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Microsoft turns 50! Here are its 25 most important products and milestones
04 Apr 2025 10:41 GMT
… interface for MS-DOS.Microsoft
Sure, Windows launched Microsoft into the modern era … update to Windows
Microsoft released Windows 2.0 in 1987, but Windows 3.0 … January. So it was with Windows Vista (“Longhorn,”), which was released to …
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Why I’ve covered Microsoft for 25 years
04 Apr 2025 15:06 GMT
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During the development of Windows Vista, codenamed Longhorn, I regularly broke stories … make sure no traces of Longhorn were left behind. He thought … highlight your own Microsoft memory.
Microsoft is redesigning the Windows BSOD, and it …
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Microsoft at 50: Its incredible rise, 15 lost years, and stunning comeback - in 4 charts
03 Apr 2025 09:09 GMT
… floundering. Meanwhile, Microsoft was turning Windows into an unstoppable … the sale of Windows.
Microsoft argued that Internet … Microsoft's decision to scale back its ambitious Longhorn … upgrade and instead turn it into ... Windows Vista …
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Now Windows Longhorn is long gone, witness reflects on Microsoft's OS belly-flop
27 Mar 2025 15:02 GMT
… Windows Vista would take issue with that last point.
"Microsoft wanted Longhorn … to reimagine what Windows could be,… . The reset and recovery from Longhorn shaped Microsoft's culture and …
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Steve Ballmer on Microsoft’s first 50 years, its OpenAI deal, and why he’s still its biggest investor
13 Mar 2025 19:30 GMT
… /2, which saw Microsoft pivot to Windows in the late 1980s … potential.”
Steve Ballmer with former Microsoft Windows NT leader David Cutler, right … get Windows back on track after delays and technical problems with Longhorn …
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A new era for Windows: Can Microsoft’s longtime engine power another tech revolution?
19 Dec 2024 01:05 GMT
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The first version of Microsoft Windows, foreground, with the Microsoft CodeView debugger, background … were used for different Windows versions — Cairo, Whistler, Longhorn, etc. — still … open a new world for Windows.
Microsoft had already been working on …
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Microsoft to build four data centers in Irving, Texas
19 Dec 2024 14:56 GMT
… condition it meets specific criteria.
Microsoft must enter a minimum 15 … 55-acre campus at 6431 Longhorn Drive. DC3 spans 415,900 … and DC6 facilities at 6300 Longhorn Drive. The company re-filed … Worth and San Antonio.
Microsoft currently has eight data centers …
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Hands on with Microsoft’s Windows Recall: Not impressive yet
04 Dec 2024 11:31 GMT
… ’ll have to authenticate with Windows Hello (using facial recognition, … reading about a project named Windows Longhorn. You can plug in the … word “Longhorn,” and you’ll find … instances where the word Longhorn appeared on your screen. This …
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Microsoft Is Putting Ads in PDFs
03 Dec 2024 18:50 GMT
… appearing for some paying Microsoft 365 subscribers.
When you … to the Windows lock screens. Even though Microsoft defended this … to endure. Last month, Microsoft announced price increases for … of Copilot in the Microsoft 365 plan.
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3 features from Windows Longhorn that Microsoft should ship
01 Nov 2024 11:58 GMT
Windows Longhorn is one of Microsoft's most infamous canceled … inception — but Microsoft wanted to replace it entirely in Longhorn. WinFS was … day
Longhorn has become something of a legend among Windows fans. Microsoft promised …