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Windows 1.01 was launched 40 years ago, but it didn't start well — Microsoft's graphical OS adventures were uncompetitive at launch

Windows 1.01 was released by Microsoft 40 years ago. It didn't start well.

Tom’s Hardware

Windows used to secretly use green screens to render videos, which is how you could trick MS Paint into becoming a video player

Video playback on old computers was a whole lot of smoke and mirrors.

PC Gamer

How to put Xbox Full Screen Experience on your Windows handheld gaming PC — Legion Go, original ROG Ally, MSI Claw, and more

Xbox Full Screen Experience is no longer solely available for Xbox Ally and Xbox Ally X. Here's how to put it on your Windows handheld.

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Microsoft's head of AI doesn't understand why people don't like AI, and I don't understand why he doesn't understand because it's pretty obvious

Is it really "mindblowing" that people are skeptical of software that consistently doesn't do the things we're told it can do?

PC Gamer

Don't like Xbox Full Screen Experience on your handheld? — Stop it from booting or replace it with your favorite game launcher

Xbox Ally handheld owners, if you're not loving Xbox Full Screen Experience, you can stop it from booting at startup. Better yet, here's how to replace it with your preferred game launcher.

Windows Central

Microsoft is testing a Windows 11 tweak that preloads File Explorer in the background to make it faster

Microsoft is testing a change to File Explorer on Windows 11 that will automatically run it in the background to make launching the app faster.

Windows Central

Microsoft launches Xbox full screen experience preview for Windows 11 gaming PCs — expanding beyond handhelds for the first time

You can now try out the new Xbox full screen experience mode on a Windows 11-powered gaming PC, as Microsoft expands support beyond handhelds.

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Microsoft built a Windows 11 shell for Xbox and gaming — so why can’t we get one for phones?

They called me mad, they called me crazy. But hear me out. What if we had a Windows 11 "shell"-style experience for smartphones and tablets? It's time to go full circle, Microsoft.

Windows Central

Former Xbox exec and Blizzard boss urges Valve to "please just let 3rd parties use SteamOS" to make their own Steam Machines: "SteamOS will take off and your Store revenue will only go up"

Although some argue that goes against what the Steam Deck's best asset is

GamesRadar

Keychron K8 Max review

The Keychron K8 Max offers lovely sound and comfortable typing, but the price tag is a little expensive.

Tom’s Guide

Rust dev shoots down hopes of playing the hit survival game on Valve's Steam Machine: "There are no plans to support Proton or Linux"

Compatibility would open the game to cheaters

GamesRadar

Microsoft makes Full Screen Experience available to all Windows 11 gaming handhelds — highly requested feature no longer exclusive to the Asus ROG Xbox Ally X

Microsoft opens Full Screen Experience to all Windows gaming handhelds

Tom’s Hardware

We used to be a society (with a good Windows Task Manager icon)

The latest Windows 11 Task Manager icon takes Microsoft's modern amorphous blob aesthetic to its (il)logical limit.

PC Gamer

The Xbox Full Screen Experience just arrived on all Windows handhelds — here's how to enable it

Microsoft quietly announced that all Windows-based handheld consoles will get the Xbox Full Screen Experience starting November 21.

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[UPDATE] Legion Go and other Windows handhelds finally get Xbox Ally X's Full Screen Experience — It's available now

During today's Xbox Partner Preview, Xbox announced that the Xbox Ally's Xbox Full Screen Experience will be releasing for all other Windows handhelds tomorrow.

Windows Central

007 First Light wouldn't be a James Bond game without an Aston Martin car, but why wait? — You can already drive it in this other Xbox game

During the Xbox Partner Preview November 2025, IO Interactive showed off the custom Aston Martin Valhalla that Bond can drive in 007 First Light.

Windows Central

Silent Hill 2 remake for Xbox looks imminent, as the store page is here — with Xbox Play Anywhere support, too (Update, it's live!)

An Xbox store page for the Silent Hill 2 remake is now live, confirming Xbox Play Anywhere support and suggesting a launch is imminent.

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The best Black Friday and Cyber Monday laptop deals in the UK – and how to avoid a bad one

Here’s how to spot a genuinely good laptop deal, plus the best discounts we’ve seen so far on everything from MacBooks to gaming laptops

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Microsoft says Copilot will 'finish your code before you finish your coffee' provoking another barrage of anti-AI and Windows 11 sentiment

Microsoft flexes about Copilot's coding skills and Windows 11 users respond with merciless trolling.

PC Gamer

Rust developer has 'no plans' for Linux or Proton support, says games that support them are 'not serious about anti-cheat'

So much for my Steam Machine plans.

Windows Central

Windows is 40 years old today — but its future has never been less certain

With Windows turning 40, we take a look at how it got here, the current state of the platform, and whether or not it will even be here in another 40 years.

Tom’s Hardware

Nvidia releases emergency driver update for Windows 11 25H2 and 24H2 — fixes reduced gaming performance driven by botched Windows updates

Nvidia's latest hotfix will help you reclaim FPS lost taken by a buggy Windows update.

Windows Central

Qualcomm claims 90 percent of top Windows games will run on Snapdragon X2 laptops, raising hopes that gaming for Windows on Arm is finally ready for prime time

Qualcomm’s Snapdragon X2 Elite chips promise major gaming improvements on Windows, with better GPU performance, anti-cheat support, and improved app compatibility.

Tom’s Guide

Windows turns 40 — here's the 20 best (and worst) moments in Windows history

Windows marks its 40th birthday on Thursday (November 20), so to mark the occasion we thought it'd be fun to remember all the highs (and lows) of Windows through the years!

TechRadar

Leaving a print at Microsoft

On the 30th anniversary of Windows 95, how did it inform modern print?

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