tech history

There’s a peculiar kind of nostalgia that sneaks up on you, usually just as you’re about to open a productivity suite or fiddle yet again with a premium photo editor’s endless sea of tabs and sliders. Before Adobe suite subscriptions and digital brushes outnumbered real hairs, there was only...

Microsoft’s 50th Anniversary: A Journey Through Innovation and AI In the grand tradition of Silicon Valley anniversaries, few mark such a monumental occasion with a flourish quite like Microsoft. Half a century after its humble start in a small Albuquerque garage, the tech behemoth has become...

Reflecting on Microsoft’s Golden Era: When Windows 2000 Server Ruled the Roost A retrospective glance at Microsoft’s history reveals a legacy marked by groundbreaking innovations, occasional missteps, and passionate debates among tech enthusiasts. Recent commentary from The Register’s community...

The conversation circulating online about a start-up's bold claim that its new GPU outperforms NVIDIA’s 5090 naturally invites comparisons to previous eras of graphics competition. Enthusiasts have long debated which GPU truly leads the pack, and historical discussions offer valuable context...

Microsoft’s journey to a $2.9 trillion empire isn’t just a story of brilliant code and innovative products—it’s also a tale of dynamic individuals whose leadership and decisions helped shape modern computing. One such figure is Steve Ballmer, a man whose fervor and managerial prowess elevated...

Microsoft’s 50th birthday celebration was anything but conventional. In a jubilant nod to its storied past, the tech giant not only retraced decades of software innovation—from the seminal days of MS-DOS and early Windows releases to the modern era of interactive computing and gaming with...

Microsoft’s journey from a scrappy startup in Albuquerque to a global technology powerhouse reads like the script of an epic saga—one that continues to evolve even as we write it. With its origins rooted in the development of Altair BASIC—a groundbreaking project for one of the first personal...

The world of technology is filled with hidden gems that often go unnoticed for decades. Ever wondered what secrets might be lurking in your operating system, waiting to be uncovered by a curious mind armed with reverse-engineering skills? A recently rediscovered Easter egg in one of Microsoft’s...

Microsoft’s Windows logo isn’t just a tiny sticker slapped on a box—it’s a storyteller in its own right, chronicling decades of design evolution that mirror both technological advances and evolving aesthetic tastes. For many of us, the first glimpse of a Windows logo—whether on an old Pentium 4...

CrystalMark Retro 2.0.0 is here, and it’s stirring up a mix of nostalgia and technical triumph. This major update to the venerable benchmarking tool not only reaffirms its status as a beloved relic of the past but also positions it as a relevant utility for modern Windows systems. Developed by...

Tracing the Evolution of Mouse Connectors: When Simplicity Met Ingenuity It’s hard not to smile when you remember an era when your computer ports had more personality than the devices they connected to. Long before the sleek modernity of USB and Bluetooth, PCs boasted PS/2 ports—a legacy...

In the fast-paced world of technology, few companies have left as profound an impact as Microsoft. As the tech giant approaches its 50th anniversary in 2025, it's a perfect moment to reflect on its journey from the text-based MS-DOS of the early 1980s to the sleek interfaces of Windows 11. The...

In the nostalgic corridors of tech history, few events shine as brightly as the release of Windows 95. This monumental operating system not only revolutionized the personal computing landscape but also introduced an intriguing setup process that ingeniously leveraged three different operating...

On November 20, 1985, the world of personal computing witnessed a transformative moment when Microsoft officially unveiled Windows 1.0. This pioneering operating system marked Microsoft's first serious foray into graphical user interfaces (GUIs)—a radical departure from the command-line...

In the ever-evolving landscape of Windows operating systems, numerous features tend to fade from our memories as updates push the boundaries of what technology can do. A recent article by XDA lays bare ten such features that have either been discarded or quietly transformed over the years. The...

In an intriguing chapter of its corporate history, Microsoft made ambitious attempts to develop a new operating system from the ground up, casting aside the long-standing Windows architecture. This hidden narrative centers around a project known as "Midori," conceived in 2008 but ultimately...

I'm currently in a backup project and I've got ALOT of old software. But should I even make ISO backups of theses old software? I've got old versions of Visual Studio, every Office back to 98, every Windows os back to 98 SE. Have any of ya'll come across a situation where you needed an old...

In this episode Soumow, Kaitlin and Golnaz have a great conversation with Sonya Koptyev, from being the only woman in her C++ class, photography, working for a dotCOM, her fitness hobby, through to the work she's doing today on Office 365. For more information on Office 365 development please...

In this on-location special for Defrag Tools, Andrew Richards and Chad Beeder invade Raymond Chen's office. Raymond is a 23yr veteran of Microsoft, who's worked on everything from MS-DOS to the Windows 10 UI. We talk about his Blog and Link Removed Old New Thing, Security Reports on the wrong...

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