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Good news for Windows handhelds: Microsoft is now letting you launch installed Steam, Battle.net, and other storefront games from the Xbox app
By Jacob Fox published
News Xbox is becoming more of an all-encompassing platform.

This tiny version of Windows 11 fits into just 2.29 GB and is 'extremely aggressive' in removing bloat such as Xbox, Solitaire and Defender
By Jacob Ridley published
News The debloating wizard is back at it again.

Microsoft's big Windows 11 25H2 update is now available to download but in terms of new features it's a total nothing burger
By Jeremy Laird published
news At least it'll be easy to install and (probably) won't break anything.

If Microsoft wins this UK court case it might spell the end of second-hand Windows licenses
By Jacob Fox published
News Microsoft's defence is to do with "non-program" parts of the OS.

Former MS engineer Dave Plummer admits he accidentally coded Pinball to run 'at like, 5,000 frames per second' on Windows NT
By Andy Edser published
News One whole core for pinball duties.

Microsoft has blown the dust off the source code for a version of Bill Gates' first-ever operating system
By Nick Evanson published
News If you've done some programming on an original Commodore 64, it's basically that one.

Linux almost turned my Gamescom trip into a catastrophic disaster, but a Windows USB came to my rescue
By Jacob Fox published
Play it safe User error, you say?
What if modern PC gaming were just a little more Nintendo? Kazeta, a Linux-based OS, aims to find out with plug 'n' play SD 'carts' and by going all in on retro simplicity
By Jess Kinghorn published
News Go put your records on.
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