The issues that stymied Windows 1.0 when Microsoft was young won’t necessarily block today’s operating system from success, not when every major computer company is churning out compatible ...

Windows Writer, Notepad, Calculator, Calendar, Card File, a clock, and the game Reversi. At the time, Microsoft and Apple Computer remained head-to-head competitors. Initially, several Windows ...

Although WordPad kind of sat in the middle between Notepad and Word, if Microsoft tries to remove Notepad from Windows, that'll be a dark day for the OS.

On Thursday, PC owners got a first look at the future of Windows ... Microsoft quickly shifted away from Vista as issues with slowness and incompatibility hampered adoption and more computer ...

Whatever its other flaws, Windows 11 has given the operating system's built-in app suite its biggest overhaul in many years. For apps like Calculator, the changes have been merely cosmetic, but ...