The workhorse that is Windows XP is off to the glue factory, after 12 years of dutiful service. But it can be hard to say goodbye to a faithful old operating system (OS) - especially for businesses ...

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Without Microsoft, the world of modern computer technology would not be the same as we know it. Next year, Microsoft turns 50 years old, so it’s worth looking back at the megacorporation’s significant ...

PCMag has covered Microsoft's Windows operating system from its first iteration in 1985 right up to the current, heady days of Windows 11. Before Windows, we used and wrote about its predecessor, ...

Windows 10 wasn’t perfect; these examples of what it did right are cherry-picked. But part of the operating system’s ...

They’ve closed down these “windows” for the last time. As of October 14, 2025, Microsoft’s Windows 10 has reached the end of its usable life, prompting an outpouring of tributes from tech-heads ...

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