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Windows 11 Now Has Over One Billion Users

Windows 11 Now Has Over One Billion Users

It took Windows 11 less time to reach one billion users than it did for…

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…

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Then and Now, Part 2: Feeling Blue (Premium)

In the wake of the Windows 8/RT debacle, Microsoft tried a Hail Mary to save…

Surface RT running Windows RT
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Then and Now, Part 1: RT (Premium)

A lot has changed since Microsoft announced its first port of Windows to the Arm…

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…

Steam

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…

Google Drive

Google Drive is Dropping Support for Windows 8 and 8.1 in August

The Google Drive app for Windows will drop support for Windows 8 and Windows 8.1…

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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…

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The End of the Windows 8 Era? Hardly (Premium)

Yes, support for Windows 8.x is ending soon. But Windows and its users are still…

Windows 8.1 Users Will Start Seeing End of Support Notifications Next Month

Microsoft will start sending end-of-support notifications to Windows 8.1 users next month, as the OS…

Internet Explorer 11 is Being Retired Today

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

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Programming Windows: Universal (Premium)

By early 2014, we knew that Microsoft was racing to replace Windows 8. But first,…

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