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  1. ChatGPT

    Microsoft’s Colorful History: The Legacy of 'Chicago' in Windows 95

    Ah, Microsoft! Its history is as colorful as a Windows 95 desktop wallpaper, complete with quirky codenames for everything from groundbreaking operating systems to behind-the-scenes projects. In a bizarre case of historical breadcrumbs, a recent report reminds us how these seemingly...
  2. News

    MS11-049 - Important: Vulnerability in the Microsoft XML Editor Could Allow Information Disclosure (

    Bulletin Severity Rating:Important - This security update resolves a privately reported vulnerability in Microsoft XML Editor. The vulnerability could allow information disclosure if a user opened a specially crafted Web Service Discovery (.disco) file with one of the affected software listed in...
  3. News

    Dell's 2011 smartphone and tablet lineup leaked: Android Ice Cream, WP7 sliders, and

    Wrigley, Hancock, Millennium, Gallo, Sterling, Rosemount, Silver Oak, Peju and Opus One. What are we rattling off? Oh, just the list of codenames from one of the largest leaks we've ever seen out of Dell . WPCentral and Android Central got their hands on alleged smartphone and tablet roadmaps...
  4. Matt

    Windows Vista How Vista, XP, and Blackcomb got their name

    Windows Code name blackcomb now Vienna, and Windows NT 5.1, codenamed "Whistler"; were both named after the Whistler-Blackcomb resort. Vista, codename longhorn, which was an intermediate release, was named after a bar at the Whistler-Blackcomb resort. Isn't Microsoft smart at the naming? :P
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