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Microsoft is celebrating its 50th anniversary, and Xbox console users can take part with a new Dynamic Background.

These guides will help you find your way around several generations of Microsoft’s Office apps for Windows — and Windows ... Microsoft’s answer to Slack and Zoom, Teams provides group ...

This iconic photograph, known as “Bliss," was the default wallpaper for Microsoft’s Windows XP, an operating system that defined an era of computing. But where was this picture taken, and how does the ...

The best Windows laptops run an impressive gamut ... (Google Drive, Adobe Photoshop, Spotify, Netflix, OneDrive, Dropbox, and Zoom are all a go, for what it's worth.) Double-check before you ...

Microsoft is celebrating its 50th anniversary this week, and it’s offering some new Windows wallpapers to mark the occasion.

Microsoft celebrates 50th anniversary with 8 themed wallpapers in light and dark modes. Choose from one of four themes: ...

Shopping for a new laptop? It only makes sense to check out the best AI laptops on the market today. Buying an AI laptop as your next PC means getting a system with specialized hardware designed ...

Here's what you need to know about each update to the current version of Windows 10 as it's released from Microsoft. Now updated for KB5055518, released on April 8, 2025. The launch of a major Win ...

Windows XP shipped with a version measuring just 800 by 600 pixels. Anywho, Inside History has a series of follow up images taken from the same vantage point in 2006, 2020, 2024 and 2025.

Finding the best XP maps in Fortnite can be quite tricky. Their developers try their best to increase the XP gains, but unfortunately, keeping up with Epic Games’ changes can sometimes be difficult.

Most job candidates know to dress nicely for Zoom interviews and to arrange a professional-looking background for the camera. But a new Yale study suggests they also ought to test the quality of ...