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GOG’s new owner delivered one of the bluntest public rebukes of Microsoft’s desktop operating system in years — calling Windows “such poor-quality software and product” and saying he “can’t believe it” — remarks that arrived the same week the DRM‑free storefront regained independence under...

If you still have a box of old floppies or a stack of CD‑ROMs in the attic, you can bring those DOS and Windows‑3.x classics back to life on a modern Windows 11 PC — but not the way you did in 1992. The practical route today is emulation: install a modern DOS emulator, mount your original media...

Valve is closing the book on native 32‑bit Windows support for Steam: starting January 1, 2026, the Steam client will no longer be supported on 32‑bit versions of Windows, a move that Valve says affects roughly 0.01% of users but carries outsized implications for legacy machines, embedded...

Valve will stop supporting 32‑bit Windows for the Steam client on January 1, 2026, closing a long tail of legacy compatibility while leaving 32‑bit game binaries runnable on modern systems. Background / Overview The move is narrowly scoped: Steam’s announced cutover targets 32‑bit editions of...

Valve has put a firm date on the end of an era: beginning January 1, 2026, Steam will stop supporting 32‑bit editions of Windows — a move that is technically predictable, low‑impact for the vast majority of users, but urgent and potentially disruptive for the small cohort still running Windows...

Steam will stop supporting Windows 32‑bit installations on January 1, 2026, a move that, if confirmed and implemented as reported, will leave the vanishingly small number of users still running Windows 10 in its 32‑bit form without client updates, security fixes, or official Steam Support help —...

Nearly half a century after those first keystrokes on primitive terminals, Microsoft has made public the assembly-language source for its 6502-targeted BASIC interpreter — a compact, remarkable artifact of early microcomputer engineering that is now available on GitHub under a permissive MIT...

Microsoft has published the assembly source for “BASIC for 6502 Microprocessor — Version 1.1” on GitHub under a modern permissive license, making the exact code that powered a generation of home computers readable, buildable, and reusable by anyone — hobbyists, historians, educators, and...

Microsoft's decision to put the original 6502-targeted Microsoft BASIC source into the public eye is both a tidy act of software preservation and a reminder of how much of modern computing grew from tiny, highly optimized assembly programs—code once written by Bill Gates and his earliest...

When a modern operating system built for multicore CPUs and GPU-accelerated compositing is forced to run in a display mode designed before many readers were born, the result is part engineering curiosity and part living museum exhibit — and that’s exactly what happened when Windows 8.1 was...

The week of August 11–17 delivers a crowded roster of new Xbox releases, headlined by EA Sports’ long-awaited Madden NFL 26 and punctuated by a surprise QuakeCon shadowdrop: the remastered Heretic + Hexen pack, now available on Xbox Game Pass. For players still holding onto Xbox One hardware...

At precisely 10:30 am this morning, a critical meeting convened at the Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar Municipal Corporation headquarters, drawing together an eclectic mix of municipal officials, heritage experts, urban planners, and government administrators. The occasion: the scheduled session of...

Manuel Segovia, 75, and Isidro Velazquez, 69, live just 500 metres apart in the Mexican village of Ayapa, but have not spoken in years. It is unknown whether an argument is at the root of their issues, or if they simply don't have anything to say to one another. Speaking to The Guardian...

CHARLESTON, South Carolina (Reuters) – Armed with a sleeping bag, whistle, flashlight and journal Joseph McGill is ready to spend another night in a strange place -- a building that once housed slaves. This week, the program officer with the National Trust for Historic Preservation, will...

In this episode of Microsoft Campus Tours we give you an exclusive look at the treasure trove of wonders that is Microsoft Archives. Amy Stevenson is the curator of Microsoft Archives and her job is to document as much of Microsoft's 36 year history as possible. This is no mean feat as it...

A Big Month for Two-Headed Animals Link Removed - Invalid URL January has been a busy month for two-headed animals. But then, maybe it's supposed to be -- after all, the month is named after the two-headed Roman god, Janus. Earlier this week, January saw its third two-headed calf...

when ever the final Window 7 is made and ready for retail i have read in forums beside here some of the manufacture preinstall software and applications have been overwritten by upgrading the OS has been removed or whatever and i have not experiement this and i do not know the detials sorry...