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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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Windows 10 Throwback: January 21, 2015 (Premium)

In January 2015, Microsoft held its second Windows 10 event, and while this one was…

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Windows 10 Throwback: September 30, 2014 (Premium)

On Tuesday, September 30, 2014, I sat in a small audience with Mary Jo Foley…

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Throwback: Nokia Lumia 1020 (Premium)

The Nokia Lumia 1020 changed everything when it arrived in July 2013, three years after…

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Throwback: Halo 3 (Premium)

The release of Halo 3 for the Xbox 360 on September 25, 2007 was a…

Throwback Thursday: Hallo from Deutschland, 2003

Throwback Thursday: Hallo from Deutschland, 2003

My current trip to Germany very closely mirrors my first visit here in 2003. And…

Throwback Thursday: Windows Millennium Edition

Throwback Thursday: Windows Millennium Edition

Windows Me is unfairly criticized for being an unwanted extension of the Windows 9x family…

Throwback: The Gears of War Series

Throwback: The Gears of War Series

I've always had a mixed reaction to the games in the Gears of War series,…

Thurrott Daily: May 22

Thurrott Daily: May 22

Tech tidbits from around the web: Windows 10 Mobile devices can now use screens as…

Throwback Thursday: Ultra-Mobile PC

Throwback Thursday: Ultra-Mobile PC and the Origami Experience

With its Tablet PC initiative faltering in the mid-2000s, Microsoft set out to reinvigorate the…

Throwback Thursday: Zune Unboxing

In late 2006, Microsoft announced Zune, “the next big milestone for its Connected Entertainment vision.”…

Throwback Thursday: Castle Wolfenstein 3D

Throwback Thursday: Wolfenstein 3D

In the early 1990s, I was an Amiga diehard, convinced that my personal computer platform…

Throwback Thursday: Windows 2001

Throwback Thursday: Windows 2001?

15 years ago, Microsoft was working on the follow-up to Windows 2000, which was then…

Throwback Thursday: My First Year with Windows Phone

Digging around through my old gadgets this week I found a few interesting and semi-historical…

Throwback Thursday: Windows “Vienna”

Most people don’t know or forgot, but Windows 7 actually went through a couple of…

Throwback Thursday: 1995

While I will be writing separately about several of the products mentioned in this article,…

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