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Windows 10's legacy is complicated
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Windows 10’s Legacy? It’s Complicated (Premium)

Windows 10 has a complicated legacy that's undermined by the enshittification that Microsoft built into…

Hardcore Software by Steven Sinofsky

Review: Hardcore Software by Steven Sinofsky

Hardcore Software is an insider’s account of the events that drove Windows and the PC…

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Steam Drops Support for Windows 7 and 8, macOS 10.13 and 10.14 Are Next

Steam has dropped support for Windows 7, Windows 8, and Windows 8.1 yesterday, and macOS…

Activate Windows 11

You Can No Longer Use Windows 7/8 Keys to Activate Windows 11

It finally happened, Microsoft is no longer allowing users to activate Windows 11 using a…

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Microsoft Quietly Kills Free Windows 10/11 Upgrades from Windows 7/8 (UPDATED)

Microsoft quietly announced that it has stopped supporting free upgrades from Windows 7 and 8…

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It Was the Best of Times, and Then It Was the Worst of Times (Premium)

In 2009, Microsoft released what is still widely hailed as the single best version of…

Microsoft Ends Support for Windows 7 and Windows 8.1 Today

Microsoft is ending support for Windows 7 and Windows 8.1 starting today. Microsoft Edge and…

Google to End Support for Chrome on Windows 7/8.1 in Early 2023

Google announced today that it will finally stop supporting its Chrome web browser on Windows…

Internet Explorer 11 is Being Retired Today

It’s been a long time coming, but Microsoft is officially retiring Internet Explorer 11 today.

Report: More PCs Running Windows XP, 7, and 8 Than Windows 11

A new survey of 10 million Windows devices shows that 1.44 percent of them are…

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Programming Windows: Success (Premium)

Windows 7 couldn’t have arrived at a better time for Microsoft: 2009 was a terrible…

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Programming Windows: Mark Russinovich Interview (Premium)

In January 2010, I visited the Microsoft campus in Redmond, Washington and interviewed Mark Russinovich…

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Programming Windows: 7 (Premium)

Microsoft revealed the Windows 7 desktop at PDC 2008, spent the next year delivering the…

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Programming Windows: Hello, Ribbon and Jump Lists (Premium)

Of the few developer innovations delivered with Windows 7, the new Scenic Ribbon and Jump…

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Throwback: Simple vs. Easy (Premium)

In December 2008, I wrote an editorial describing how Microsoft’s efforts to simplify Windows were…

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Programming Windows: The Windows 7 Developer Story (Premium)

After the first public demonstration of Windows 7 at PDC 2008, Steven Sinofsky ceded the…

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