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Programming Windows: Aftermath (Premium)

In the aftermath of Steven Sinofsky's firing, the Windows team pushed forward to correct the…

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…

Microsoft Preps Native OneDrive Clients for Windows on ARM, M1 Macs

Well, it took long enough, but Microsoft is finally testing native OneDrive clients on Windows…

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,…

Flutter for Windows is Available in Alpha

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

Microsoft Pushes Edge to Windows 7 and 8.1

Windows 10 users aren’t the only ones getting Microsoft Edge from Windows Update: Now it’s…

Microsoft Announces PowerShell 7

Today, Microsoft announced the immediate availability of PowerShell 7, the latest version of its cross-platform…

Microsoft Edge Dev Preview Builds Now Available for Older Windows Versions

Microsoft is releasing Dev builds of the new Chromium-based Microsoft Edge browser for Windows 7,…

Microsoft Issues Updated WebView 2 SDK

Microsoft this week released an updated version of its new WebView 2 SDK, which helps…

Microsoft Edge Preview Now Available on Windows 7, 8, and 8.1

Your national nightmare is over. Microsoft has finally announced the availability of preview versions of…

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Programming Windows: A Timeline (Premium)

In 2020, Windows will celebrate its 35th anniversary. Here’s a rough timeline of each release,…

Yes, Windows 8 is Still Unsupported

Microsoft quietly changed a 2018 blog post about Windows Phone and Windows 8/8.1 Store app…

Microsoft Edge 75 First Impressions

An early build of the Chromium-based version of Microsoft Edge has leaked, giving us our…

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Looking Back on My Original “Slippery Slope” Article (Premium)

I’ve been pushing back against Microsoft’s escalation of advertising in Windows since the beginning.

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Windows 8: Still Crazy After All These Years (Premium)

Yes, Windows 10 usage finally surpassed that of Windows 7. But this belated milestone is…

Tip: Download Windows 7 and 8.1 ISOs

Microsoft now has ISO downloads available for Windows 7 and 8.1, and not just Windows…

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