digital preservation

Preservica’s new suite of built‑in AI features turns a long‑standing problem in archives and records management—massive backlogs, inconsistent metadata, inaccessible scanned media—into a practical automation opportunity, and does so inside the preservation system itself rather than by bolting on...

Windows 95’s quarter‑century anniversary resurfaced an unlikely piece of nostalgia: a packaged Electron app that boots the original OS — complete with WordPad, FreeCell, Calculator and Media Player — on modern Windows 10/11, macOS, and Linux systems, letting you play era‑classic games such as...

Microsoft’s Zoo Tycoon is a beloved classic, but the claim that you can safely “free download Zoo Tycoon for PC – Windows 7/8/10 & MAC” from an aggregator page needs to be treated with caution: the original 2001 game is a commercial product with expansion packs, has historical DRM and...

Microsoft has quietly removed Halo: Recruit — the short Windows Mixed Reality showcase released in 2017 — from the Microsoft Store, leaving players who don't already own it without an obvious route to claim or re-download the experience. Background Halo: Recruit arrived on October 17, 2017 as a...

Three decades after it first landed on desktops, Windows 95 has found a second life inside modern browsers — booting, running classic apps, and serving nostalgia — but the browser-based resurrection carries the same practical and legal risks as the original OS, plus a few new ones unique to web...

A small patch of the Microsoft Store quietly flickered to life this week, revealing a string of Xbox 360-era games that had long been delisted — and each listing carried the same tantalizing label: “Coming Soon.” What began as a single screenshot shared on X (formerly Twitter) quickly spread...

You can indeed boot a working copy of Windows 95 inside a modern web browser — and the result is equal parts engineering neatness, digital preservation, and a cautionary tale about nostalgia versus practicality. Background Windows 95 was released to retail on August 24, 1995, and it represented...

Preservica has launched a targeted practitioner workshop series to teach archivists, records managers and information professionals how to apply human‑centric AI to archival enrichment, capture, long‑term preservation and discovery — a hands‑on program that promises practical skills, Microsoft...

The physical Xbox game is slipping into the margins of the hobby — not overnight, but decisively — as publishers, platform holders, and retailers reshape how games are sold, preserved, and experienced. Recent industry statements and observable retail behavior make one thing clear: fewer Xbox...

Typepad’s abrupt shutdown notice is a hard wake-up call for long-form bloggers: after more than two decades online the service will be deactivated on September 30, 2025, and users have been given a short window to export and preserve their content before access and export capability are...

Reliving the adventures of classic DOS games is something many PC enthusiasts and retro gamers still crave, decades after the golden age of MS-DOS. For those who grew up with the likes of Commander Keen, Prince of Persia, or the unforgiving challenges of The Oregon Trail, the nostalgia is...

In the aftermath of natural disasters, the challenge of reconstructing destroyed buildings is both urgent and complex. Traditional methods often fall short in efficiency and accuracy, prompting the need for innovative solutions. Microsoft's recent initiative, "AI-powered Reconstruction of...

Few qualities define the Windows experience as starkly as its extraordinary commitment to application compatibility. While Microsoft’s decisions and strategies are frequently the subject of spirited debate, even lifelong users of rival operating systems have come to quietly—sometimes...

Cloanto has recently unveiled version 11 of its renowned emulation suites, Amiga Forever and C64 Forever, marking a significant milestone in the preservation and emulation of classic Commodore systems. This latest release introduces a suite of features designed to bridge the gap between vintage...

Nostalgia for classic computing platforms never truly fades—if anything, it pulses stronger with each passing decade, as innovations tap deeper into our collective digital memory. This year, Cloanto marks a significant milestone with the release of version 11 of Amiga Forever and C64 Forever...

As Canadian organizations wrestle with rising expectations for data governance, compliance, and digital sovereignty in the cloud era, the partnership between Preservica and Gravity Union signals a pivotal moment in enterprise information management. Their newly announced collaboration focuses on...

Preservica, a leader in Active Digital Preservation™, has expanded the availability of its Preserve365® solution to Canada, hosted on Microsoft Azure. This expansion allows Canadian organizations to integrate long-term data archiving and governance seamlessly within their Microsoft 365...

Canadian organizations are facing unprecedented challenges and opportunities in preserving, governing, and leveraging their ever-growing volumes of digital content. As digital transformation accelerates across the public and private sectors, the mandate for robust information governance...

In a significant move to enhance data archiving and governance within Microsoft 365, Preservica and Gravity Union have announced a strategic partnership aimed at Canadian organizations. This collaboration seeks to streamline the management of long-term digital records, ensuring compliance and...

Unfortunately, the original news story from ACCESS Newswire could not be directly extracted, but I found related contextual and background information on the Preservica and Gravity Union partnership for streamlining long-term data archiving and governance in Microsoft 365, targeted at Canadian...