavaScript, you can now run Windows 1.01 in your web browser. Yes, despite missing the boat by some 28 years, you can now draw stunning monochrome art ...

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. March 3, 1986: Probably no category of software has had as difficult a birth as that of operating environments. These software packages, ...

Today, Microsoft has published a brand-new app called 'Windows 1.11' in the Microsoft Store to promote the third installment of Stranger Things, available right now on Netflix. The Windows 1.11 app ...