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Happy Friday! Here is another round of questions and (attempted) answers to start off the…

December 7, 1995 was another day that would live in infamy. For Netscape and any…

JavaScript was created as a simple interpreted scripting language that would turn the web into…

After ignoring the Internet threat for years, Bill Gates finally decided to “embrace and extend”…

A boldly innovative startup called Netscape understood that the web was a platform that could…

In this sidebar, Microsoft’s planned successor to NT was a challenge that was too complex…

I’m back from The Netherlands, a little bleary-eyed and ready for a weekend of rest.…

Let's quickly say hello to Java, the programming language and runtime environment that would go…

This week’s Samsung event included a major Microsoft presence that makes the Note 10 launch…

If you want a Surface Phone, it's not coming from Microsoft and it will launch…

Sun’s Java programming language and runtime environment were perfect for the Internet. And an existential…

A recent Wirecutter comparison of sub-$500 laptops highlights a big problem for Microsoft: There are…

Thanks to the stratospheric success of Windows in the 1990s, Microsoft was initially blind to…

As I write this, we’re about two-thirds of the way through this year’s home swap,…

Happy Friday, and greetings from Hilversum, The Netherlands. This will be the last Ask Paul…

Chapter six brings together many of the major hurdles in the development of the Surface…