Microsoft designed a masterpiece right when the PC world needed it most. In the age of AI and dark patterns, it‘s grown only ...

Windows 95 was a hack triggered by the failure of Windows NT 3.1 to come close enough to beating OS/2. So after a number of technical presentations of NT 3.1 Microsoft started the Chicago project.

It’s enough to turn off the parts of my brain that would normally despise the look of a big, gray, plastic box and transform ...

Windows 95 is Microsoft's coup de grace, the closest it has ever come to building a highly intuitive computer interface—one that's inviting, simple and clear.

When you hear “PS2” and “Windows 95,” you probably think someone forgot a slash and are talking about peripherals, but no — this hack is very much about the Sony PlayStation 2, the best ...

For starters, the Windows 95 launch had an official theme song — The Rolling Stones' 'You start me up' — which Microsoft reportedly paid $8 million for.

I've been itching to build a sleeper gaming PC for years now, but Maingear just unveiled a pre-built rig that's drenched in ...

For Windows 95, the end is here. Microsoft has taken steps to ensure that Windows 95 will become an asterisk in terms of sales. One of Microsoft's most popular products among both consumers and ...

Windows 95 is, however, built for the hardware of the mid-1990s. Compatibility with disk controllers, video cards, and other essential devices is already essentially non-existent.

In a surprising and ambitious feat of retro computing, a tech enthusiast has managed to run Windows 95 on a PlayStation 2, the iconic console that once dominated the gaming world. While the project ...

Windows 95 was one of Microsoft’s biggest steps in fulfilling Bill Gates’ dream of a computer on every desk. Today marks the 20th anniversary of Windows 95’s release.