It's taken 2 decades to appear, but this fan-made spiritual successor to Command & Conquer: Renegade has finally hit 1.0: '12 years of beta testing has led us to this'

Back in the primordial mists of 2007, when BioShock was the apex predator and open world games were only just evolving, a group of modders revealed plans to create their own successor to EA's ...

Windows 11’s February Insider update adds new features — but which ones actually matter? Here are the 11 biggest.

Windows 11’s 2026 Insider update is live, and it brings a fresh round of new features and changes for testers.
WinBuzzer

Fake 7-Zip Downloads Turn Home PCs Into Malicious Proxy Nodes

Researchers have uncovered a malware campaign targeting 7-Zip users through fake domain 7zip.com, turning infected computers into proxy nodes.
Ars Technica

People complaining about Windows 11 hasn’t stopped it from hitting 1 billion users

Complaining about Windows 11 is a popular sport among tech enthusiasts on the Internet, whether you’re publicly switching to Linux, publishing guides about the dozens of things you need to do to make ...
The Verge

Windows 11 has reached 1 billion users faster than Windows 10

Windows 11 hit the milestone in the recent holiday quarter. Windows 11 hit the milestone in the recent holiday quarter. is a senior editor and author of Notepad, who has been covering all things ...
GeekWire

Inside the Windows 1.0 reunion: How a scrappy team shipped the product that changed everything, eventually

Members of the Windows 1.0 team at their 40-year reunion this week. L-R, kneeling/sitting: Joe Barello, Ed Mills, Tandy Trower, Mark Cliggett, Steve Ballmer (holding a Windows 1.0 screenshot) and Don ...
The Escapist

Windows 1.0 turns 40: Time is a flat circle as Xbox and Microsoft feel as if they’re back in 1985

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 ...
Ars Technica

Two Windows vulnerabilities, one a 0-day, are under active exploitation

Two Windows vulnerabilities—one a zero-day that has been known to attackers since 2017 and the other a critical flaw that Microsoft initially tried and failed to patch recently—are under active ...
CNET

Will Windows 11 Run on Your Computer? Here's How to Check

Mary is an associate editor covering technology, culture and everything in between. She recently graduated from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where she served as an editor at The ...
Microsoft

Download Windows 10

Before updating, please refer to the Windows release information status for known issues to confirm your device is not impacted. The Update Assistant can help you ...
TheServerSide

How to download and install Java 21 on Windows

Community driven content discussing all aspects of software development from DevOps to design patterns. The latest long-term support (LTS) release of the JDK is Java 21, which was released in ...
Redmond Magazine

Microsoft Confirms Windows 11 Hardware Requirements Won't Go Away

As the end of life is fast approaching for Windows 10, Microsoft is pushing users to upgrade to Windows 11. However, one barrier to entry is the company's requirement ...