ZDNET key takeaways There are tons of brilliant open-source apps.You'll find open-source titles for Linux, MacOS, and Windows.Some of these apps are so good, they should have a price tag. Since I ...

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

Windows 1.0 officially released to the public 40 years ago today (November 20), and despite its age, still has some common similarities with what users can expect from the operating system today.

Ever wondered what owning a computer in the 1980s was like? Outside of nostalgia, it wasn’t the best. Until 1984, unless you were in some kind of strange lab or university, nearly everything was ...

It’s no surprise that Windows remains the world’s most widely used operating system for desktops and laptops—a position it has held for decades, thanks to its dominant market share. That’s not the ...

A fresh Monday build for Windows 11 26H1 in the Canary Channel is now rolling out, offering a massive list of changes and new ...

On November 20th, 1985, a then not-so-big company called Microsoft announced that Windows was commercially available. Read the full story of the Microsoft operating system below. Windows 1 to 11: The ...

The developers of Kali Linux for pentesters, which evolved from Backtrack, have released version 2025.4. It updates the ...

FreeBSD has a tool for automating package building called the Poudriere build system, but this couldn't build the base OS. It ...

In 1985, Bill Gates demonstrated at Comdex what could be done with the graphical user interface “Windows 1.0” and praised how much it “oriented itself to the natural visual and working habits of ...