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Documents released today in the Microsoft Corporation's second major legal front -- the lawsuit filed by its rival Sun Microsystems -- include E-mail messages and internal memos certain to embarrass

Discuss is a networked electronic conferencing system, similar to the bulletin board programs found on many computer systems.

This month, making a website has never been this easy. Understanding the web, however, is another story

Philips Research Laboratories, Netherlands

Jozef Jarosciak just put millions of early Usenet posts on a browsable archive for the first time.

A battle is underway between Microsoft and Netscape Communications for control of the market for software needed to view and publish material on the Internet's World Wide Web. The fight has intensified over the past 10 days as each company has released a new version of its browser software, the programs required to surf the Web.

Microsoft Encarta came out in 1993 and was one of the first CD-ROMs I had. It ...

Alex Russell on browsers, standards, and the process of progress.

The controversial jailed antivirus software mogul John McAfee followed up his virus-fighting work with one of the first social networks. Really.

An underdocumented part of Japan's video game history: arcades had (and, to an extent, have!) communal notebooks in which people would write game tips, comments, ask questions, and generally communicate – GameFAQs before GameFAQs! These were core for Japan arcades' social aspect. pic.twitter.com/KXkMykbvGq— Samuel 💻✨ Messner (@obskyr) October 13, 2020

The digital hub that collapsed under its own weight

Few people understand Microsoft better than Tandy Trower, who worked at the company from 1981-2009. Trower was the product manager who ultimately shipped Windows 1.0, an endeavor that some advised …

Porter Robinson, Madeon, and Soulja Boy explain how one shockingly simple program gave 2010s hip-hop and EDM their respective sounds.

A new Windows XP leak has revealed a relic from the past

At least one major provider of hardware-level BIOS drivers is actively deleting old stuff it no longer supports, while old FTP sites where vintage drivers are often found are soon going to be harder to reach.

The beating heart of the early internet may have been FTP, or file transfer protocol. But after 50 years of mainstream use, its demise may be imminent.

This leak is the latest in a series of Windows and Xbox source code leaks

As of this week, after the better part of a decade, I’m no longer an Evernote user. There are many reasons why — its ever-bloating feature set, its rising prices, its privacy gaffes — but the...

A family is gathered around the dinner table: Dad and the kids have spaghetti on their plates, Mom is standing, serving spoon in hand. She cocks her head to the side and with a broad smile...

As a record exec, Cohen used to be a bit anti-YouTube. Now he’s soaking in it.

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