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RIP, Skype
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Throwback: 22 Years of Skype (Premium)

Last week, Microsoft revealed the inevitable and announced it would finally kill Skype. So let's…

The original iPad mini, 2012
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Throwback: My Original Apple iPad Mini Review from 2012 (Premium)

Apple released its first iPad mini in November 2012, and it was precisely the iPad…

My original Amazon Kindle review from 2007
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Throwback: My Original Amazon Kindle Review from 2007 (Premium)

I'm reevaluating the devices I use for reading and will write about that soon. Meanwhile,…

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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 the focus was on…

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Windows 10 Throwback: September 30, 2014 (Premium)

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

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Throwback: Nokia Lumia 1020 (Premium)

To one of the biggest-ever fans of Windows phone, there was no point higher in…

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Throwback: Halo 3 (Premium)

In celebration of today’s release of a remastered Halo 3 for the PC, here are…

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…

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