Microsoft finally admits File Explorer is slow, now it's testing a preload fix

Microsoft has finally acknowledged it has a major performance problem with one of the core components of the Windows 11 GUI. File Explorer is now a ...

Windows 1.0 was originally developed under what early project name?

First developed in 1981 by computer scientist Chase Bishop, the software project that would eventually become Windows actually started life under a far wonkier name: "Interface ...

Microsoft Windows hits 40 years old: A visual walk down memory lane

Windows went on sale 40 years ago. Here's the whole history of the operating system, from Windows 1 to 11 and everything in between.
PC Gamer

If you're curious about the crazy-ambitious space survival game from the makers of EVE Online, it's got a free trial running through the next week and change

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ClimateConnections

Four ways climate change likely made Hurricane Helene worse

Hurricane Helene at sunset on September 26, 2024, as the storm was closing in on the Florida coast as a Cat 4 with 130 mph winds. (Image credit: NOAA/RAMMB-CIRA Satellite Library) After a spectacular ...
PC Gamer

Chris Roberts says Star Citizen is finally pushing for the 1.0 'finish line'

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GitHub

license activation return error 422 when computer name includes unicode characters

com.uppaal.engine.EngineCrashException: Error 422: missing device at com.uppaal.engine.protocol.FragileResponse.validate(FragileResponse.java:21) at com.uppaal.engine ...
Bleeping Computer

Microsoft reminds users Windows will disable insecure TLS soon

Microsoft reminded users that insecure Transport Layer Security (TLS) 1.0 and 1.1 protocols will be disabled soon in future Windows releases. The TLS secure communication protocol is crafted to ...
GitHub

Localizing app name on Windows papercut

This works perfectly for native WinUI apps, and we get a localized app name. It also works for .NET MAUI apps on Windows. The difficulty for a .NET MAUI app is that there's no easy way of adding the ...
The Conversation

The next phase of the internet is coming: Here’s what you need to know about Web3

Toronto Metropolitan University provides funding as a founding partner of The Conversation CA. Toronto Metropolitan University provides funding as a member of The Conversation CA-FR. The rapid growth ...
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Windows 1.0 with Steve Ballmer (1986)

Ask the publishers to restore access to 500,000+ books. An icon used to represent a menu that can be toggled by interacting with this icon. A line drawing of the Internet Archive headquarters building ...