PC World

Microsoft open-sources 86-DOS 1.00, the ancestor of Windows

Microsoft open-sourced 86-DOS 1.00 source code on GitHub for its 45th anniversary, according to PCWorld, including kernel and PC-DOS development snapshots. This historically significant software, ...
GitHub

codex-computer-use-windows

Windows desktop control for Codex through a local MCP server: screenshots, mouse, keyboard, Chrome, chat apps, and more. Clone https://github.com/ezpzai/codex ...
ZDNet

After 30 years with Linux, I gave Windows 11 a chance - and found 9 clear problems

I wore the world's first HDR10 smart glasses TCL's new E Ink tablet beats the Remarkable and Kindle Anker's new charger is one of the most unique I've ever seen Best laptop cooling pads Best flip ...
ZDNet

Windows 11 has 1 billion users - and they're furious

I wore the world's first HDR10 smart glasses TCL's new E Ink tablet beats the Remarkable and Kindle Anker's new charger is one of the most unique I've ever seen Best laptop cooling pads Best flip ...
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 ...
HotHardware

Windows 11 Patch Deletes PowerShell 2.0 And One More App Power Users Will Miss

The August 2025 (KB5063878) Windows update caused an issue that prevented non-admin users from carrying out several vital operations due to misbehaving UAC prompts. Microsoft has since released its ...
GitHub

HTS Coils — REBCO Optimization Framework for Fusion & Antimatter Applications

Comprehensive computational framework for REBCO HTS coils and plasma physics applications. Features validated 7.07T superconducting magnet designs, Lentz soliton simulation with interferometric ...
Liliputing

How to use laptop or tablet as a touchpad (and keyboard) for a Windows PC

After decades of working with computers, I started to develop some wrist and arm pain a few year ago. So I switched from using whatever random mouse I could find for under $20 to using input devices ...
Computerworld

Stop typing in the Start menu — use this powerful new Windows launcher instead

Microsoft's secret new Start menu replacement is impressive — and might even be a sneak preview of what's on the way with Windows 12. The Windows Start menu isn’t the best search tool when it comes to ...
IEEE

A Color Image Sensor Using $1.0-\mu \mathrm{m}$ Organic Photoconductive Film Pixels Stacked on $4.0-\mu \mathrm{m}$ Si Pixels for Near-Infrared Time-of-Flight Depth Sensing

Abstract: We have developed an image sensor capable of obtaining RGB images and ranging information on a single chip by layering 1.0 − μm organic photoconductive film RGB pixels that absorb visible ...
IEEE

A Sub-0.8-pJ/bit Universal Soft-Detection Decoder Using ORBGRAND

Abstract: Guessing random additive noise decoding (GRAND) has enabled the practical implementation of maximum likelihood (ML) or near-ML decoding, shifting the paradigm of code-specific decoder design ...