Inside the Windows 1.0 reunion: How a scrappy team shipped the product that changed everything, eventually

A core group of early Microsoft developers and business leaders reunited this week, 40 years after releasing Windows 1.0, ...

If you can name these 12 computer components, you're officially old

If you've been around in the computing space for some time, you'll surely remember at least a few of these legacy PC ...
GitHub

Aero 7 theme for Windows 11 23H2+!

Aero7-11 is made using the default aero.msstyles in Windows 11. This was made and tested on Windows 11 23H2 and 24H2. Aero7-11 supports 22H2 through 23H2. It is untested in 25H2, and DWM mods may be a ...
XDA Developers on MSN

The designer of the worst Windows theme ever made has revealed why it got added

Well, it seems I wasn't the only one who still remembers the eye-searing experience of the worst theme in Windows history. Someone has hunted down the original designer of the Windows themes to have ...
PCMag Australia

IRIScan Book 7

Our team tests, rates, and reviews more than 1,500 products each year to help you make better buying decisions and get more ...
PCMag

IRIScan Book 7 Review: In a Steady Hand, This Wand Can Scan Anything

The IRIScan Book 7 wand scanner is ideal for digitizing books, magazines, documents, or other printed materials when a ...
iTech Hacks

PC Taking Forever to Boot? How to Fix Slow Startup in Windows

Is your computer dragging its feet in 2026? Here is how to fix slow startup in Windows by clearing clutter and updating a few ...
PC Magazine

Considering a New Echo Device? You Have to Try These 7 Alexa+ Features

At its fall event, Amazon announced a bevy of new devices, including a new range of Echo devices focused on supporting Alexa+. While its next-generation AI assistant is still in Early Access, I've ...
VentureBeat

Microsoft’s Fara-7B is a computer-use AI agent that rivals GPT-4o and works directly on your PC

Microsoft has introduced Fara-7B, a new 7-billion parameter model designed to act as a Computer Use Agent (CUA) capable of performing complex tasks directly on a user’s device. Fara-7B sets new ...
Microsoft

Fara-7B: An Efficient Agentic Model for Computer Use

In 2024, Microsoft introduced small language models (SLMs) to customers, starting with the release of Phi (opens in new tab) models on Microsoft Foundry (opens in new tab), as well as deploying Phi ...
PC Gamer

We used to be a society (with a good Windows Task Manager icon)

Microsoft has delivered some blows to Task Manager in recent times. As noted last week by PC Gamer's Andy Edser, the Windows team recently stamped out a bug that granted Task Manager immortality. The ...
The Verge

Talking to Windows’ Copilot AI makes a computer feel incompetent

Copilot’s limitations are ever-present, and it can lead you astray on even the basics. If you buy something from a Verge link, Vox Media may earn a commission. See our ethics statement. is a reviewer ...