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

That the same leadership and teams made both Windows 7 and Windows 8 is an…

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 Technical Fellow…

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Programming Windows: 7 (Premium)

At the Professional Developers Conference (PDC) 2005, Bill Gates had noted that Microsoft didn’t hold…

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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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Programming Windows: Software + Services (Premium)

Most didn’t appreciate it at the time, but the 2008 Professional Developers Conference (PDC) was…

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Programming Windows: Transitions (Premium)

Microsoft’s revenues had long been dominated by Windows and products that required Windows, like Office.…

Microsoft to Kill OneDrive for Windows 7, 8, 8.1 in Early 2022

Microsoft revealed this week that it will no longer support OneDrive on Windows 7, 8,…

Google Extends Chrome Support on Windows 7

Google announced last night that it will now support Chrome on Windows 7 through January…

Flutter for Windows is Available in Alpha

Google announced today that its Flutter app development toolkit can now be used to create…

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