In the tech world, this was to have been one of the biggest events of the year. Microsoft, the industry's queen, would be giving birth to her newest bundled bit of joy, a precocious blue-and-white ...

Despite Windows XP’s promises of improved stability and a generally more useful interface, not even Madonna can make it the right choice for many computer users. Hyped as the most significant new ...

Six years ago, Microsoft unveiled a new operating system that it promised would work faster, more reliably and more simply than anything it had ever made before. Now it's about to make the same offer.

If you remember when Windows 95 launched then you'll probably struggle to think of a product that has been that extensively publicized in one big push since. In the UK Microsoft paid huge sums of ...

For years, software makers invented operating systems and applications that required more computing power, leading to a demand for new chips and other hardware--a cycle that has been likened to the ...

When it comes to Microsoft Windows, there are many versions that are iconic for different reasons. Windows 3.1 liberated the mainstream from the DOS prompt, and Windows 95 felt like the future had ...

Back in August 2023, Windows 95 became 28 years old. Official support for Windows 95 ended in 2001, to be replaced by Windows 98, then Windows XP, then Windows Vista. (Oof.) We’ve previously ...

LONDON, 25 Oct: U.S. software giant Microsoft on Thursday officially launched Windows XP, the latest version of its flagship product, vowing it would be twice as big as Windows 95 amid doubts that it ...

Nothing short of a mechanism that would automatically upgrade them to a more recent version of Windows for free without need for user intervention would be enough, and in the case of those who are ...

20 years ago today, Microsoft launched Windows 95, with help from the Rolling Stones "Start me Up." The song choice was prophetic. For better or worse, the launch of Windows 95 was the beginning of a ...

Windows 95 launched 25 years ago. Windows 95 introduced several features that went on to become staples of all Windows operating systems. Windows 95 was the first user-friendly version of Windows.

Twenty years ago this week, Microsoft introduced its Windows 95 operating system on CD-ROM. One of the legacies of the operating system was its dreamy startup music, composed by legendary producer ...