What’s happened? Windows 11 users have a long-overdue update coming their way, and it will make using external monitors much easier. Why is this important? Typically, Windows 11 users have to adjust ...

Ever wondered what owning a computer in the 1980s was like? Outside of nostalgia, it wasn’t the best. Until 1984, unless you were in some kind of strange lab or university, nearly everything was ...

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Computing history: Raymond Chen is once again reminding us that back when Windows 95 ruled the software world, coding was a completely different beast. The Win9x user interface eventually made its way ...

The Eclipse IDE is remarkably simple to install on a Windows 10 or 11 computer. To install Eclipse on Windows, simply follow the five steps outlined in this video: Download the Eclipse IDE zip file ...

Microsoft says the August 2025 security updates are triggering unexpected User Account Control (UAC) prompts and app installation issues for non-admin users across all supported Windows versions. This ...

Editor's take: The Windows platform is constantly sprouting strange and potentially dangerous bugs, even though Microsoft would prefer to claim otherwise. And it is not just security or reliability ...

Have you got your heart set on a new computing life with Linux when Windows 10 bites the dust in October? It’s a noble idea, but Linux has its downsides too. For some users those downsides may be par ...